Latest North Korean Offensive: Dumping Trash on South Korea From the Sky
North Korea has resumed an unusual operation to show anger at South Korea: dumping trash from the sky across the world’s most heavily armed border.
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SQ321 turbulence: Thai doctor hailed for leading evacuation to treat injured
Wichanya Burirak said it was chaotic with “all sorts of people walking and running around” as she and her colleagues waited on the tarmac to receive the aircraft, which touched down earlier than expected.
She came from Japan and Malaysia sentenced her to hang for 3.5kg of meth. Now she gets to live
In a unanimous decision, a panel of three judges at the Federal Court replaced the death sentence handed to Mariko Takeuchi, 50, with imprisonment of 30 years from the date of her arrest in 2009, after reviewing an appeal for a lesser punishment.
South Korea kicks up a stink about faeces-filled balloons from North
The military’s explosives ordnance unit and chemical and biological warfare response team were deployed to inspect and collect the objects, and an alert was issued warning residents to keep away and report any sightings to authorities.
India is No 1 again … for internet shutdowns. ‘It’s a form of collective punishment’
The “Shrinking Democracy, Growing Violence” report released on May 15 by Access Now, a global non-profit organisation focused on digital civil rights, found that the world’s most populous country cut online access more than any other nation last year – being responsible for over half of all internet shutdowns in 2023.
Authorities in Papua New Guinea search for safer ground for thousands of landslide survivors
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Authorities in Papua New Guinea were searching on Wednesday for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the country’s highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed, officials said.
Asia markets mostly lower after investors assess Australia inflation data
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Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says
LONDON (AP) — The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday.