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5-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia 08 Dec 2024 - 12:08 pm
Peninsula
South Korea president escapes impeachment over martial law fiasco 07 Dec 2024 - 05:37 pm
(Files) South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen speaking on a television in a train station in Seoul late on December 3, 2024, Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
World chess championship tied with four games to go 07 Dec 2024 - 04:48 pm
Pic by: @FIDE_chess on X
Australian sprinter, 16, betters Bolt to smash record 07 Dec 2024 - 11:18 am
Pic: Casey Sims / World Athletics shared on X
South Korea president apologises but doesn't resign over martial law fiasco 07 Dec 2024 - 08:27 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 7, 2024 by the South Korean Presidential Office shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol bowing after the end of his address at the Presidential Office in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP)
Indonesia, Philippines agree to repatriate Filipina on death row 06 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra (L) and the Philippines’ Undersecretary at the Department of Justice Raul Vasquez (R) speak to reporters after signing documents regarding the plan to repatriate death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso in Jakarta on December 6, 2024. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP.
Crocodile mauls Indonesia plantation worker to death 06 Dec 2024 - 01:33 pm
Peninsula
Philippine police says kidnapped American feared dead 06 Dec 2024 - 01:26 pm
Peninsula
South Korean ruling party says 'dangerous' president must go 06 Dec 2024 - 01:09 pm
People take part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 6, 2024. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
US pledges $12.5mn to help Vietnam combat illegal fishing 05 Dec 2024 - 06:24 pm
A man stands on rocks as he fishes in West Lake in Hanoi on November 27, 2024. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Thailand says Myanmar has released detained fishermen 05 Dec 2024 - 04:44 pm
Peninsula
South Korean president clings to power after martial law U-turn 05 Dec 2024 - 01:45 pm
Protesters take part in a candlelight rally calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol on the steps of the National Assembly in Seoul on December 5, 2024. Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP
Chinese shopping app Temu suspended in Vietnam: state media 05 Dec 2024 - 11:23 am
(FILES) This photograph shows the logo of Chinese e-commerce company Temu displayed on a mobile phone in front of a screen showing the company's website in Brussels on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
700 Bangladeshi prisoners still on run after revolution jailbreaks 05 Dec 2024 - 12:02 am
File: Burnt building of Bangladesh bridge authority is pictured after students set it on fire amid the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 19, 2024.  (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Tokyo to propose four-day workweek for government staff 04 Dec 2024 - 03:48 pm
Pedestrians walk down the high-street shopping area of the Ginza district in central Tokyo on November 22, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
China reports warmest autumn since records began 04 Dec 2024 - 03:38 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on September 17, 2024 shows buildings silhouetted as clouds drift past the sun in Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
South Korean defence minister offers to resign after martial law turmoil 04 Dec 2024 - 01:11 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. A man reads an extra edition newspaper in downtown Seoul on December 4, 2024, after martial law was lifted. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP.
South Korean President pressed to step down over martial law bid 04 Dec 2024 - 08:53 am
Opposition party members and members of civic groups hold a rally to ask for the resignation of South Korea President Yoon Seoul Yeol on the steps in front of the National Assembly building in Seoul on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Yonhap / AFP)