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North Korea bans hot dogs due to ‘Western ties’ 08 Jan 2025 - 06:04 pm
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Hundreds rally for South Korea's Yoon as new arrest bid beckons 08 Jan 2025 - 04:46 pm
Security personnel check vehicles at the entrance gate of the presidential residence of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, as seen from a hill in Seoul on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Philippines arrests 400 foreigners in scam centre raid 08 Jan 2025 - 04:46 pm
Pic taken from PTV official Facebook page.
Nobel winner Ressa tells AFP 'dangerous times' ahead after Meta ends US fact-checking 08 Jan 2025 - 03:39 pm
Philippine journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa speaks during an interview with AFP in Manila on January 8, 2025. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Singapore anti-scam law gives police power over bank accounts 08 Jan 2025 - 02:08 pm
Tourist buses are parked at an open carpark near the Chinatown district in Singapore on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
China earthquake victims rise to 126 death, 188 injured 07 Jan 2025 - 08:46 pm
This frame grab from a user-generated content (UGC) video on January 7, 2025 shows rocks on a road near the Shigatse national highway in China's Tibet after an earthquake struck the area. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok: Thai media 07 Jan 2025 - 06:23 pm
Peninsula
South Korea investigators get new warrant to arrest President Yoon 07 Jan 2025 - 04:28 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol take part in a rally near his residence in Seoul on January 7, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
China's most successful team kicked out of professional football 07 Jan 2025 - 02:34 pm
Peninsula
Video: Quake in China's Tibet kills 95 with tremors felt in Nepal, India 07 Jan 2025 - 01:19 pm
People gather in an open area following earthquake tremors in Kathmandu, in the early hours on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Sunil Sharma / AFP)
Indian divers race to reach miners inside flooded pit 07 Jan 2025 - 10:12 am
Images released by the military
Quake in Tibet kills 32 with tremors felt in Nepal, India 07 Jan 2025 - 08:08 am
Rescuers work in an earthquake-affected area in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. Xinhua
Brazil declares Indonesia new BRICS member 06 Jan 2025 - 10:03 pm
Peninsula
Jeju Air had more maintenance-induced delays than any other domestic airline in first half of 2024 06 Jan 2025 - 06:38 pm
Investigators and emergency response personnel work at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on January 4, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Indonesia to import wheat to replace corn for animal feed 06 Jan 2025 - 06:16 pm
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Indian miners trapped inside flooded coal mine 06 Jan 2025 - 05:38 pm
Peninsula
Jailed ex-Malaysian leader Najib moves closer to house arrest 06 Jan 2025 - 05:28 pm
A woman holds a hand fan bearing a photo of former Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak and reading
What stopped a Korean mall fire from turning into a deadly catastrophe 06 Jan 2025 - 05:18 pm
Firefighters and a police officer stand in front of a commercial building that was damaged by a fire that broke out at the Bundang district in Seongnam on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)