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Chairperson of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) Ryu Hee-Lim presides over an urgent meeting on digital sex crimes on Aug. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Seoul probes Telegram on alleged negligence of deepfake crimes
The South Korean government has asked Telegram and other social media companies to delete deepfake images from their platforms after an increase in such content.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Before Indian doctor's murder, an unmet promise to keep physicians safe
The state government of West Bengal where a doctor was raped and murdered in early August had pledged better security five years ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Hong Kong editors convicted of sedition in blow to press freedom
Local news outlets in Hong Kong already self-censor to survive and some foreign news organizations have left or moved out staff.
Activists attend a news conference after a ruling by the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2024
Top South Korean court says climate law doesn't protect basic rights
By Ju-min Park
The court asked the legislature to revise the carbon neutrality act by the end of February 2026.
Medical professionals and students participate in a silent march as they condemn the rape and murder of a doctor, in Kolkata on Aug. 15.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2024
'Abuse every day': Female medics in India speak out after brutal murder
By Aishwarya KUMAR
The rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata cast a spotlight on the chronic issue of violence against women and the failure to provide safe working conditions for them.
Medical professionals and activists hold posters and candles as they take part in a midnight protest on Wednesday to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic in Kolkata. Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on Monday in protest.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2024
Doctors' protests spread across India after rape and murder of medic
By Subrata Nag Choudhary
The gruesome attack on a trainee doctor last week has prompted thousands of women to march across Indian cities overnight as well as protests by fellow medics.
Cyberespionage has become a powerful tool in China’s tool set as it pursues its geopolitical aims, cybersecurity experts say.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2024
Suspected Chinese hackers hit Taiwanese research center
By Charles Gorrivan
The attackers used a kind of malicious software tool that’s almost entirely used by China-based groups, cybersecurity researchers at Cisco Systems said.
Devices used in a scam center in Manila that has been shut down by police. Scam centers have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, with crime syndicates luring, kidnapping or coercing workers into predatory online activity and raking in billions of dollars.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2024
Raid on Philippine gambling hub unravels elaborate scheme implicating mayor
By Allison JACKSON and Cecil Morella
The scandal has fueled calls for a ban on the online gambling industry over its links to financial scams, kidnapping, prostitution, human trafficking, torture and murder.
Family members of Gary Gerbes, founder of the Mongrel Mob gang, gather ahead of the release of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care outside New Zealand's Parliament House in Wellington on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2024
Survivors recount trauma as New Zealand releases child abuse report
By Lucy Craymer
Many survivors suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and resorted to substance abuse and violence as a result of the trauma.
Jimmy Lai at Apple Daily, the newspaper he founded, in Hong Kong on Aug. 12, 2020
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2024
Hong Kong court dismisses Jimmy Lai's bid to end national security trial
By Jessie Pang
The founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily faces charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and to publish seditious material.

Nippon Steel's U.S. setback a wake-up for Japan Inc.'s foreign forays
A water tower at a U.S. Steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday
Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after casualties in China's Hainan
Water is whipped up by high winds onto the shore of Phuong Luu lake as Super Typhoon Yagi hits Haiphong, Vietnam, on Saturday.
U.S. eyeing midrange missiles in Japan for drills, U.S. Army secretary says
A Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, launcher with the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force arrives in the Philippines on April 8, in the capability’s first deployment to the Indo-Pacific region.
Demand for Calrose rice rises amid Japanese rice shortage
Shuzo Fukushi, who heads Rice Meister Kojimachi in Tokyo, shows a bag of Calrose mixed with domestic rice at his store on Thursday.
LDP leadership hopefuls campaign across Japan
Digital transformation minister Taro Kono speaks at a news conference on Thursday.
Almodovar wins top Venice prize for end-of-life film
Director Pedro Almodovar poses with his Golden Lion Award during the 81st Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
U.S. and U.K. spy chiefs warn of deepening Iran-Russia military links
Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns arrives to testify before a closed Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12.
No talking, no eating, no standing: Inside sumo's ring purification ceremony
A sumo referee performs the dohyō matsuri, or ring purification ceremony, in January 2017 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Demand for Calrose rice rises amid Japanese rice shortage
Shuzo Fukushi, who heads Rice Meister Kojimachi in Tokyo, shows a bag of Calrose mixed with domestic rice at his store on Thursday.
Pasocom Music Club returns to the pure pleasures of the dance floor
Pasocom Music Club’s “Love Flutter” marks an important moment for Japan’s electronic community as project members Aoi Shibata (left) and Masato Nishiyama step into a role other artists once held for them — scene veterans who are inspiring the next generation.

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