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Oct 15, 2017

North's unhappy mix of tourists and military

By Ju-min Park

The Wonsan resort is not North Korea's first attempt to mix the military and tourism.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 15, 2017

Wild elephants trample to death four Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Wild elephants trampled sleeping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, killing three children and a woman in the second such incident since the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar in just a few weeks.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 14, 2017

North Korea renews threat to target Guam ahead of joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises

By Jesse Johnson

North Korea renewed its threat to the American Pacific territory of Guam on Friday as the U.S. and South Korean militaries geared up for 10 days of joint naval exercises set to kick off next week.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 13, 2017

Myanmar Army opens probe into reports of killings, abuse of Rohingya Muslims

Myanmar's military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and arson by troops.

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal

Oct 13, 2017

China jails Yang Xiuzhu, former No. 1 fugitive, over graft

A Chinese court on Friday jailed the country's top fugitive for eight years for graft and taking bribes, state media said.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Oct 13, 2017

China bars British activist from Hong Kong, says territory's affairs are 'purely internal matter'

China said on Thursday it had the right to bar people from Hong Kong, a day after a British activist was denied entry into the former British colony, and that it had complained to Britain after it demanded an explanation.

ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 13, 2017

Small quake at North Korea nuke test site believed not man-made but last blast suspected of destabilizing mountain

A small earthquake rattled the area near North Korea's nuclear testing field but it did not appear to be man-made, South Korea's weather agency said on Friday, the latest to be observed after the North conducted its sixth and biggest nuclear test in early September.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 13, 2017

UAE follows Qatar and Kuwait lead and terminates North Korea diplomatic mission

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it was ending the mission of North Korea's nonresident ambassador and terminating its own envoy's services in Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency WAM.

ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 12, 2017

Asked to explain 'calm before the storm' remark, Trump talks North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to confirm he had North Korea in mind last week when he described a gathering of military leaders as "the calm before the storm."

ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Oct 12, 2017

After India Supreme Court rules on child bride sex issue, campaigners set sights on marital rape

A ruling by India's top court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime in the conservative nation, according to campaigners.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Oct 12, 2017

Murdered North Korean Kim Jong Nam had $100,000 in backpack, police witness says

The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was carrying $100,000 in cash in his backpack at the time of his murder, the police officer investigating the case told a Malaysian court on Wednesday.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Society

Oct 12, 2017

Brutal Myanmar army drove half of million Rohingya out, making sure they can' return: U.N.

Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out half a million Muslim Rohingya from northern Rakhine state, torching their homes, crops and villages to prevent them from returning, the U.N. human rights office said on Wednesday.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.

With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear

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