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Constitutional Court begins hearing on justice minister's impeachment case 2025-03-18
Korea Times

Justice Minister Park Sung-jae speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, Tuesday, for the first hearing of his impeachment case. Joint Press Corps By Anna J. Park The Constitutional Court held its first official hearing on the highly anticipated impeachment case of...

photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

South Korea opposition urges swift ruling on president's fate 2025-03-17
Khaleejtimes

South Korea's opposition party on Monday urged the country's Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, saying delays were "irresponsible" and causing social unrest. Yoon was impeached by lawmakers over his disastrous December 3 declaration of martial...

photo: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

$Taliban’s fractured regime teeters toward collapse$

Taliban’s fractured regime teeters toward collapse 2025-03-11
Asiatimes

Since its return to power in 2021, Afghanistan’s Taliban have struggled to transform their insurgent movement into a functioning government. Beneath an outward show of unity, the hardline regime is plagued by deep-rooted factionalism, economic mismanagement and growing public dissatisfaction....

photo: AP / Abdul Khaliq

Philippines says to sign troops pact with Canada as defense ties deepen 2025-03-07
LBC International

The Philippines and Canada are set to sign a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) after negotiations to...

photo: AP / Private First Class Carmelotes/Public Affairs Office Armed Forces of the Philippines

Taiwan bounty hunters cash in on exploding iguana population 2025-03-07
South China Morning Post

Taiwan began culling iguanas nearly 10 years ago with the 2025 target set at more than 100,000 . ......

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Young South Korean men and women deeply divided on politics, survey shows 2025-03-07
South China Morning Post

The poll found that men and women in their 20s had the largest political ideology gap of any age group. ......

photo: WN / RTayco

Who is to blame for Sri Lanka’s crises? 2025-03-06
Al Jazeera

When Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in 2022 amid mass protests and an economic crisis, parliament elected veteran politician and six-time Prime...

photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

Malaysian court rules ‘wounding religious feelings’ is a crime 2025-03-06
South China Morning Post

Ruling on controversial film ‘Mentega Terbang’ widens the potential for legal liability in a country beset by issues of race, religion and royalty. ......

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Myanmar police destroy over 100 acres of poppy in eastern state 2025-03-06
Xinhua

YANGON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's police have destroyed 113 acres of opium poppy...

photo: WN / Imran Nissar

China says it will ‘fight to the end’ with US ‘in tariff war, trade war or any other war’ 2025-03-06
The Irish Times

China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”, marking China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White...

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