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Seoul defence ministry says it is in the process of verifying facts about incident at the weekendA man observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is believed to be a North Korean who previously defected t…
Read MoreLi Jingwei still recalled key features of his home village 30 years later and made successful appeal for help Thirty years ago, when Li Jingwei was four years old, a neighbour abducted him from his home village in China’s Yunnan province and sold him t…
Read MoreLiquor destroyed after barrels seized and three arrested in capital as Taliban government increases raids over alcohol and drugsA team of Afghan intelligence agents poured about 3,000 litres of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency has…
Read MoreAttacks such as the one in which two Save the Children staff died are a harsh fact of life under the junta, say humanitarian workers“The events of last week are just par for the army’s inhumanity and immorality.”So says Michael Isherwood, chair of the …
Read MoreKane Tanaka has set her sights on becoming 120 next year, as figures show the number of young adults in Japan in steep declineThe world’s oldest person has celebrated her 119th birthday in Japan, saying she is determined to extend the record by another…
Read MoreRobert Etheridge, aka DJ Dimension, apologises for ‘my misunderstandings’ in breaking isolation rules and visiting Auckland venues before testing Covid-positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA British DJ who triggered New Z…
Read MoreIndependent online news portal to cease operations amid ‘worsening environment for media’ in cityThe Hong Kong independent news outlet Citizen News has said it will cease operations from Tuesday in the face of what it described as a deteriorating media…
Read MoreHalf a million people have sunk into poverty since the pandemic struck, with rising costs forcing many to cut back on foodCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with…
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