The end, when it came for the BGP5 barracks, was loud and brutal. First, a crackly speaker calling out for their surrender; then, a thunderous barrage of artillery, rockets and…
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Indonesia: Deadly landslides, flash floods hit Java island
Indonesian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said, adding that two people were still…
Asia: Frustrated young men celebrate the return of Donald Trump
From Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, South Korea; and Manila, the Philippines – Donald Trump’s popularity among young men who frequent the “manosphere” online has been widely cited as a factor in his…
S Korea: Opposition parties submit new motion to impeach President Yoon
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to “fight to the end” after opposition parties submitted a new joint motion to impeach him over a botched martial law bid last week. The…
S Korea: President Yoon vows to ‘fight to the end’
Embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his shock decision to declare martial law last week, saying he did it to protect the country’s democracy. In a surprise televised address…
India: Marketing ethics get the spotlight
The rapper Snoop DoggSnoop Dogg made headlines last year for announcing that he would be “giving up smoke”, only to reveal that he was actually talking about using a smokeless fire…
S Korea: Ex-minister of defence linked to martial law move attempts to commit suicide
South Korea’s former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun, who claimed full responsibility for the president’s failed attempt to place the country under martial law last week, has tried to take his…
N Korea: Media mocks ‘dictator’ Yoon’s ‘insane’ martial law attempt
North Korea has responded to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law, likening it to a military coup and accusing him of trying to run a…
S Korea: Police raid president Yoon Suk Yeol’s office over martial law attempt
Police in South Korea have raided the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s abortive attempt to impose martial law last week. The raids are the latest development…
India: Dozens of schools get bomb threats in capital Delhi
Police in India’s capital Delhi have searched around 40 schools after they received anonymous bomb threats, a police spokesperson said. The schools received emails threatening that bombs would be detonated…