No one in Asia-Pacific should be left behind
February 21, 2024
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Women Outnumber Men in South Korea’s Sports Stadiums
Each time the South Korean men’s soccer team scored against Singapore during a recent 5-0 rout in a World Cup qualifier, the roar from the home crowd came largely from women, who held nearly two-thirds of the tickets to the match.
Taliban set unacceptable conditions for attending a UN meeting, says UN secretary-general
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Taliban set unacceptable conditions for attending a U.N.-sponsored meeting about Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.
Japan’s ‘naked men’ festival in Iwate succumbs to ageing population: ‘difficult to continue’
Their passionate chants of jasso, joyasa (meaning “evil, be gone”) echoed through a cedar forest of the northern Japan’s Iwate region, where the secluded Kokuseki Temple has decided to end the popular annual rite.
Indian cohabiting couples slam new state law requiring ‘inquiry’, fear abuse by nosy neighbours
The couple, who used pseudonyms for fear of being identified, said the legislation felt like an attack on the private spaces of couples.
India Supreme Court scraps opaque election funding system
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits, calling it "unconstitutional".
South Korean doctors rally against government plans to increase the number of medical students
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul, and other cities on Thursday against a government plan to boost the number of medical students.