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Asia
Can families returning after centuries solve S Korea's...
At first glance, Dunpo Elementary is no different from the thousands of elementary...
S Korean man admits to burying partner in cement
A man in South Korea has confessed to murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body...
Pakistan: Bomb kills police officer in diplomatic convoy
A roadside bomb targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats killed one Pakistani police...
One dead and several missing after 'unprecedented' rains...
One person has died and seven others are missing, officials said, after "unprecedented"...
At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine explosion
An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least...
Schoolboy's killing in China sparks Japanese fears
The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has sparked...
India rejects report on transfer of ammunitions to Ukraine...
India has dismissed a news report claiming the government failed to prevent European...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted...
Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests...
Ten-year-old Japanese boy dies after stabbing in China
A 10-year-old Japanese student has died one day after he was stabbed near his school...
'Please save me': The Indians duped into fighting for Russia
Last week, the Indian government announced that Russia had discharged dozens of...
Still reeling from crisis, Sri Lanka holds pivotal election
“I thought I’d spend my whole life here, fighting a corrupt government - but the...
Iran's morality police will not 'bother' women, president...
Iran's new president has said that morality police will no longer "bother" women...
Shanghai hit by strongest typhoon in 75 years
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful typhoon made landfall...
'Lashed for a social media photo' in Iran
Women in Iran have told the BBC how their online activity has been spied on by the...
Shanghai slammed by what China says is the city’s strongest...
Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday by what authorities say was the strongest...