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Commuters disembark from a train at a train station in Seoul on December 6, 2024
South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society, new data shows
SEOUL — South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis.The number of people aged 65 and older stands at 10.24 million, accounting for 20% of South Korea’s population of 51 million, according to new data released by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.The United Nations classifies countries with more than 7% of the population 65 or older as an “aging society,” those with over 14% as an “aged society” and those with more than 20% as a “super-aged” society.South Korea has been grappling with infamously low birth rates, dropping to just 0.72 in 2023, the world’s lowest, after years of decline.Countries need a fertility rate of 2.1 to...
December 25, 2024

South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society, new data shows

Authorities have warned that conditions in the coming days could mirror Australia's worst fire seasons on record
Australian towns evacuated over Christmas as fires rage
SYDNEY — Residents in an Australian region engulfed by bushfires were given two hours to return home to collect their belongings before Christmas on Tuesday, as emergency crews try to contain the blaze.Communities around the Grampians, in Victoria, have been evacuated amid warnings from authorities that conditions there in the days ahead could be the worst since Australia's most severe fire season on record, the so-called "Black Summer" of 2019-20.The bushfires have already burnt over 41,000 hectares (101,000 acres) of land in the past week, however there have been no deaths or loss of property.Intense heat forecast for Boxing Day has also prompted a string of fire warnings across the country.Throughout Victoria, temperatures are expected to reach 40C (104F) and be...
December 24, 2024

Australian towns evacuated over Christmas as fires rage

A separate passport and citizenship is only available to fully independent countries, Wellington says
Cook Islands wants its own passport. New Zealand says no
WELLINGTON — New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a separate passport for its citizens while allowing them to retain New Zealand citizenship.Cook Islands, a self-governing Pacific nation, is in "free association" with New Zealand, which is responsible for the former's foreign affairs and defense.Cook Islanders can also live, work and access healthcare in New Zealand.Prime Minister Mark Brown had asked for Cook Islanders to have their own passports "to recognize our own people" — but New Zealand has said that is not possible unless the Cook Islands becomes fully independent.Documents first released to local broadcaster 1News and seen by Reuters reportedly showed that for months Brown has been pushing for a separate passport and...
December 23, 2024

Cook Islands wants its own passport. New Zealand says no

Passengers are seen on a train of the Line 1 of the HCMC Metro in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024
Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays
HO CHI MINH CITY — A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam’s largest city has unveiled its first mass rapid transit line.Hundreds of people lined up for the chance to be among the first passengers to board Metro Line 1 as it began operations in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Viet Nam News.The line stretches from busy Ben Thanh market in the city center to the Soui Tien Theme Park outside its northwestern boundary, with 14 stops – three underground and 11 above.Its opening comes after years of delays, caused by factors including the Covid-19 pandemic and financial constraints, according to state media.“After 17 years of planning and 12 years of construction, the inauguration of this metro line today marks a significant milestone in the...
December 23, 2024

Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays

Men's rights activists have held protests in many cities demanding justice for Atul Subhash
A man's suicide leads to clamor around India's dowry law
NEW DELHI — On the night of 9 December, a 34-year-old Indian man killed himself. Next to his body was a placard reading "justice is due".Atul Subhash left a detailed 24-page suicide note and an 81-minute video in which he blamed the trouble in his marriage and divorce proceedings.The letter and the video, which contain distressing details about his life, have gone viral on social media and caused outrage.The software engineer from the southern city of Bengaluru accused his estranged wife Nikita Singhania, her mother and brother of sustained harassment and torture – accusations they denied. The three were arrested a few days later and a court has remanded them for 14 days.News of Subhash's tragic death has also galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider...
December 23, 2024

A man's suicide leads to clamor around India's dowry law

A file picture of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, similar to the one which operated flight MH370
Malaysia approves new search for missing flight MH370
KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.Efforts to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 have sputtered over the years and hundreds of families of those on board remain haunted by the tragedy.On Friday, Malaysia's transport minister Anthony Loke said the cabinet approved in principle a $70m (£56m) deal with US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity to find the aircraft.Under a "no find, no fee" arrangement, Ocean Infinity will get paid only when the wreckage is found.A 2018 search by Ocean Infinity...
December 20, 2024

Malaysia approves new search for missing flight MH370

Pakistan's national flag flies over a lookout in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 27, 2022
Pakistan denounces US sanctions on its missile program as ‘discriminatory’
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Thursday denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile program as “discriminatory” that put the region’s peace and security at risk, according to the Associated Press news agency.Pakistan’s foreign ministry warned in a statement that the sanctions “have dangerous implications for strategic stability of our region and beyond.”It also cast doubt on US allegations that targeted businesses were involved in weapons proliferation because previous sanctions “were based on mere doubts and suspicion without any evidence whatsoever.”It also accused the US of “double standards” for waiving licensing requirements for advanced military technology to other countries.The sanctions freeze any US property belonging to the targeted businesses...
December 20, 2024

Pakistan denounces US sanctions on its missile program as ‘discriminatory’

Muhammad Sufyan (left) and Mohammad Abid (right) were among the victims after migrant boats capsized off Greece
'I bought my son's death': Families mourn victims of migrant shipwreck
LAHORE — Javed Iqbal, a Pakistani carpenter working in Saudi Arabia, says he deeply regrets his decision to illegally send his 13-year-old son to Europe."The agents had sent dozens of boys from the village to Greece and Italy," he says. "My son, who was stubborn and fell for their tricks, told us repeatedly, 'If you don't send me to Europe, I will leave home.'"Javed's son, Mohammad Abid, was among five Pakistani nationals who authorities confirm died in waters near Greece after three boats carrying migrants capsized last week.Pakistani authorities have urged parents to stop their children from embarking on such journeys. But it has not stopped hundreds of youths from trying.While 47 people from the recent disaster have been rescued, according to...
December 20, 2024

'I bought my son's death': Families mourn victims of migrant shipwreck

Win Aung, a former intelligence officer, is one agent managing the network of spies
Soldier-spies in Myanmar help pro-democracy rebels make crucial gains
BANGKOK — The once formidable Myanmar military is cracking from within – riddled with spies secretly working for the pro-democracy rebels, the BBC has found. The military only has full control of less than a quarter of Myanmar's territory, a BBC World Service investigation reveals. The junta still controls the major cities and remains "extremely dangerous" according to the UN special rapporteur on Myanmar. But it has lost significant territory over the past 12 months. The soldier spies are known as "Watermelons" – green on the outside, rebel red within. Outwardly loyal to the military but secretly working for the pro-democracy rebels whose symbolic color is red. A major based in central Myanmar says it was the military's brutality that prompted...
December 20, 2024

Soldier-spies in Myanmar help pro-democracy rebels make crucial gains

Tulip Siddiq
UK minister named in Bangladesh corruption probe
DHAKA — A Labour minister has been named in an investigation into claims her family embezzled up to £3.9bn (Tk 590 billion) from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh.Tulip Siddiq, 42, who as the Treasury's Economic Secretary is responsible for tackling corruption in UK financial markets, is alleged to have brokered a deal with Russia in 2013 that overinflated the price of a new nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.The allegation is part of a wider investigation by Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into Siddiq's aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed as prime minister of the country in August.A source close to Siddiq said these were "trumped up charges".The source also said the allegations were "completely politically motivated" and designed to...
December 20, 2024

UK minister named in Bangladesh corruption probe

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