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Japan: Disallowing same-sex marriage 'unconstitutional'
Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2023
» A Japanese court ruled on Tuesday that the government's failure to recognise same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the second such verdict among five similar lawsuits brought to district courts in the country.
Japan mulls scrapping 100-day remarriage ban
Kyodo News, Published on 14/02/2022
» A Japanese government panel on Monday recommended abolishing the current 100-day remarriage ban for women after a divorce, in line with scrapping a century-old Civil Code provision that determines legal paternity.
Southern peace talks make slow progress
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2022
» The Thai government and Muslim separatist insurgents in southern Thailand proposed on Thursday forming a joint working group to flesh out the broad terms agreed on in their third round of peace talks held this week in the Malaysian capital.
Myanmar court allows Suu Kyi's 2-week detention as military beds in
Kyodo News, Published on 03/02/2021
» A Myanmar court has granted a police request to detain ousted leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi until Feb 15 for illegally importing and using communications equipment, members of her National League for Democracy said Wednesday.
Cambodia shuts down US-funded NGO, expels staff
Kyodo News, Published on 23/08/2017
» PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian government announced Wednesday it has ordered the US-based National Democratic Institute closed and its foreign staff to leave the country within seven days.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
US warns of China's use of contested islands
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2016
» TOKYO — China has increased the amount of land it has reclaimed in contested areas of the South China Sea more than six-fold in the past year and the facilities it has built will allow it to "significantly" boost its presence there, the US Defense Department said Friday.
Indonesia threatens to cut public services for 'God'
Kyodo News, Published on 25/08/2015
» Indonesia's top Islamic authority has called on a man named "Tuhan" -- or God in English -- to change his name or have his access to public services denied, local media reported Tuesday.