Law And Order
S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park
Jan 14, 2021

S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park

South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes...

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Divers sift debris, seabed mud for Indonesia plane devices
Jan 12, 2021

Divers sift debris, seabed mud for Indonesia plane devices

Indonesian navy divers are searching through plane debris and seabed mud for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed with 62 people aboard...

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Asia Today: China asks residents in 2 cities to stay home
Jan 9, 2021

Asia Today: China asks residents in 2 cities to stay home

Chinese authorities have asked residents in two cities south of Beijing to stay home for seven days as they try to stamp out a COVID-19 outbreak in which more than 300 people have tested positive in t...

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2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement
Jan 7, 2021

2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement

In a potential blow to the #MeToo movement in China, two former journalists have been convicted of defaming a third Chinese journalist by publishing an account accusing him of sexual misconduct...

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Wong questioned, US lawyer released in Hong Kong crackdown
Jan 7, 2021

Wong questioned, US lawyer released in Hong Kong crackdown

Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested on a new charge under the national security law while an American rights lawyer who was detained in a sweeping crackdown was grant...

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Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants in raid
Jan 6, 2021

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants in raid

Members of Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police squad have shot and killed two suspected militants who they believe were connected to a deadly suicide attack at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern...

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Reports: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested
Jan 6, 2021

Reports: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested

An opposition party and local media say about 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures have been arrested by police under the new national security law...

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Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
Jan 5, 2021

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death

The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company has been sentenced to death for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years...

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Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature
Nov 1, 2020

Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature

Hong Kong police have arrested seven people over scuffles that broke out in the city's legislature earlier this year during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers...

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