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‘I am not an alien any longer’: Stateless 25-year-old becomes Singapore PR

A little blue card, with his name and a few numbers that say who he is and where he lives. To Mr Ricqo Rafiezuwan, the blue identity card confirms he is no longer someone without…

  • Published: December 23, 202411:11 am
  • Author Nadine Chua
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Tsuneo Watanabe, The Yomiuri Shimbun editor-in-chief, dies

Mr. Watanabe died of pneumonia in Tokyo on Thursday, Dec. 19. He was 98.

  • Published: December 20, 202410:25 am
  • Author The Japan News
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‘Non-professional doctors’ work tirelessly to save Vietnam’s wild animals

Over the past four years, Vu Quang National Park has received and cared for 657 animals, and released 645 animals of 20 species back into the wild.

  • Published: December 20, 20249:37 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Cambodian grandmaster fostering martial arts prodigies, nurturing better citizens

The “Sport Ethics School," founded by Grandmaster Seng Bunsong, a well-known martial arts expert, the new facility aims to not only identify and develop young athletes with the…

  • Published: December 20, 20249:35 am
  • Author Chhorn Norn
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Lao government to increase allowances for civil servants amid rising cost of living

Similarly, the ministry will also implement a policy to support employees and civil servants, retired employees and disabled employees whose minimum basic salary is less than…

  • Published: December 19, 202411:14 am
  • Author Vientiane Times
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Japan’s foreign visitor count from Jan.-Nov. 2024 breaks 2023 record

The total number of foreign visitors to Japan from January to November 2024 was 33,379,900, setting a new record for annual visitors, even before accounting for those arriving in…

  • Published: December 19, 202410:25 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Kathmandu Valley’s worsening pollution puts children at grave risk

Doctors urge better mask use, warn against scooter commutes to school as respiratory illnesses among small children rises sharply.

  • Published: December 19, 20249:46 am
  • Author Arjun Poudel
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14 years on death row: Timeline of Filipino inmate Mary Jane Veloso’s fight for justice

Ms. Veloso was arrested on April 25, 2010, at Adisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, after she was found in possession of more than 2.6 kilograms of heroin.

  • Published: December 18, 202410:23 am
  • Author Jown Manalo
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Filipino inmate Mary Jane Veloso’s homecoming on Dec. 18, says Indonesian executive

Ms. Veloso has spent the last 14 years behind bars in Indonesia, nine of which she spent on death row for a drug trafficking conviction.

  • Published: December 17, 202410:09 am
  • Author Jane Bautista
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After 24 years behind bars, convicted father-killer in South Korea seeks to clear her name

Despite the verdict by South Korea's top court in 2001, it was belatedly alleged that irregularities occurred during the police investigation of Ms. Kim. She claimed that the…

  • Published: December 17, 202410:08 am
  • Author Yoon Min-sik

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