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Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, 6 January, 2025
South Korean police take charge in effort to detain impeached President Yoon
SEOUL — South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol after its investigators failed to bring him into custody following a standoff with the presidential security service last week.The agency and police confirmed the discussion on Monday, hours before the one-week warrant for Yoon's detention was to expire.The Seoul Western District Court issued a warrant to detain Yoon last Tuesday, in addition to a separate warrant to search his residence after the embattled president defied authorities by refusing to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law decree on 3 December.Yoon has described his power grab as a necessary act of governance against a liberal opposition bogging down his agenda with...
January 06, 2025

South Korean police take charge in effort to detain impeached President Yoon

Pyongyang's missile launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Seoul for talks with some of its key leaders
North Korea fires first ballistic missile in two months 
SEOUL — North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months.The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the sea, the military said, adding that it "strongly condemns" this "clear act of provocation".The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with some of South Korea's key leaders.Earlier on Monday, Blinken met with acting president Choi Sang-mok, where he described the alliance between Washington and Seoul as a "cornerstone of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula".South Korea's military says it has strengthened surveillance for the North's future...
January 06, 2025

North Korea fires first ballistic missile in two months 

Mukesh Chandrakar had reported widely on alleged corruption in public construction projects
Body of missing Indian journalist found in septic tank
NEW DELHI — The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, went missing on New Year's Day and his family registered a complaint with the police. His body was found on Friday in the compound of a road construction contractor in the Bijapur town area after officers tracked his mobile phone. Three people have been arrested in connection with his death, reportedly including two of his relatives. A media watchdog has demanded a thorough investigation. Police in the Bijapur district did not find anything during an initial visit to the compound on 2 January. "However, after further inspection on 3 January, we discovered Mukesh's body in the newly...
January 06, 2025

Body of missing Indian journalist found in septic tank

Northern India is grappling with a cold wave
Fog disrupts life and travel in northern India
NEW DELHI — A thick blanket of fog has engulfed Delhi and adjoining areas in northern India, leading to travel delays and chaos.More than 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport on Friday morning, according to PTI news agency. Dozens of trains have also been rescheduled, or are running late.India's weather department has said that foggy conditions are likely to continue for the next few days.Dense fog is common at this time of the year in Delhi and other parts of northern India, as the region grapples with an intense cold wave.Photos and videos showed several cities shrouded in dense mist and haze.Around nine airports including the one in Delhi experienced zero visibility on Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.The Delhi airport has issued an advisory...
January 03, 2025

Fog disrupts life and travel in northern India

Pro-Yoon Suk Yeol supporters at his resdience in Seoul
Attempt to arrest South Korean president suspended after dramatic standoff
SEOUL — After a dramatic six-hour-long standoff with security, South Korea police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol.The military and Yoon's security service officers formed a human wall and used vehicles to block the arrest team's path, local news outlet Yonhap reported.Yoon is under investigation for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in early December.The move, although short-lived, led to a political crisis as Yoon was impeached by an opposition-led parliament and suspended from office.A Seoul court issued a warrant for his arrest early this week after he ignored three summonses for him to appear for questioning.If they had been successful, Yoon would have become the first sitting president to...
January 03, 2025

Attempt to arrest South Korean president suspended after dramatic standoff

Toxic waste has been moved from the Union Carbide plant 40 years after the disaster
Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years
NEW DELHI — Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tons of toxic waste from a chemical factory that witnessed one of the world's deadliest gas leaks 40 years ago.Thousands of people died in the central city of Bhopal in December 1984 after breathing a poisonous gas leaked from the factory.On Wednesday, around 337 tonnes of toxic waste was taken from the Union Carbide plant to an incinerator facility around 230km (143 miles) away after a court last month set a four-week deadline for it to be disposed of.Officials say it will take between three and nine months to treat and destroy the waste but activists have raised concerns about potential damage to people's health at the new location.Since the disaster, the toxic material had been lying in the mothballed factory, polluting...
January 02, 2025

Toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak factory removed after 40 years

The Students Against Discrimination group holds the 'March for Unity' rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2024
Thousands march in Bangladesh to mark student-led uprising that ousted PM Hasina
DHAKA — Thousands of people rallied at a "March for Unity" in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the student-led uprising five months ago, Reuters reported. The unrest that led to the ouster of longstanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left more than 1,000 killed and hundreds injured.The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that led the protests, dropped a plan to call for changes to the country’s 1972 constitution at the rally, after the interim government announced on Monday that it would prepare a proclamation.SAD says a ‘Proclamation of the July Revolution’ is essential to honour the sacrifice of the protesters who died or were wounded, and to serve as a document reflecting the people’s aspirations. Some political analysts had expressed concern...
January 01, 2025

Thousands march in Bangladesh to mark student-led uprising that ousted PM Hasina

Australia and New Zealand were among the first countries to ring in the New Year
Asia-Pacific region begins welcoming 2025 with fireworks and celebrations
SYDNEY — Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025.Auckland was the first major city to count down to the new year. Thousands reveled and cheered at colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show.People also climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks vantage point, and a light display recognising Auckland’s Indigenous tribes. It follows a year marked by protests over Māori rights in the nation of 5 million.Fireworks also blasted off the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across the bay as people in Australia rang in the New Year.More than a million people gathered at the iconic Sydney...
January 01, 2025

Asia-Pacific region begins welcoming 2025 with fireworks and celebrations

South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol
Arrest warrant issued for impeached S Korea president Yoon
SEOUL — A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December.The warrant comes after Yoon, who is being investigated for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection, ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over the past two weeks.Yoon's legal team has called the warrant "illegal and invalid" and said they would challenge it in court.South Korea has been in a political crisis since the short-lived martial law declaration, with Yoon and a successor both impeached by parliament.Yoon is South Korea's first sitting president to face an arrest.Investigators have until 6 January to execute the warrant and can request for an extension.It is unclear, however, if...
December 31, 2024

Arrest warrant issued for impeached S Korea president Yoon

India launches its first space docking mission on December 30, 2024
India launches its first space docking mission
NEW DELHI — India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat, Reuters reported.The mission, called Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh state at 1630 GMT aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) “workhorse” PSLV rocket. After around 15 minutes, the mission director called the launch successful after the spacecraft reached an altitude of around 470 kilometers (292 miles).The mission is seen as pivotal for future space endeavors, including satellite servicing and the operation of the country’s planned space station.In-space docking technology is crucial when multiple rocket launches are...
December 31, 2024

India launches its first space docking mission

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