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A motorcade carrying South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol leaves for Seoul Detention Centre on January 15. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

East Asia

South Korea’s Yoon refuses to appear for interrogation over martial law bid

Yoon’s lawyers also filed for a review of the warrant used to arrest the impeached president.

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1 in 4 Singaporeans undecided on who to vote for ahead of election: survey

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Philippines’ Marcos faces inner circle rift over VP Duterte’s impeachment calls

16 Jan 2025 - 8:21AMvideocam

East Asia

Nuclear arms Kim Jong-un’s ‘insurance policy’ to stay in power, Rubio says

Trump’s secretary of state pick said the incoming administration would consider ‘broader’ policies to deal with ‘dictator’ Kim.

16 Jan 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Kim Jong-un inspects a missile launch facility at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: KCNA/KNS via AP

Southeast Asia

Singapore jails Australian tourist who threatened to crash plane at airport

Moncrieff Marli Curtis Philip became enraged after his long-awaited Thai holiday plan was disrupted.

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Politics

Martial law, memes and mayhem: the rise and fall of Yoon Suk-yeol

Once a celebrated anti-corruption crusader, on Wednesday Yoon became South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested.

15 Jan 2025 - 11:16PMvideocam

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South Asia

Indian actor Saif Ali Khan undergoes surgery after being stabbed at home

Bollywood star sustained injuries during burglary attempt at his flat in Mumbai.

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Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan. Photo: AFP

Politics

Is Prabowo facing pressure from India to skip Pakistan after New Delhi visit?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited President Prabowo Subianto to be the chief guest on India’s Republic Day, Indian reports say.

15 Jan 2025 - 8:04PM

People

South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee’s PhD under review after plagiarism claims

Concerns over Kim Keon-hee’s PhD in design from Kookmin University may complicate the political situation for her husband, impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol.

15 Jan 2025 - 5:04PMvideocam

South Asia

India’s police arrest 5 more men in ‘nightmare’ sexual abuse of teen

The unnamed woman, now 18, said around 60 men sexually abused her in her southern home state of Kerala beginning from when she was just 13.

15 Jan 2025 - 9:53PMvideocam

Indian women queue up to vote. An average of nearly 90 rapes a day were reported in 2022 in the country of 1.4 billion people, but many more are thought to go unreported. Photo: AFP

Politics

South Korea rejects Hegseth’s ‘nuclear power’ label for North Korea

Seoul says North Korea ‘can never be recognised as a nuclear-armed state’ under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

15 Jan 2025 - 6:20PM

The launch of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea in earlier in January. Photo: KCNA via KNS / AFP

Politics

Trump’s defence pick fails Asean test, sparking mockery across Southeast Asia

Pete Hegseth, nominated for US Secretary of Defence, could not name a single member of the regional bloc during his confirmation hearing.

15 Jan 2025 - 4:05PMvideocam

Politics

Russia faces ‘strongest action possible’ from Australia if POW confirmed dead

Oscar Jenkins, an Australian teacher fighting for Ukraine, was reportedly captured and interrogated by Russian soldiers. His status and whereabouts are unknown.

15 Jan 2025 - 7:13PM

South Asia

India launches submarine, warships to guard against China in Indian Ocean

95 per cent of India’s trade moves in the Indian Ocean, amid a strong Chinese presence.

15 Jan 2025 - 4:38PMvideocam

India’s Navy Chief Dinesh Kumar Tripathi (left) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the deck of INS Nilgiri during its commissioning ceremony at a naval dockyard in Mumbai. Photo: AP

Politics

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol detained

Investigators and police had to scale makeshift barricades set up by the impeached president’s supporters to gain access to his compound.

16 Jan 2025 - 12:25AMvideocam

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Southeast Asia

Marcos tells Kamala Harris he hopes for ‘strong’ US-Philippines ties under Trump

Many in the Philippines are wary about the future of its relationship with the US as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

15 Jan 2025 - 4:19PM

United States & Canada

Private US, Japanese lunar landers head to moon on a single rocket

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost expected to touch down in March, ispace’s Resilience in May or June.

15 Jan 2025 - 4:00PM

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Politics

Tariffs, turmoil and Trump: untangling Malaysia’s Asean chair to-do list

Can Anwar Ibrahim’s diplomatic finesse help Malaysia steer Asean through the storm of rising trade tensions and regional crises?

11 Jan 2025 - 8:00AM

Image: Huy Truong

Politics

‘We are a frontline state’: how the Philippines is preparing for a US-China war

The US treaty ally is spending billions to arm itself for a conflict over Taiwan or the South China Sea it hopes will never come.

4 Jan 2025 - 8:16AMvideocam

Economics

Thailand’s hi-tech utopia starts to take shape – but will it deliver?

At its launch seven years ago, the Eastern Economic Corridor was marketed as a solution to Thailand’s economic malaise. But concerns persist.

3 Jan 2025 - 12:30PM

People

‘Now we know’: Malaysia’s Syrian refugees find Assad’s fall bittersweet

Malaysia offered sanctuary to thousands of Syrians who fled the Assad regime. Now Bashar is gone some want to return. Others aren’t so sure.

14 Dec 2024 - 7:09PMvideocam

Syrian refugees arrive in Malaysia in 2016. Photo: AFP

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THIS WEEK IN ASIA

Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, react to the ceasefire announcement in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Politics

‘Big question marks’: experts doubt Gaza ceasefire deal will lead to lasting peace

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A survey found Singaporeans were most worried about inflation and the economy ahead of this year’s general election. Photo: AFP

Politics

1 in 4 Singaporeans undecided on who to vote for ahead of election: survey

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Members of the influential religious sect Iglesia ni Cristo attend a rally to oppose calls to unseat Sara Duterte in Manila on January 13. Photo: AFP

Politics

Philippines’ Marcos faces inner circle rift over VP Duterte’s impeachment calls

16 Jan 2025 - 8:21AMvideocam

A placard of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol with horns is seen on an installation during a rally against Yoon near his residence in Seoul on January 5. Photo: AFP

Politics

Martial law, memes and mayhem: the rise and fall of Yoon Suk-yeol

15 Jan 2025 - 11:16PMvideocam

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto attends the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro last November. Photo: AFP

Politics

Is Prabowo facing pressure from India to skip Pakistan after New Delhi visit?

15 Jan 2025 - 8:04PM

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Investigators arrest Yoon after weeks-long stand-off

Yoon says he agreed to questioning to prevent bloodshed

Yoon Suk-yeol detained in South Korea

North Korean POWs ‘didn’t know they were fighting Ukraine’

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