The plan was reportedly set to be carried out earlier this year, just before Park Wang-yeol was to be repatriated to South Korea to face charges for allegedly importing 4.8kg (10.5lbs) of drugs.
The incident happened shortly after the Sepehran Airlines flight took off, forcing the Boeing 737 to make an emergency landing.
Sri Mulyani delivers oxygen tanks door-to-door to residents and firefighters suffering from breathing difficulties as wildfire haze worsens in the region.
Authorities have rescued 107 people and recovered 6 bodies since the vessel travelling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin sank after losing contact while in rough seas.
The new bridge across the Tadi river re-links the flood-devastated town of Devighat to the capital, Kathmandu, restoring a vital route for essential supplies.
The group, which included five journalists, two crew members and a guide, set out on a speedboat on Monday morning.
The Philippine coastguard reported 87 people missing and 47 rescued from the ship that listed 134 passengers and crew on board.
Chinese tech giant accused of engineering a racketeering conspiracy to steal American technology and unfairly gain an industry advantage.
The region’s only ancient temple was swallowed by the Ganges River as flood conditions and riverbank erosion worsen in India.
At least 1,380 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal and more than 5,500 remain missing after an August 26 glacial collapse near the China-Nepal border.
On Sunday, the volcano spewed lava and ash that travelled more than 150km (93 miles) away.
Investigators have been sent to Miami International airport in Florida after the crash that involved several ground vehicles, sending at least 5 other people to hospital.
Police revealed the ‘snow’ carpeting the highway was soap residue from a lorry that spilled its load on August 24.
The cases are linked to the government’s flagship programme introduced last year to improve child nutrition.
A fuel truck reportedly drove away while refuelling the aircraft, damaging the fuel ports and spilling fuel onto the tarmac.
Experts warn that such actions can cause hidden yet critical fractures, as a tortoise’s shell is a living structure.
First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when the flash flood struck a border crossing in Tibet.
Rajendra Dawadi made the split-second decision to evacuate students moments before floods swept the school away.
The bookstore closed six weeks after national security officers raided the shop in mid-July over allegations of acts with seditious intent.
While climate change cannot be singled out as the direct cause of the disaster, experts say such events could happen again and called for stepped-up cross-border coordination.
Authorities issued the highest level of rain alert for parts of Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures on Thursday.
Demonstrators are calling for the immediate passage of an asset seizure bill and the enforcement of death penalties on corrupt officials.
Search efforts have been expanded on both sides, with hundreds of tourists from dozens of countries among those unaccounted for.
The scandal has prompted a review of closed missing-person reports by police agencies across the country.
This summer, temperatures in many cities across Japan have soared above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F).
Police said the fires were likely started to clear plantation land for farming.
A local government office building, a convenience store and railway tracks were among the properties damaged in the series of attacks.
The country targets high-income status by 2045, but faces a demographic hurdle, with over-65s expected to outnumber children.
The stowaway was rescued only after he was spotted while the truck stopped at an intersection.
The country’s largest latiao producer saw 117 million yuan (US$17 million) in overseas sales last year, up by nearly 50 per cent from 2024.
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