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SCMP’s Asia desk

A 2017 government report showing more than half of South Korean men had paid for sex at least once in their lives, despite the nation’s anti-prostitution law.

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CCTV footage showed the teen, 19, inserting his hand and arm into the vulvas of the horses on multiple instances during his visits to the stable in Thalang district.

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Lars, who finished sixth in last year’s Miss International Queen pageant, denounced the Filipinos and hoped the fracas would not affect bilateral ties.

Justice chief Jesus Crispin Remulla has urged prosecutors to file an ‘airtight’ case against the three suspects, who face multiple charges including kidnapping and homicide.

The ‘aggression’ the Philippines faces from China in the disputed sea is unprecedented, says the country’s ambassador to the US, Jose Manuel Romualdez.

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Thai transgender activist Jakapong Jakrajutatip has blamed an unnamed person for the ‘unlawful act’, saying the edited clip was used to tarnish her reputation.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr says the legal action will proceed if Chinese boats were proven to ‘intentionally destroy’ the Scarborough Shoal.

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While the Catholic leaders stood with the Philippines’ fishing folk, they stressed that armed conflict over the hotly-contested sea was not a “moral option”.

Indonesian engineers are under investigation for allegedly trying to remove a USB device containing information on the South Korean-made KF-21 fighter jet.

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Arturo Lascanas said Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio, as Davao mayor in 2012, instructed law enforcement to abduct and bury drug suspects to portray them as kidnapping.

The British Asian Trust, started in 2007 to fight poverty in South Asia, has denounced renowned Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s actions and “ceased any association” with him.

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British travel content creator Corrin expressed her dismay over Kuta’s vehicle-choked roads and errant drivers in a TikTok video, ahead of the island’s new tourist tax from February 14.

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Critics called the president’s helicopter use a ‘grave insult to millions of Filipino commuters’ who navigate the city’s notoriously congested streets.

A photo of two women sun bathing in Sanam Luang, a public square that has hosted royal ceremonies, went viral over the weekend, attracting criticism from locals.

During a 2017 visit to the US, former Malaysian PM Najib Razak and his delegation stayed at the Trump International Hotel for 10 nights and spent a total of US$248,962.

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After a 14-year-old boy shot dead three people last year, police chief Torsak Sukvimol is eyeing a lower age of criminal responsibility from the current 15 years to 12.

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