Tag: Asia Pacific
investigators seek arrest warrant for ousted President Yoon
South Korean investigators said Monday they had asked the courts to issue an arrest warrant for ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol for his failed attempt to impose martial law, which plunged…
the president accuses Russia of having wanted to “cover up the affair” – L’Express
The Azerbaijani president accused Russia on Sunday, December 29, of trying to hide that the plane of the national airline which crashed Wednesday in Kazakhstan had come under fire from…
the Supreme Court demands an end to the hunger strike of a peasant leader
Since November 26, an activist from Punjab, the center of peasant protests in India, has not eaten, to demand better income for farmers. The Supreme Court criticizes this state for…
new president Mikheïl Kavelachvili takes oath in the middle of a political crisis – L’Express
This is a new episode in a political crisis that has lasted for two months. The new president of Georgia, Mikheïl Kavelashvili, loyal to the ruling party, was sworn in…
at least 120 dead in plane crash – L’Express
The chances of finding survivors are diminishing. A Jeju Air plane with 181 people on board crashed and caught fire on Sunday upon landing in Muan, South Korea, apparently following…
at least 29 dead in plane crash with 181 people on board
A plane went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport, South Korea, killing at least 29 people on Sunday, December 29, according to the Yonhap news agency. 1…
Putin admits that Russian defense was in action at the time – L’Express
Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Saturday, December 28, according to the Kremlin, that Russian air defense was in action on Wednesday when an Azerbaijani plane attempted to land, an…
President Yoon authorized the army to open fire at Parliament, prosecutors reveal
In South Korea, the president authorized the army to open fire to enter Parliament, according to the South Korean prosecutor’s office. On December 3, the head of state, currently suspended,…
the deposed president had authorized the army to open fire to enter Parliament – L’Express
“Haven’t you come in yet? What are you doing? Break the door and get them out, even if it means shooting.” These remarks by deposed South Korean President Yoon Suk…
the author of the car-ramming attack which left 35 dead sentenced to death
The sentence has been handed down for the perpetrator of the car-ramming attack which left 35 dead in November in the Chinese province of Guangdong, in the south of the…