State taken under federal control and split into Jammu and Kashmir, and LadakhDelhi has formally revoked the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories in an attempt to integrate it fully int…
Quarter of world’s pig population ‘to die due to African swine fever’
World Organisation for Animal Health warns spread of disease has inflamed worldwide crisisAbout a quarter of the global pig population is expected to die as a result of an epidemic of African swine fever (ASF), according to the intergovernmental organi…
産経新聞記者の「文在寅氏」発言をそのまま放送した韓国公営放送、番組制作陣が公式謝罪＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから、「”日本偏向放送議論”KBS時事直撃制作陣公式謝罪」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
At least 70 dead after fire on train in Pakistan – video
A gas canister being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded on a train between Karachi and Rawalpindi, officials have said. The resulting fire destroyed three carriages in the south of Punjab province. Most people died while trying to jump off t…
兵役履行した海外永住者に日本産の器が贈呈されていたことが発覚して物議＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから、「（単独）兵役海外永住権者に日本産の器を贈呈」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
Pakistan train fire: at least 70 dead after gas explosion
Most passengers died trying to jump off moving train to escape blaze in Punjab, say officialsAt least 70 people have died and dozens have been injured after a fire broke out on a passenger train in Pakistan.Footage showed three of the carriages engulfe…
燃えてしまった沖縄の首里城…韓国内からも「残念」の声＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから、「燃えてしまった沖縄首里城…国内SNSも”残念だ”」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
Modern slavery cannot be tackled if victims treated as criminals
Illegally trafficked migrants will stay silent if police continue to report victims to Home OfficeIn January 2018, a terrified 18-year-old Vietnamese man walked into a police station in London and told police that he had spent five years being traffick…
Beverly Hills hotel and private jet forfeited by 1MDB fugitive
Malaysian Jho Low relinquishes $700m in assets as part of effort to recoup stolen cash from world’s biggest financial fraudThe Malaysian financier at the heart of the massive 1MDB graft scandal has struck a settlement to forfeit assets worth $700m incl…
CIA-linked unit accused of atrocities in Afghanistan
Document details 14 deadly raids by pro-government units with support of US intelligence The Afghan soldiers who swept through Kulalgo village one late August night shot three of Dr Ulfatullah’s relatives carefully, a single bullet through their left e…
Blast from the past: Wellington drivers beep horns to dispel ghostly tunnel vision
Commuters in the New Zealand capital are divided over tradition linked to murder of girl at site of city traffic tunnelIt won’t make any lists of the world’s spookiest places, though it is arguably one of the noisiest. Inside the bare, concrete tunnel …
文大統領の母の死に弔電を送った安倍…北朝鮮は沈黙＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから、「文大統領に弔電送った安倍…北韓は沈黙」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
Myanmar actors jailed with hard labour for show poking fun at military
Five group members get one-year terms under law that bans information that endangers or demoralises militaryA court in Myanmar has sentenced five members of a traditional theatrical troupe to a year in prison for their gibes about the military.The memb…
Japan Shuri castle fire: blaze engulfs revered world heritage site
Fire spread quickly through 600-year-old site dating back to Ryukyu kingdom in OkinawaA fire has swept through a historic castle on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa , destroying much of a structure that had come to symbolise the ancient Ryukyu k…
北朝鮮、韓国政府の金剛山観光実務者会談の提案をわずか一日で拒否＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから、「北、金剛山観光実務者会談、一日で拒絶…”文書交換”再度主張（総合）」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。