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Two Malaysian women caned under Islamic law for lesbian sex
AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» KUALA TERENGGANU (MALAYSIA) - Two Malaysian women were caned Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, despite an outcry from activists at the "cruel and unjust" punishment.
Creator of 'Maruko-chan' manga dies of breast cancer
Published on 27/08/2018
» TOKYO: Momoko Sakura, creator of the long-running manga and anime series "Chibi Maruko-chan", died of breast cancer earlier this month, her office said on Monday. She was 53.
Typhoon heads for Hokkaido
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2018
» TOKYO: Typhoon Cimaron passed through western Japan to the Sea of Japan early Friday, leaving more than a dozen people injured and disrupting traffic before heading for the northern main island of Hokkaido.
Powerful typhoon on course to hit western Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 23/08/2018
» TOKYO: A powerful typhoon is expected to cross western Japan from the Pacific coast northward on Thursday night, bringing downpours to a region already reeling from last month's deadly flooding and landslides.
46 rescued from human trafficking in Japan in 2017
Kyodo News, Published on 18/05/2018
» Forty-six people were rescued from human trafficking for forced prostitution or forced labour in Japan in 2017, down slightly from 50 in the previous year, a government report showed Friday.
Meth trade forges unlikely link between Rohingya and Myanmar soldiers
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» TEKNAF (BANGLADESH) - Huge quantities of meth are seeding unrest inside Bangladesh's refugee camps, as jobless Rohingya turn drug runners for a criminal chain that stretches back to Myanmar -- and the soldiers who drove them out.
Protesters bash Aso over sexual harassment comments
Kyodo News, Published on 07/05/2018
» TOKYO: Women took to the streets on Monday to denounce Finance Minister Taro Aso over comments that seemed to make light of an alleged case of sexual harassment by the top bureaucrat at his ministry.
Two Koreas agree to goal of 'complete denuclearisation'
Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL: The leaders of North and South Korea signed a declaration on Friday agreeing to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula".
Kim becomes first N.Korean leader to cross border
Kyodo News, Published on 27/04/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong Un on Friday became the first North Korean leader to cross the border with the South since the end of the Korean War, the latest in a series of remarkable developments emerging from his sudden embrace of diplomacy since the beginning of this year.
Kim to walk across border with South for summit
Kyodo News, Published on 26/04/2018
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk across the border between the two Koreas to attend Friday's inter-Korean summit, the first in over 10 years, to discuss denuclearisation and peace issues, according to details and schedule released by South Korea.