Tag: Asia

US serviceman sentenced to 5 years for kidnapping and raping Japanese schoolgirl, officials say

Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa, Japan, on August 24, 2023.

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South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks to the nation at the

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Suicide bombing in Kabul kills Taliban refugee minister

Khalil Haqqani at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan in June 2022.

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Greyhound racing is increasingly rare worldwide. New Zealand now plans to outlaw the practice

Greyhounds race at the Southland Greyhound Racing Club in Invercargill, New Zealand

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South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts to take his own life as presidential office raided in martial law fallout

South Korean Minister of Defense Kim Yong-hyun at the State Department on

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A mass animal sacrifice festival is underway in Nepal. Activists say it needs to stop

A Nepalese Hindu devotee gets ready to slaughter the cattles and offer

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Rebel group claims to have taken control of Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in grinding civil war

Myanmar border police patrol near the Bangladesh border outside Maungdaw in Rakhine

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China begins military movements around Taiwan as the island braces for potential drills

Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jets are seen at an air

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South Korea bans president from traveling overseas as insurrection probe widens

South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential

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