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SEOUL: South Korea’s foreign minister summoned Cambodia’s ambassador on Friday (Oct 10) following a surge in reported kidnappings of South Korean nationals linked to job scams in the Southeast Asian country.The number of reported kidnappings of South Koreans in Cambodia – previously averaging 10 to 20 cases a year – surged to 220 last year and 330 as of August 2025, according to lawmaker Na Kyung-won’s office.The recent death of a Korean college student in Cambodia – reportedly kidnapped and tortured by a local crime ring – has shocked South Korea.Many of the South Korean kidnapping victims are said to…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday (Oct 8) slammed Israel’s move in…
Another high-achieving student from Chongqing picked a semiconductor major at Westlake University, a newer private…
CHINA’S GROWTH REVISED UPWARDThe World Bank in its report upgraded its economic growth forecast for…
LONDON: The man who attacked a Manchester synagogue made an emergency call to police during the…
HONG KONG: Hong Kong logged its fourth “very hot day” this month on Wednesday (Oct…
JAKARTA: An Indonesian task force found traces of radioactivity in 22 facilities at an industrial…
BEIJING: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is “prostituting” himself to foreigners to try and win their…
NEW DELHI: Indian authorities advised the public to avoid two more brands of cough syrup…
OPPOSITION SEEKS ALTERNATIVE CANDIDATEKomeito, a socially liberal party affiliated with a lay Buddhist organisation, has…
NEW DELHI: Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal…
China and Malaysia will hold a joint military exercise this month in the Southeast Asian…
Dozens of flights were affected on Wednesday (Oct 8) after an emergency landing by a…
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