Crime
Thai serial killer cremated after decades as museum display
Jul 23, 2020

Thai serial killer cremated after decades as museum display

Si Ouey has a reputation as Thailand's first serial killer, a cannibal, and a bogeyman parents invoke to scare misbehaving children...

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US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
Jul 22, 2020

US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints

The U.S. government has imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China’s Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang, including three identified in investiga...

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Fear of Chinese justice at core of Hong Kong concerns
Jul 21, 2020

Fear of Chinese justice at core of Hong Kong concerns

With Britain the latest country to scrap its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, the focus in the semi-autonomous city has returned to the concerns about China’s legal system that sparked months of ant...

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Asia Today: Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city
Jul 20, 2020

Asia Today: Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city

China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang...

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Indonesia jails 2 police in acid attack on graft official
Jul 17, 2020

Indonesia jails 2 police in acid attack on graft official

An Indonesian court has sentenced two elite police officers to 18 months and two years in prison for attacking a senior anti-corruption investigator with acid and leaving him almost blinded...

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Widow of ex-Korean Air boss convicted of assaulting workers
Jul 14, 2020

Widow of ex-Korean Air boss convicted of assaulting workers

The widow of the former Korean Air chairman received a suspended prison sentence for assault and other abuses of her chauffeur, security guard and other employees...

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Indonesia police: Jailed French sex crime suspect kills self
Jul 13, 2020

Indonesia police: Jailed French sex crime suspect kills self

Police say a French man accused of molesting over 300 Indonesian children has died after apparently trying to kill himself in detention...

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Missing Seoul mayor's body found after massive search
Jul 9, 2020

Missing Seoul mayor's body found after massive search

Police say the body of the missing mayor of South Korea's capital, Seoul, has been found...

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Burial traditions clash with coronavirus safety in Indonesia
Jul 9, 2020

Burial traditions clash with coronavirus safety in Indonesia

As Indonesia’s death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise, the world’s most populous Muslim country finds itself at odds with protocols put in place by the government to handle the bodies of vi...

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