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Footage appears to show Boeing 737-800 skidding along runway at Muan airport before hitting wall and catching fireSouth Korea plane crash – live updatesAll but two of 181 people onboard a plane that crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea ar…
A state funeral was held for India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of the country’s economic transformation, with a state funeral in New Delhi, complete with full honours and a 21-gun saluteIndia mourns former PM Manmohan Singh wi…
Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people diedRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christ…
Hundreds of thousands gather in central Seoul to protest against president suspended over martial law declarationHundreds of thousands of South Koreans flooded central Seoul on Saturday in the latest wave of protests demanding the removal of the countr…
People line New Delhi streets to pay tribute to man who steered India through some of its most turbulent economic timesIndia bade farewell to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of the country’s economic transformation, with a state fun…
Minister says request regarding welder arrested in 2005 on drugs charges will be discussed in January amid spate of transfer of high-profile detaineesIndonesia has received an official request from France to transfer a French death row inmate imprisone…
Kyiv reports heavy casualties among Pyongyang’s soldiers in Russia while Washington accuses generals of seeing the troops as ‘expendable’. What we know on day 1,039Russia-Ukraine war live: latest news updates Continue reading…
Fan Weiqiu, angry at his divorce settlement, caused ‘great social harm’ when he drove into people as they exercised in the city of Zhuhai, court saysA court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into a crowd,…
Dictators in Russia and China should be denied further control of raw materials used in electronics, writes John E Havard. Plus a letter from Fawzi IbrahimA footnote to the excellent article by Timothy Garton Ash (What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can…
Carrier suspends flights to five Russian airports after early findings of investigation into crash on Christmas Day The aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 people, experienced “external physical and technical interference”,…
Removal of acting president Han Duck-soo is part of a rancorous battle for the country’s constitutional futureFor the fourth time this month, South Korea’s parliament has become the arena for a rancorous battle for the country’s political future.Safegu…
Members of South Korea’s ruling People Power party jostled their way to the front of the national assembly session on Friday and chanted in protest during a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion passed in a 192-0 vote…
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereEvents since Yoon’s martial law declaration on December 3 had ignited South Korea’s worst political crisis since 1987 when nationwide public demonstrations forced the ruling party of for…
Flaky pastry filled with seafood delicacy gains cult status and draws crowds to sleepy beach communityCelebrities have raved about them, politicians have bulk-ordered them, local people line up and tourists drive hours for them. The legendary pāua pie …
Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the country’s rural and island communitiesThe reason for Aoshima’s nickname was clear before we had set foot on the island. As our tiny vessel slowed …