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North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia's Kursk
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» SEOUL - North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA reporting Pyongyang's soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the Russian border region of Kursk.
Three Koreans sentenced for murder near Pattaya
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2025
» A court in South Korea has handed down jail terms to three men charged for brutally murdering their compatriot near Pattaya last year.
YouTube patriots? The men backing S. Korea's impeached president
AFP, Published on 09/01/2025
» SEOUL - Fears of North Korea, online conspiracies and unproven claims of electoral fraud -- conservative South Korean men told AFP why they had descended on impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence to protect him from arrest.
Last Pattaya ‘barrel murder’ suspect caught
Online Reporters, Published on 26/09/2024
» The third and last suspect in the Pattaya “barrel murder” case has been arrested in Vietnam and extradited to South Korea after four months on the run.
Pattaya murder suspect deported to South Korea
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/07/2024
» A Korean murder suspect having been arrested in Phnom Penh has been sent back to South Korea to face charges for allegedly killing his compatriot near Pattaya two months ago.
Pattaya murder suspect deported to South Korea
Online Reporters, Published on 11/07/2024
» A Korean murder suspect having been arrested in Phnom Penh has been sent back to South Korea to face charges for allegedly killing his compatriot near Pattaya two months ago.
Pattaya barrel-murder suspect indicted in S.Korea
Online Reporters, Published on 10/06/2024
» South Korean prosecutors have indicted one of three suspects in the murder of a fellow Korean found dead in a concrete-filled barrel in a reservoir near Pattaya.
Improving the region's food safety
Oped, Published on 07/06/2024
» In a region with poor food safety standards, policy makers, the private sector and consumers in Asia and the Pacific must do better.
South Korean faces indictment for Pattaya barrel murder
Online Reporters, Published on 24/05/2024
» A man in his 20s is facing a possible indictment related to the murder of his compatriot near Pattaya after South Korean police transferred him to the custody of prosecutors.
Asia-Pacific's loss of biodiversity
Oped, Published on 22/05/2024
» In recent months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and others have pointed to an increase in food insecurity and "hunger hotspots" in various parts of Asia and the Pacific. While conflicts and climate crises can carry some of the blame, we must acknowledge that the slow but steady erosion of our region's biodiversity is an equal or even greater threat to our future food security.