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ASIA NEWS WORLD

Why South Korea is banning a song that recently went viral on TikTok

News Desk May 22, 2024 0 Comment

A North Korean propaganda song extolling Kim Jong Un as “a great leader and a friendly parent” has gone viral on TikTok, with mashups and dances racking up millions of views, leading to South Korea banning...

1 Minute

ASIA BUSINESS NEWS TECH & BIZ WORLD

South Korea’s Samsung sees profit jump 10-fold on memory chip recovery

News Desk April 30, 2024 0 Comment

CNN || BBC || South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics reports $4.85bn profit during the first three months of 2024....

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ASIA NEWS WORLD

UN monitors say North Korean missile struck Ukraine’s Kharkiv

News Desk April 30, 2024 0 Comment

Expert body tells UN Security Council the weapon’s discovery suggests a violation of international sanctions on Pyongyang....

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ASIA NEWS WORLD

Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir faces anticorruption probe

News Desk April 26, 2024 0 Comment

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief says former leader ‘among those being investigated’....

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ASIA HEALTH NEWS WORLD

First pig kidney in a human: Is this the future of transplants?

News Desk April 12, 2024 0 Comment

The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig was discharged from hospital on Wednesday last week. Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, who had been suffering from end-stage kidney disease, no...

4 Minutes

ASIA WORLD

Israel reduces troops in south Gaza, Egypt to host new talks

News Desk April 7, 2024 0 Comment

It was unclear whether the withdrawal would delay a long-threatened incursion into Rafah, which Israeli leaders have said is needed to eliminate Hamas....

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ASIA MIDDLE EAST NEWS WORLD

Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers’ deaths

News Desk April 3, 2024 0 Comment

Several humanitarian aid organizations suspended operations in Gaza on Tuesday after an Israeli airstrike killed seven...

2 Minutes

ASIA WORLD

Dozens dead in Istanbul nightclub fire

News Desk April 2, 2024 0 Comment

At least 29 people have been killed and one injured in a fire in a nightclub in Turkey. The Masquerade club, in the basement of a high-rise building in Istanbul, was closed and being...

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ASIA WORLD

North Korea fires an intermediate-range missile into its eastern waters, South Korea says

News Desk April 2, 2024 0 Comment

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, as it pushes to advance its weapons aimed at...

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AFRICA ASIA MIDDLE EAST

‘Dust and scorpions’: Inside Iraq’s crumbling school system

News Desk April 2, 2024 0 Comment

In a small village in central Iraq, children cram into dilapidated classrooms in a converted farmhouse with open-air toilets, a symptom of how education has been neglected in the oil-rich but war-weary country....