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Buildings collapse in eastern Taiwan as island hit its strongest earthquake in 25 years | South China Morning Post

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the eastern coast of Taiwan on April 3, 2024, collapsing several buildings. The epicentre was located in waters about 25km (16 miles) south of the island’s eastern county of Hualien and 138km (86 miles) from Taipei. Tsunami warnings have also been issued for the island as well as fo…

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Indonesia’s losing presidential candidate Anies Baswedan urges court to disqualify president-elect | South China Morning Post

Indonesia’s top court began hearing appeals on March 27, 2024, against the presidential election results, lodged by two losing candidates. They allege widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls and want a revote. The winner, the country’s defence minister Prabowo Subianto, received more than 58.6 per cent of t…

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Five Chinese engineers killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan | South China Morning Post

Five Chinese engineers were killed in Pakistan in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a bus. The victims, employees of the Wuhan-based engineering firm China Gezhouba Group Co, were en route to the Dasu hydropower project in the northern town of Besham. The incident marked the third major attack on Chinese interests …

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South Korean football player Son Jun-ho released after being held in China over bribery case | South China Morning Post

South Korea’s foreign ministry reported on March 25, 2024, that footballer Son Jun-ho had been released recently by China after he was detained in May 2023. At the time of Son’s arrest, China's foreign ministry said that Son was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. Son played for both the South Korean national…

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Chinese student shares first-hand account of Moscow concert hall attack | South China Morning Post

A Chinese student gave a harrowing first-hand account of a terrorist attack at a Moscow concert hall, where more than 130 people were killed on March 22, 2024. Four gunmen in camouflage uniform opened fire at the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of the Russian capital and set the building on fire. The terrorist gro…

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Haiti’s future in limbo as country’s top gang leader issues warning to transition council candidates | South China Morning Post

Violence appeared to be flaring up in Haiti again days after its prime minister Ariel Henry agreed to resign. Henry’s resignation came as armed gangs plunged the country into anarchy. But Jimmy Cherizier, the powerful gang leader who rose from a former police officer to become Henry’s biggest opponent, said it was o…

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Why Japan’s yakuza crime groups are on the verge of disappearing | South China Morning Post

The yakuza are seeing a pop cultural renaissance with hit TV shows like Tokyo Vice and video games such as Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. In reality, however, the Japanese organised crime groups are in serious decline. But do their shrinking numbers tell the whole story? To learn more, the Post’s Jonathan Vit spoke…

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Chinese state media blocked from deadly blast site, raising rare controversy over press controls | South China Morning Post

Journalists with Chinese state media were forcibly removed by local authorities from a deadly blast scene in the northern province of Hebei on March 13, 2024. A China Central Television reporter was interrupted live from the scene, while a video circulating online showed journalists surrounded by a group of uniforme…

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At least 2 dead and dozens injured in northern China after blast levels 4-storey building | South China Morning Post

A major explosion in China’s northern Hebei province has killed at least two people and left dozens injured. The incident happened on March 13, 2024, in Sanhe county of Langfang, where the force of the blast levelled a four-storey building in the town of Yanjiao. Authorities suspect a gas leak at a fried chicken res…

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The real-life gangsters of New York’s Chinatown | South China Morning Post

Few people understand the history of the gangs who used to occupy New York City’s Chinatown better than Michael Moy. He is both a former member of the Fuk Ching gang and a retired detective with the New York City Police Department – a unique distinction that offers a perspective from both sides of the law. This SCMP…

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Tourist couple allege gang rape in India, sparking outrage and compensation offer | South China Morning Post

Police in India have detained three men accused of attacking two Spanish citizens and gang-raping the woman. The couple were on a motorbike trip through India’s remote east and camped overnight in a tent when the alleged attack took place on March 1, 2024. The woman, a travel blogger who was being treated at a hospi…

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‘Stop harassing us’: Manila defends high-profile reporting of Beijing’s moves in South China Sea | South China Morning Post

The Philippine foreign minister has defended the high-profile way Manila publicises confrontations it has with Beijing in the South China Sea. Speaking on the sidelines of the Asean-Australia summit on March 4, 2024, Enrique Manalo said that the Philippines is committed to resolving the maritime dispute with China t…

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Australia to invest US$187 million in Asean security pact amid ‘provocative and coercive actions’ | South China Morning Post

Australia has unveiled a US$42 million package to fund an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) security deal over the next four years. The country’s foreign minister Penny Wong announced the move at the start of the Asean-Australia summit on March 4, 2024, saying, “What happens in the South China Sea, in t…

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‘Heartbreaking tragedy’: thousands gather to mourn Russian opposition leader Navalny | South China Morning Post

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in a Moscow funeral on March 1, 2024 as thousands of mourners gathered outside and chanted his name. A fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, Navalny died in an Arctic prison where he was serving a three-decade sentence on charges his supporters described…

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Indian farmers clash with police in protests to demand stable crop prices, loan waivers | South China Morning Post

Police in the Indian capital New Delhi and surrounding states have set up metal barriers, concrete barricades and barbed wire to block city access to roads and halt thousands of farmers marching to demand guaranteed crop prices and loan waivers. The latest clashes came three years after similar protests brought the …

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