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  • An aerial view of Jakarta, Indonesia

    A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

  • Korea Forest Service personnel watch a wildfire from the side of a road in Andong, South Korea, early on Thursday

    South Korea wildfires become biggest on record as disaster chief points to ‘harsh reality’ of climate crisis

    Officials point to ultra-dry conditions as death toll reaches 27 and fires threaten Unesco heritage sites
  • More than 36,000 hectares (88,960 acres) have been charred in the south-east of the country
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    Expert says climate change behind South Korea's worst wildfires on record – video

    More than 36,000 hectares (88,960 acres) have been charred in the south-east of the country

  • Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China

  • Allegations of Indian interference rock Canada election campaign

  • Windy weather reignites South Korea's wildfires ravaging southern regions – video

  • Internationally acclaimed film Santosh blocked in India over portrayal of police brutality

  • South Korea fires: 18 dead as acting president speaks of ‘unprecedented damage’

  • Tokyo court orders dissolution of ‘Moonies’ Unification church

  • Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

Asia Pacific

  • Project Jonah Whale rescue workshop on Sat March 1st 2025 at Scorching Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Photo copyright Mark Coote for The Guardian.

    New Zealand
    Fake dolphins and frantic digging: the army of helpers learning to rescue New Zealand’s stranded whales

  • Han Duck-soo speaks to reporters after the court ruling on Monday in Seoul.

    South Korea
    South Korea’s Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after court strikes down impeachment

  • In this photo released by Klungkung District Police, passengers sit on a boat carrying tourists, including a number of Australians ,that capsized in the waters off Nusa Penida island, in Bali, Indonesia

    Bali
    Australian tourist killed and two injured as snorkelling boat capsizes off Bali

  • Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021.

    China
    The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

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South & central Asia

  • Lots of figures drawn in bold white lines, showing the terrorof people fleeing attack and carrying their children, goods and animals

    Global development
    ‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin

  • Discarded posters advertising shows at the venue and piles on green rubbish bags on the ground

    India
    Mumbai comedy club ransacked after performer’s joke about local politician

  • The club was ransacked after comedian Kunal Kamra allegedly made insulting remarks towards the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra
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    India
    Mumbai comedy club vandalised over controversial joke shuts its doors – video

  • The wreckage of a bus in Noshki, Balochistan, after a deadly suicide attack by the Baloch Liberation Army targeting a convoy of Pakistani paramilitary forces

    Pakistan
    ‘He only wanted revenge’: the bloody insurgency in Balochistan gaining lethal momentum

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Pictures & video

  • South Korea's constitutional court strikes down prime minister Han's impeachment – video

  • 'As soon as the explosion happened, armed men stormed the train,' said Arslan Yousaf who was one of those rescued.
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    Safe hostages recount horror of Pakistan train attack – video

    'As soon as the explosion happened, armed men stormed the train,' said Arslan Yousaf who was one of those rescued.
  • Duterte was due to be brought before an ICC judge in The Hague for an initial appearance
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    Rodrigo Duterte arrives in The Hague over drug war killings – video

    Duterte was due to be brought before an ICC judge in The Hague for an initial appearance
  • Pakistan's security services claimed to have rescued about 190 of the 214 hostages
    1:47

    Baloch Liberation Army release footage of Pakistan train attack – video

  • Rodrigo Duterte sits in a chair with photographers around him
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    Rodrigo Duterte questions reason for his arrest after ICC warrant – video

  • Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left up to 30,000 people dead
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    Rodrigo Duterte under arrest on international warrant for 'war on drugs' – video

  • Yoon said he 'would like to thank the central district court for their courage and determination in correcting the illegality' after his release
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    South Korea's impeached president released from prison – video

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