N Korean games sets Guinness record
North Korea’s immense “mass games” propaganda spectacle that brings thousands of performers together in a synchronised gymnastic display has been officially named the world’s largest such show, the country’s state media reported on Thursday, AP reports from Seoul. 

The mass games were awarded a certificate as being the “largest gymnastic and artistic performance” by a representative from Guinness World Records on a visit to the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported. More than seven million people have viewed the mass games during its 180 stagings, KCNA said.

Woman denied custody of Michael Jackson’s kids
A judge in Los Angeles has denied a London woman’s request for custody of Michael Jackson’s three children, who she maintains are her own, AP reports from Los Angeles. Nona Paris Lola Jackson, 36, had asked a judge to grant her joint custody of Jackson’s 10-year-old son, Prince Michael, and 9-year-old daughter, Paris. She also claims to be the mother of 5-year-old Prince Michael II.

    “I feel her evidence fails to establish any genetic relationship between herself and the Jackson-Rowe children,” Judge Robert A Schnider said. In court papers, Nona Jackson contended that “Michael and I are a sexually active couple and have been this way from the beginning.” She also claimed to have written 3,000 songs for him.

SA varsity honours Suu Kyi
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, held under house arrest by Myanmar’s military junta, will be conferred an honourary doctorate of law by the University of Cape Town in December, PTI reports from Durban. The university’s vice chancellor Njabulo Ndebele said her wealth of knowledge and perseverance are sources of determination for women all over the world.