News Headlines - 16 January 2018

▽Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigns | DW

Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has been forced out by the PSD as he lost a power struggle with the party boss. Liviu Dragnea rules over the party but is barred from political office because of a criminal conviction.

▽Days after Hawaii alert gaffe, Japan issues false alarm about a missile launch

Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm about a North Korean missile launch on Tuesday, just days after a similar gaffe caused panic in Hawaii, but it managed to correct the error within minutes.

▽SoftBank says listing of mobile unit an option

SoftBank is in discussions to list the shares of its Japanese telecoms business in Tokyo as billionaire founder Masayoshi Son seeks to further boost the technology group’s investment clout, according to two people with knowledge of the talks.

▽N. Korea to send orchestra to S. Korea during Winter Olympics

North Korea agreed Monday to send a 140-member orchestra to South Korea during next month's PyeongChang Winter Olympics and hold concerts in Seoul and a sub-host city of the games.
The North's tentatively-named Samjiyon Orchestra will perform in the capital and Gangneung, 240 kilometers east of Seoul, South Korea's unification ministry said after inter-Korean talks on the North's plan to dispatch an art troupe to the South. Gangneung will host ice sports during the Winter Games.

▽13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say - The New York Times

A 17-year-old girl who said she was being held captive by her parents in her home about two hours southeast of Los Angeles escaped on Sunday and alerted the authorities, who then rescued her 12 siblings — several of whom were found shackled to their beds and malnourished — the authorities said on Monday.