Seoul, Dec. 5, (dpa/GNA) – The chairman of South Korea’s ruling party has urged his party to vote against the opposition-led impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk…
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South Korean defence minister reportedly resigns
Seoul, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun has offered his resignation over the martial law turmoil in the country, media reports said on Wednesday.…
South Korean opposition moves to impeach Yoon after martial law flop
Seoul, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Pressure on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign following his flubbed martial law declaration mounted on Wednesday as opposition parties…
US Space Force launches Japanese branch in western Tokyo
Tokyo, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – The US Space Force (USSF) on Wednesday launched a unit at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo as part of its goal…
China boosts AIDS prevention with timely post-exposure care
BEIJING, Dec. 3, (Xinhua/GNA) — “Amid a chaotic struggle, a police officer was accidentally scratched by a drug dealer known to be HIV-positive,” a…
Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam’s biggest-ever fraud case
Bangkok, Dec. 3, (dpa/GNA) – The death sentence for Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld on Tuesday as the plaintiff in the country’s largest-ever financial fraud…
Taiwan’s leader embarks on first overseas trip including US stopovers
Taipei, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President, Lai Ching-te, departed Taipei on Saturday for what is his first overseas trip to the allies of…
Floods, landslides kill 31 people in Indonesia’s North Sumatra
Jakarta, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – A week of relentless rainfall has unleashed a series of floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving at least 31…
Taiwan leader to transit through Hawaii, Guam on first overseas trip
Taipei, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is set to make stopovers in the US state of Hawaii and Guam, a US territory, during his…
Sri Lankan flooding, landslides kill 12
Colombo, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – At least 12 people have been killed due to flooding and landslides in the eastern and central parts of Sri Lanka after…
Former Bank of China chairman handed death sentence with reprieve
JINAN, Nov. 27, (Xinhua/GNA) — Liu Liange, former chairman of Bank of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for…
100-year record snowfall in Seoul paralyses air traffic
Seoul, Nov. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Seoul has recorded the heaviest snowfall in more than 100 years, with the South Korean capital blanketed under 16 centimetres on Wednesday…
Philippine vice president summoned over threat to President Marcos Jr
Manila, Nov. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Philippine investigators on Tuesday summoned Vice President Sara Duterte to answer questions about her public threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr…
UN urges protection for journalists and media sector in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Nov. 26, (dpa/GNA) – The media in Afghanistan is operating in an “environment of censorship and tight restrictions on accessing information,” according to a United Nations…
Afghanistan launches another polio vaccination drive
Islamabad, Nov. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Afghanistan has launched another polio vaccination campaign aimed at protecting over 5.3 million children under the age of 5, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.…
Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai testifies in court for first time
Beijing, Nov. 20, (dpa/GNA) – Publisher and democracy activist Jimmy Lai on Wednesday gave his first testimony in the high-profile trial against him for alleged violations of…
Eight soldiers killed, 7 police kidnapped in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Eight Pakistani soldiers were killed in a shoot-out with Islamist militants as renewed violence surged in the volatile South Asian nation, officials…
Severe air pollution in Delhi – young and old advised to stay indoors
New Delhi, Nov. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Schools went online, flights and trains were delayed and the elderly advised to stay indoors as the Indian capital was shrouded…
Afghan diplomats in Bonn resign amid pressure from Taliban and Berlin
Islamabad/Berlin, Nov. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Afghanistan’s ambassador to Berlin and the country’s consul general in Bonn resigned in separate statements on Monday, citing challenges…
Pakistan’s clampdown on use of VPN raises censorship concerns
Islamabad, Nov. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistani authorities have decided to block virtual private networks (VPN) that help people bypass restrictions, fuelling suspicions of government censorship over the…