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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Pyongyang’s state media on Thursday blasted Malaysia for an “illegal and immoral” autopsy on a man believed be the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, breaking a 10-day silence on the airport assassination. “Malaysia is obliged to hand his body to the DPRK (North Korea) side as it made an autopsy and forensic examination of it in an illegal and immoral manner”, the North’s Korean Jurists Commitee said, in comments carried […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Two women arrested over the killing of the North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur knew they were taking part in a poison attack, Malaysia’s police chief said Wednesday, after reports they believed it was a prank. “Yes, of course they knew,” Khalid Abu Bakar said when asked by a reporter if the women knew they were carrying a toxic substance when they approached Kim Jong-Nam, the half-sibling of Kim […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian investigators are seeking to question a North Korean diplomat over the killing of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-Nam, at a Kuala Lumpur airport, national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday. Police have put five North Koreans in the frame for the killing and have said they are seeking three more for questioning. Of those wanted for questioning, one is attached to the embassy and one is on the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 months in prison after a high-profile corruption trial found him guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005 and is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News Service) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday underscored the importance of completing the framework of a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea by the middle of this year, as it expressed “grave concern” for China’s militarization of several areas in the body of water. In a press conference in Boracay where foreign ministers and senior officials from the regional bloc’s member-states gathered for a meeting, Yasay said ASEAN was […]
by Wilson Fache with Thomas Watkins in Baghdad Agence France Presse AQRAB CHECKPOINT, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way towards southern Mosul on Monday and prepared to take on the Islamic State group’s stronghold in the city’s west bank. The fresh push in the four-month-old operation to retake Mosul has sparked fears for 750,000 trapped civilians who risk being killed if they try to flee and starvation if […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A senior member of the personal security retinue of Thailand’s new king has been fired and stripped of his titles, the palace has announced. Air Vice Marshal Chitpong Thongkum, the latest royal official to publicly fall from grace, was accused of improperly using his connections to King Maha Vajiralongkorn a statement published in the Royal Gazette on Sunday said. “His army rank has been withdrawn and his royal decorations have been […]
TURPAN CITY, northwest China (Reuters) — Over 4,500 people got stranded Sunday as gusts of wind blowing at over 100 kilometers per hour forced to stop some 150 motor vehicles along a highway and four trains in Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Triggered by a Siberian cold front, high winds started to blow late on Sunday, with increasing speeds and having caused a sandstorm along the way. Local firefighting department has dispatched […]
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) — Yemeni rebels have abducted a dozen local staff working for the Norwegian Refugee Council in the Red Sea district of Hodeida, a minister and local sources said Monday. Local sources told AFP the employees, all Yemeni citizens, were taken in a Thursday raid over accusations they had accepted and distributed aid from a Saudi-led coalition, which has been battling the Huthi rebels since March 2015. The 12 employees were taken hostage from […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) –Still photographs released by Malaysian police on Sunday (February 19) show men they suspect of being involved in the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader. In one photograph, Malaysian police identify three North Korean men, Ri Jae Nam, Hong Song Hac and Ri Ji Hyun. Footage from airport cameras purportedly showing the assault on Kim Jong Nam emerged on Monday (February 20) as a diplomatic row […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia summoned the North Korean ambassador on Monday for a dressing-down over Pyongyang’s attack on its investigation into the assassination of leader Kim Jong-Nam’s brother, deepening a diplomatic row. Five North Koreans are in the frame for last week’s airport killing, drawing a furious response from Pyongyang which has accused Kuala Lumpur of conspiring with “hostile forces” to damage its reputation. Malaysia recalled its envoy to Pyongyang and also […]
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) — North Korea’s ambassador arrived on Monday (February 20) for a meeting at the Malaysian foreign ministry as an investigation continues into the killing in Kuala Lumpur of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother. Malaysia’s foreign ministry summoned North Korea’s ambassador over allegations he had made over the Southeast Asian country’s handling of the investigation into the murder of North Korean Kim Jong Nam. Malaysia also recalled its envoy from Pyongyang […]
