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Protesters calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea, November 30, 2016. The signs read "Offender disturbing order of nation, Park Geun-hye". Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korean ruling party urges president to quit in April

by Agence France-Presse December 1, 2016February 18, 2020

An effigy of South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye at an anti-government rally demanding her resignation in central Seoul on November 30, 2016. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-Je

Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korea president’s impeachment vote delayed

by Agence France-Presse November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

A Japanese worker checks solar panels at a floating solar farm on the Yamakura dam reservoir near Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture. Photo: AFP/ Quentin Tyberghien

China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Sun setting on Japan’s solar energy boom

by Agence France-Presse November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

A Pakistani Kashmiri man sits with an injured woman, who was wounded in cross-border firing, at Mondool village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on November 21, 2016. Photo: AFP/Sajjad Qayyum

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Rush to build bunkers in Pakistani Kashmir as fears grow

by Agence France-Presse November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

An Indian mother in a bank queue holds her son's wedding invitation card, in the hopes of withdrawing money for the event. Photo: AFP/Narinder Nanu

India, South Asia, World

India’s cash crunch slims down big fat weddings

by Agence France-Presse November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

Alif Urfani, general director of the Afghan Criminal Justice Center Against Corruption at his office in Kabul, November 29, 2016. Photo: AFP/Wakil Kohsar

Afghanistan, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Afghanistan takes on rich and powerful in war on graft

by Agence France-Presse November 29, 2016February 18, 2020

Some 320,000 chickens are to be culled.
Photo: IROZ GAIZKA / AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japan culling 330,000 birds to fight avian flu

by Agence France-Presse November 29, 2016February 18, 2020

Loading coal in Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

China risks wasting $490 bn on coal plants: campaigners

by Agence France-Presse November 28, 2016February 18, 2020

Prominent K-pop music video director Cha Eun Taek was charged Sunday. Photo: AFP/Seung-il Ryu/ NurPhoto

Northeast Asia, South Korea

K-pop video director charged in influence-peddling scandal

by Agence France-Presse November 28, 2016February 18, 2020

Heathrow airport

China, European Union, Shanghai, World

Chinese travel site Ctrip pays US$1.7 billion for Skyscanner

by Agence France-Presse November 24, 2016February 18, 2020

People queue as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high-denomination banknotes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delh. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

India, South Asia

Hired help startup cashes in on India’s huge bank queues

by Agence France-Presse November 23, 2016February 18, 2020

Qin Yusheng steering his mule drawn cart across the beach in Xianrendao. Photo: AFP/Johannes Eisele

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

China’s jellyfish-hauling mules a dying breed

by Agence France-Presse November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

Muslim hardline protesters cover their faces as police fire tear gas during a protest against Jakarta's incumbent governor Basuki (Ahok) Tjahaja Purnama on November 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters via Antara Foto/Widodo S Jusuf

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Jakarta’s Christian governor named in blasphemy allegations

by Agence France-Presse November 16, 2016February 18, 2020

Pro-independence activists Baggio Leung (R) and Yau Wai-ching. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

HK court ruling on rebel lawmakers in line with Beijing’s

by Agence France-Presse November 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Many of Nimrud's treasures, such as this golden crown on display in a Baghdad museum in 2003, were removed from the site before ISIS forces captured it and blew it up. Photo: Reuters

Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Nimrud freed from islamists

by Agence France-Presse November 13, 2016February 18, 2020

China's long suffering fans have seen their team slump to bottom of their World Cup qualifying group with just one point from four games. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Guangzhou, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

The man who needs a miracle

by Agence France-Presse November 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Tourists pose before a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

Tug-of-war over China’s founding father, Sun Yat-sen

by Agence France-Presse November 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Jamal Yunos, centre, shakes hands with supporters at a protest against the online news portal Malaysiakini on Saturday. Photo: MOHD RASFAN / AFP

AT Finance, Egypt, Malaysia, Middle East, Thailand, Turkey

Malaysian ‘Red Shirt’ firebrand warns of political violence

by Agence France-Presse November 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Scenes from Chen Tianzhou's show 'Ishvara'. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhou

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Gods, breasts and Britney: China artist opens up a generation gap

by Agence France-Presse November 10, 2016February 18, 2020

Loadsa money! Indians rushed to deposit their stashes of big bills. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

India tries to quell currency panic as stocks plunge

by Agence France-Presse November 9, 2016February 18, 2020

US President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, US, November 9, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

It’s President Trump

by Agence France-Presse November 9, 2016February 18, 2020

A policeman checks the crime scene at the British banker Rurik Jutting's residential flat where two Indonesian women's bodies were found in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district November 2, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, World

The friendless loner who lived off takeaway food

by Agence France-Presse November 8, 2016February 18, 2020

Government workers remove the body of one of the murder victims found at British banker Rurik Jutting's residential flat in Hong Kong on November 1, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, World

The evil I’ve inflicted cannot be remedied, says Jutting

by Agence France-Presse November 8, 2016February 18, 2020

A file photo of Rurik Jutting sitting in the back row of a prison bus as he arrives at the Eastern Law Courts in Hong Kong on November 24, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia

British banker jailed for life for ‘sickening’ HK murders

by Agence France-Presse November 8, 2016February 18, 2020

Steven Spielberg, film director and chairman of Amblin Partners and Jack Ma, chairman and chief executive of Alibaba Group at an event to announce their movie company partnership in China in October, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Shirley Feng

China passes restrictive movie law to honor core values

by Agence France-Presse November 7, 2016February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters, Peter Nicholls

World

HSBC pre-tax profit up 7% in third quarter

by Agence France-Presse November 7, 2016February 18, 2020

Yau Wai-Ching was in the thick of the protests in Hong Kong on Sunday night outside the Central Government Liaison Office. Photo: Poo Yee Kai

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

Beijing ruling blocks Hong Kong rebel lawmakers

by Agence France-Presse November 7, 2016February 18, 2020

The body of a Syrian girl lies on a bed at a makeshift hospital following reported shelling on a kindergarten in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on November 6, 2016. At least four children were killed and 19 people injured in the government strike in Harasta, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Photo: Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP

Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Syrian government blamed for kindergarten shelling

by Agence France-Presse November 6, 2016February 18, 2020

Once again, gentlemen? Mayweather's appearance ringside at Pacquiao's November 5 WBO title fight has stirred speculation of a rematch.

Uncategorized

Mayweather’s ringside appearance raises talk of Pacquiao rematch

by Agence France-Presse November 6, 2016February 18, 2020

Manny Pacquiao connects with Jesse Vargas on his way to securing the WBO title for a third time.

AT Finance, Philippines, World

Manny Pacquiao reclaims WBO belt

by Agence France-Presse November 6, 2016February 18, 2020