(LEAD) PPP leader visits Gwangju amid murder case controversy, fails to meet with police chief
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Hong Kong corruption watchdog charges 3 over HK$1.3 million elderly care voucher fraud
Trio allegedly conspired with 10 carers to fake attendance records, overstating 5,000 hours across 130 users
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Hong Kong corruption watchdog charges 3 over HK$1.3 million elderly care voucher fraud
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FACT CHECK: No clash between protesters, police in Liwasang Bonifacio rally
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Top court upholds South Korean ex-president Yoon's 7-year jail sentence
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AstraZeneca stock dives 9% after heart drug trial misses target
Shares of AstraZeneca fell as much as 9% after a late stage clinical trial for an experimental heart disease failed to meet its target.
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New task force to examine past police investigations amid Gwangju probe controversy
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday they will launch a task force dedicated to examining past investigations amid a growing controversy over the alleged leak of investigative details by local police investigators in a recent high-profile murder case.
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Hong Kong man pleads guilty to subversive promotion of pro-Taiwan party
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Hong Kong man pleads guilty to subversive promotion of pro-Taiwan party
Chan Ho-hin earlier called on Hongkongers to support and join the Revive the Republic of China Freedom Party in Taiwan
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3 ex-PSS officials get prison terms for obstructing Yoon arrest warrant
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Park Jong-joon, former chief of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), and Kim Seong-hoon, its former deputy chief, were sentenced to prison Thursday for blocking investigators from executing a warrant to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol last year.
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Spanish court refuses to refer migrant amnesty to Europe
Despite complaints from regional governments, the controversial mass regularisation process will not be passed up the legal chain to an EU court - for now.
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Mexico Investigates Possible F.B.I. Role in El Mayo Arrest
The authorities in Mexico said on Wednesday that they were investigating whether the U.S. government had lied about its role in capturing the notorious drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, whose secretive transfer to the United States in 2024 remains a source of tension between the two countries.
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NSW Police officer taken into custody after sexually assaulting then-wife
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Han Dong-hoon denies Ahn’s testimony over martial law night, warns of legal action
Independent Rep. Han Dong-hoon on Thursday rejected People Power Party Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo’s court testimony that he had called People Power Party lawmakers to the party headquarters, not the National Assembly, on Dec. 3, 2024, when martial law was declared by former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Breaking: Death on day of Telstra outage investigated by police
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Malacañang rejects service extension for retiring Calabarzon top cop Marantan
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South Korea's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon
A TV screen shows an image of former South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Couple who robbed elderly neighbor after meeting in bomb shelter sentenced to prison
A Haifa couple was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for robbing an 80-year-old woman whom they'd first met in their apartment building's bomb shelter in 2024.
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NY mom beaten to death inside Ireland home as police search for person of interest she knew: report
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Court told former Wagga Wagga MP was 'kept in dark' over visa scheme
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Alexander Zverev unfazed by potential Wimbledon lion’s den for Arthur Fery clash
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Alexander Zverev unfazed by potential Wimbledon lion’s den for Arthur Fery clash
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[Breaking] Supreme Court upholds Yoon’s 7-year sentence for obstructing arrest
First top-court ruling in Yoon’s martial law-related criminal cases comes 583 days after failed declaration
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Ador reviewing internal records after NewJeans' 'ETA' hit with US copyright suit
Ador said Thursday it is reviewing internal records after a local media outlet reported that NewJeans' 2023 hit "ETA" had become the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US.
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Supreme Court upholds prison terms for shaman, ex-Unification Church official
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed prison sentences for a shaman and a former Unification Church official in a bribery case linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee.
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(2nd LD) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice
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NJ cop in charge of K-9 unit charged after leaving two police dogs to die in hot car for 7 hours: report
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WATCH: No barbs for now
Police teams transfer barbed wires, used for crowd control outside the Senate building in Pasay City, to a nearby government-owned compound for safekeeping. Videos by Bernadette E. Tamayo
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Prosecutors rule out repatriation for alleged Bali bomber Hambali, tell families trial to start next year
Washington: Prosecutors will seek a life sentence on US soil in the long-awaited military trial of alleged Bali bombing mastermind Encep Nurjaman, better known as “Hambali”, and say they will never entertain a pre-trial agreement that would repatriate him to Indonesia.
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(LEAD) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice
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(URGENT) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice
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Father of Australian girl shot by Pakistani police claims he was ‘coerced’ to give over signature to see her body
The father of a Perth girl who was shot dead by police while on a family holiday in Pakistan has alleged in court documents he was coerced into signing a blank piece of paper and giving over his thumbprint before he was allowed to see his dead daughter and seriously injured son.
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No term extension for Calabarzon police chief — Palace
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has thumbed down the request of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla to extend the term of Calabarzon police chief Brig. Gen. Hansel Marantan by a year.
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Man, 34, charged with murder over death of female partner, 17
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Thai court greenlights government's $12bn emergency borrowing
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HMP Pentonville handed my son a death sentence
An inquest found multiple failures at the prison had led to Gareth Chumber-Kelly's death
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Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls amid questions about claimed Telstra-outage death in SA
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SK chief heads to New York for SK hynix’s Nasdaq debut
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won is set to attend SK hynix’s Nasdaq debut ceremony in New York this week, as the chipmaker moves to court global investors on the strength of its AI memory business.
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‘They said: wear angelic white’: British women who accused US airman of rape tell of American military trial
Two women who alleged they were raped by Tyrion Davis in Suffolk had to testify at an invasive court martial on a US base
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Prosecution panel gives impeachment trial performance a score of 10
MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution team of the House of Representatives gave its performance at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte a score of 10, saying that it "achieved all its objectives.”
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Ex-Redlands deputy police chief was California’s highest city earner in 2025, but didn’t work a day
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Boy charged with extremist offence 'wanted to kill people for months'
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Roommate's audio interview in Charlie Kirk case to be played in court
The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has entered its second day. Prosecutors aim to show that they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial.
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US court rules that Trump’s name must stay off Kennedy Center during appeal
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name must remain off the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, while the organisation appeals an earlier ruling that found a name change illegal.
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As global bans tighten, Hong Kong must act against social media harm
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As global bans tighten, Hong Kong must act against social media harm
Readers discuss the growing awareness of the risks teenagers face, the arrest of a lawmaker for drink-driving, and the heatwave in Europe
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