Indonesia's likely next president made 4-star general despite links to alleged human rights abuses
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has awarded an honorary four-star general rank to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former high-ranking army officer who is linked to human rights abuses and who em...
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South Korea says presumed North Korean hackers breached personal emails of presidential staffer
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office says that presumed North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of one of his staff members ahead of Yoon's trip to Europe in November...
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Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger
A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea’s biggest company...
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South Korean court convicts 23-year-old man in car-and-stabbing attack that killed 2 and injured 12
A South Korean judge has convicted a man of murder for an unprovoked car-and-stabbing rampage that killed two people and injured 12 others in a city near Seoul last year...
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A Hong Kong court convicted 4 people of rioting over the storming of legislature in 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court has convicted four people for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago...
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South Korean police say a lawmaker has been injured in an attack with a rock-like object
South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object...
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Man convicted of murder for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
A man has been convicted of murder and other crimes for carrying out the arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people...
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Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes over an arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto that killed 36 people...
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Men who say they were abused by a Japanese boy band producer criticize the company's response
Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal of not being sincere in dealing with the victims and s...
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