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December 07, 2024

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Lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo sits alone as the only People Power Party lawmaker to remain in the chamber for a vote on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Shouting, cursing as South Korean president's party boycotts impeachment vote

The apparent boycott casts doubt over whether the impeachment measure would reach the two-thirds threshold to pass.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday for a new government facility in Palau that Taipei helped fund.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Taiwan's Lai says he is 'confident' of deeper cooperation with Trump

By Akio Wang

Trump caused jitters during his campaign by suggesting Taiwan should pay the United States for its defense.

Mental health, education and social services needed to intervene in many cases before the behavior of minors became a police issue, said a research paper by the Five Eyes, which also include the U.S., Canada, Britain and New Zealand.

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal

Young people involved in one-fifth of Australian terrorism cases, intelligence chief says

By Kirsty Needham

Australia passed legislation this month to ban children under the age of 16 years from social media platforms starting late next year.

ASIA PACIFIC

Taiwan watching Chinese carrier movements as drills could start over weekend

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee

ASIA PACIFIC

Starbucks serves South Koreans coffee and a glimpse into the North

ASIA PACIFIC

Taiwan president's plan to stop over in Hawaii and Guam angers Beijing

ASIA PACIFIC

China could launch military drills near Taiwan over president's Pacific visit

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard

People demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's resignation at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday.

Politics

South Korea's leader is likely to hang on, despite being reviled

By Soo-hyang Choi and Yoolim Lee

For the impeachment movement to be successful, the opposition needs only eight of the 108 lawmakers in the ruling party to switch sides.

Politics

South Korea opposition chief says ousting Yoon will be difficult

Politics

South Korea turmoil strikes at heart of U.S. alliances in Asia

By Alastair Gale

Politics / EXPLAINER

How to impeach a South Korean president

Politics

South Korean ruling party opposes Yoon impeachment as defense minister quits

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin

Politics / ANALYSIS

Yoon fights for political life as martial law repercussions reverberate

By Jesse Johnson and Himari Semans

Politics

In pictures: A night that shook South Korea to its core

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (right) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on Tuesday.

Crime & Legal

Vietnam tycoon loses death penalty appeal over fraud scandal

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen and Nguyen Xuan Quynh

Under Vietnamese law, Truong My Lan can have her death sentence commuted to life in prison if she returns an estimated $11 billion.

Crime & Legal

China court sentences journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years on spy charges, family says

By Laurie Chen and James Pomfret

Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS

Australia looks for ways to enforce its teen social media ban

By Byron Kaye and Alasdair Pal

Crime & Legal

Rights group says Vietnam's imprisonment of Khmer monks violated religious freedom

Crime & Legal

Vietnam mogul told to refund missing billions to overturn death sentence

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen

Crime & Legal

Hong Kong court affirms housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples

By Holmes Chan

Crime & Legal

Hong Kong a ‘global leader’ in financial crime, U.S. lawmakers say

A man wearing a mask depicting South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol dances on a street as people gather for a protest calling for the ouster of Yoon outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.

Society

K-pop, carols and guillotines at South Korea impeachment protests

Protesters massed outside the National Assembly, many wearing the elaborate outfits, carrying home-made flags or blasting the K-pop tunes.

Society / ANALYSIS

China’s lone-wolf attacks pose challenge for Xi’s security state

Society

Australia passes social media ban for children under 16

By Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon

Society

Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023, monitor says

Society

Mass casualty attacks in China put focus on mental health as economy slows

By Casey Hall

Society

New Zealanders rally against bill to alter Indigenous rights

By Lucy Craymer and Lewis Jackson

Society

China makes a U-turn on night biking, opting to crack down on it

A farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy field on the outskirts of Jind in India's Haryana state on Nov. 26.

Science & Health

The farm fires helping to fuel India's deadly air

By Arunabh SAIKIA

Burning is a cheap way to clear fields for new crops, making it hard for farmers to shift to other methods despite the consequences.

Science & Health

Mounting economic costs of India's killer smog

By Arunabh SAIKIA

Science & Health

China tests building moon base with lunar soil bricks

Science & Health

Chinese astronauts to test lunar bricks in space

By Eduardo Baptista and Florence Lo

Science & Health

Inside the underground lab in China tasked with solving a physics mystery

By Ryan Woo

Science & Health

South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed

By Jack Kim

Science & Health

As the world warms, South Korea's latest border threat is mosquitoes

By Claire Lee

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