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'Spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
AFP, Published on 03/08/2018
» SEOUL - Even a record heatwave will not keep Claire Lee from joining tens of thousands of South Korean women at a mass protest Saturday against secretly-filmed spycam pornography -- as anger over the issue swells, prompting national soul-searching.
Cambodian blogger tackles taboos
AFP, Published on 22/06/2018
» PHNOM PENH - Sex toys, infidelity and penis size are generally hush hush topics in conservative Cambodia, but not on a taboo-busting video blog called "A Dose of Cath" that unabashedly wrestles with the risqué, drawing both applause and abuse in the patriarchal country.
Pakistanis enchanted by 11-year-old motivational coach
AFP, Published on 07/06/2018
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - Several hundred Pakistani university students sit enraptured as Hammad Safi lectures them on the merits of bettering their diction by watching Barack Obama speeches on YouTube.
California university president resigns as abuse scandal widens
AFP, Published on 26/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES - The president of a top California university resigned Friday in the wake of a growing scandal over a former campus gynecologist who stands accused of sexually abusing thousands of students over a period of decades.
Calls mount for US university president to resign over abuse scandal
AFP, Published on 23/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES - Two hundred professors at one of California's top universities on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the school's president over a widening sexual abuse scandal involving a campus gynecologist.
'Eradicate the tumours': Chinese civilians drive Xinjiang crackdown
AFP, Published on 26/04/2018
» MOYU COUNTY, China: The civilian group descended on the village under government instructions to "win the people's hearts", but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state.
US charges Iranians in massive hacking scheme
AFP, Published on 23/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States unveiled charges on Friday against nine Iranians for their alleged involvement in a massive state-sponsored hacking scheme which targeted hundreds of universities in the US and abroad and stole "valuable intellectual property and data."
Former S. Korea presidential hopeful denies rape
AFP, Published on 19/03/2018
» SEOUL - A former South Korean presidential contender accused of raping two women including his aide has denied the allegations against him, in the highest-profile case linked to the country's growing #MeToo campaign.
Trump nomination for Nobel Peace Prize possibly a fake
AFP, Published on 28/02/2018
» OSLO - Has Donald Trump really been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Wednesday it had filed a police report after receiving a seemingly fraudulent nomination for the US president.
Daughter of S.Korea's 'Rasputin' arrested in Denmark
AFP, Published on 02/01/2017
» SEOUL - The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President, has been arrested in Denmark after months in hiding, Seoul prosecutors said Monday.