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South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Seoul Defense Dialogue 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
South Korea's defense minister resigns following martial law turmoil
SEOUL — South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignation of former defense minister Kim Yong Hyun, several media reported. Kim allegedly advised Yoon to declare martial law.It marks the first resignation since a political crisis unfolded across the country after Yoon imposed a short-lived martial law.Local media reported that the president named South Korea's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk, as the new defense minister.The decision comes at a time when Yoon's own political future faces uncertainty, as opposition parties submitted a motion to impeach the president on Wednesday after the crisis that thrust the country into political turmoil raised questions about his ability to govern. — Euronews
December 05, 2024

South Korea's defense minister resigns following martial law turmoil

Starlink claims to provide superfast broadband 'almost anywhere on Earth'
India police seek Starlink help over $4.25bn drug haul
NEW DELHI — Police in India say they have reached out for information to Elon Musk's Starlink after they allegedly found drug smugglers using its satellite internet device to navigate Indian waters and reach the country's shore.Starlink claims to provide superfast broadband "almost anywhere on Earth".But it does not yet have permission to provide coverage in India or India's territorial waters.Last week, the Indian Coast Guard said they found the device on a Myanmar boat they seized near the Andaman and Nicobar islands.This was the biggest such drug bust by the Coast Guard, authorities said. They reportedly seized 6,000kg (13,227 lb) of methamphetamine from the boat. Police estimated it was worth $4.25bn (£3.35bn).Police in the Indian archipelago of Andaman and...
December 04, 2024

India police seek Starlink help over $4.25bn drug haul

The Philippines released a video appearing to show a Chinese coast guard ship blasting water at the ship
Filipino vessel 'sideswiped' by China Coast Guard
MANILA — The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and "sideswiped" a government vessel in the South China Sea.The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted "in accordance with the law".The US ambassador to the Philippines condemned China's "unlawful use of water cannons and dangerous maneuvers".The South China Sea is at the centre of a territorial dispute between China, the Philippines and other countries. But tensions between Manila and Beijing have sharply escalated in the last year.On Wednesday, Manila released a video appearing to show a Chinese coast guard ship blasting water at a Philippines fisheries department vessel.Separate footage, apparently taken from the Philippine ship, showed...
December 04, 2024

Filipino vessel 'sideswiped' by China Coast Guard

Chiung Yao
Top Chinese language novelist dies in apparent suicide
TAIPEI — Chiung Yao, arguably the world's most popular Chinese language romance novelist, has died in an apparent suicide.The 86-year-old's body was found in her home in New Taipei City on Wednesday, local media report. Emergency services said she took her own life, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.Chiung Yao started writing at 18 and published more than 60 novels, many of which were adapted into movies and TV series and remained popular for decades.She was also a successful screenwriter and producer. One of her most famous works was the TV drama My Fair Princess, which launched the careers of big name stars.She was born Chen Che in Sichuan, China in 1938. Chiung Yao is her pen name.A post on her Facebook account on Wednesday read: "Goodbye, my loved ones. I...
December 04, 2024

Top Chinese language novelist dies in apparent suicide

The South Korean president's declaration of martial law came as a surprise to South Koreans and the rest of the world
South Korea's President faces impeachment after shock martial law order
SEOUL — Opposition parties in South Korea submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeoul, who is facing mounting calls to step down after he imposed a short-lived martial law order which thrust the country into political turmoil.Impeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of the parliament and the backing of at least six of the country's Constitutional Court judges.Speaker of the Assembly Woo Won-sik is set to open a session for the motion to be debated, which could happen as early as in two days.Yoon’s senior advisers and secretaries offered to resign collectively and his Cabinet members, including Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun, also faced calls to step down, as the nation struggled to make sense of what appeared to be a poorly-thought-out...
December 04, 2024

South Korea's President faces impeachment after shock martial law order

BluSmart is a popular ride-sharing app in Delhi and its suburbs
India taxi service sorry for driver's gunpoint robbery
NEW DELHI — An Indian taxi aggregator service has apologized after a customer said she was robbed at gunpoint by one of its drivers near the capital, Delhi.The 30-year-old woman said she was traveling in a BluSmart taxi with her six-year-old son on Saturday when the driver pulled out a gun.In her police complaint, she said he forced her to transfer 55,000 rupees ($650; £513) to him through an app before forcing her out of the car. The driver has since been arrested.On Tuesday, BluSmart said it was "deeply saddened and disturbed" by the incident and had apologized to the woman's family.BluSmart is a popular ride-sharing app in the capital and its suburbs. It was founded in 2019 and its fleet is 100% electric vehicles.The service has many loyal customers who say they prefer...
December 04, 2024

India taxi service sorry for driver's gunpoint robbery

Hindu organizations in India have held protests against the alleged ill-treatment of minorities in Bangladesh
India-Bangladesh tensions soar amid protests
MUMBAI — A war of words between Bangladesh and neighbor India is threatening to spiral out of control following protests and counter-protests over the alleged ill-treatment of Hindu minorities in the country.Diplomatic relations between the neighbors and once-close allies have been prickly since August, when former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh after a public uprising. She is currently in India.The latest trigger was the arrest of a Hindu monk last week, which set off protests in India by activists from Hindu organizations and politicians including members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).On Monday, in an embarrassment for India, dozens of protesters forced their way into the consulate building of Bangladesh in the north-eastern city of...
December 04, 2024

India-Bangladesh tensions soar amid protests

Surrogacy is illegal in Cambodia, but agencies continue to offer the service (file photo)
Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates
PHNOM PENH — Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy.They were sentenced to four years in prison, but with two years suspended, the Kandal Provincial Court said.The court said it had strong evidence showing that the women intended on having the babies "to sell to a third person in exchange for money, which is an act of human trafficking".The women are not expected to serve any jail time until giving birth, and the court did not say what will happen to the babies when they are born.Surrogacy is illegal in Cambodia, but agencies continue to offer the service.This case was unusual because surrogates are normally employed in their own countries, not transported elsewhere.The...
December 04, 2024

Cambodia jails 13 pregnant Filipino surrogates

Protesters gathered outside the National Assembly grounds on Tuesday
Martial law chaos sparks worry in South Korea
SEOUL — South Koreans have been describing feelings of worry, shock and confusion after the country's president plunged the country into political chaos — declaring martial law and hours later revoking the move after a major outcry.In a televised address on Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol said military rule was needed to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements — before it was swiftly blocked by MPs.It has left some South Koreans anxious about the fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.Speaking shortly after the president's address, she told the BBC it felt like a "coup d'état in Myanmar is happening here in...
December 04, 2024

Martial law chaos sparks worry in South Korea

Protesters shouting and gesturing outside South Korea's National Assembly
South Korean president backs down from imposing martial law 
SEOUL — Crowds of protesters erupted with cheers outside South Korea's parliament early on Wednesday after the country's president dramatically withdrew a martial law order that had sparked chaotic scenes in Seoul.In an unexpected late-night TV address President Yoon Suk Yeol had announced he was imposing military rule, saying it was needed to protect the country from "North Korea's communist forces" and to "eliminate anti-state elements".The order created turmoil, drawing thousands of protesters to the gates outside the National Assembly.Lawmakers — some scaling the parliament's perimeter walls — evaded police lines to gather and vote down the order, but the army said it would remain until revoked by the president himself.Then in a sudden reversal...
December 04, 2024

South Korean president backs down from imposing martial law 

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