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Ex-South Korean leader Park indicted
Associated Press, Published on 17/04/2017
» SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life.
Maoist crimes go unpunished
News, Associated Press, Published on 30/08/2016
» The image of the teacher's body tied to a tree and riddled with bullets still haunts his son 14 years later. Communist militants allegedly dragged the Nepalese man from the class he was teaching and then killed him for refusing to give part of his salary to fund their bloody rebellion.
Sri Lanka on cautious path to peace
News, Associated Press, Published on 06/06/2016
» For seven years, the ethnic Tamil housewife has waited for news of a son who vanished near the frenzied end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century-long civil war. After so much time, she has little faith that the Sinhalese-majority government will help solve such mysteries and heal old wounds.
'Tribunal' opens hearings into mass killings in Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2015
» THE HAGUE – A “people's tribunal” opened hearings in the Netherlands Tuesday intended to publicise allegations that Indonesian authorities were responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of suspected Communists 50 years ago.
Kim dismisses top officials over Koreas standoff
Associated Press, Published on 28/08/2015
» SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed several top officials in the wake of a recent standoff with South Korea, state media reported Friday, in personnel changes that suggest that Mr Kim was holding them responsible for the confrontation that developed in a way that he did not expect.
China loggers among 7,000 prisoners freed in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 30/07/2015
» YANGON – More than 150 Chinese workers sentenced to life terms in prison for illegal logging less than two weeks ago were freed in Myanmar on Thursday under a massive presidential pardon that saw nearly 7,000 prisoners released.
500K Sri Lankans attend Pope mass
Associated Press, Published on 14/01/2015
» COLOMBO — Pope Francis pressed his call for Sri Lankan reconciliation Wednesday by canonizing the country's first saint as a model for national unity and visiting the war-ravaged north to pray at a shrine revered by both Sinhalese and Tamil faithful.
Hun Sen asks king to pardon Rainsy
Associated Press, Published on 12/07/2013
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's prime minister applied Friday for a pardon for his top political rival, a move that would allow the self-exiled opposition leader to return home and campaign for the coming general election.
Suu Kyi slams Rohingya 2-child limit
Associated Press, Published on 27/05/2013
» YANGON - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay on Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing.