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…
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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…
S Korea: Travel ban on president Yoon Suk Yeol after martial law attempt
South Korean authorities have imposed a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is under investigation for his short-lived martial law declaration last Tuesday. Yoon narrowly survived an impeachment motion against…
Taiwan: Military raises alert to ‘high’ amid presence of Chinese warships
Taiwan’s military has raised the alert level to “high”, saying China restricted its airspace and deployed dozens of warships and coastguard vessels in waters around the island amid reports of a…
Japan: Actress Miho Nakayama found dead at 54
Japanese actresses Miho Nakayama was found dead in a bathtub in her Tokyo home on Friday. She was 54. Ms Nakayama found success as a singer in the 1980s and…
Japan: Bank boss takes pay cut after employee ‘tried to kill clients’
The boss of Japanese bank Nomura has taken a short-term pay cut after a former employee was charged with robbery of bank clients, attempted murder and arson. The worker allegedly…
Cambodia: Authorities jail 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates
Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy. They were sentenced to four years in prison,…
Paraguay: Authorities expel visiting Chinese envoy who urged lawmakers to reject Taiwan
The South American nation of Paraguay has expelled a Chinese diplomat on the grounds of alleged “interference in domestic affairs”. Paraguay’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that…