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About 20,000 people took their own lives in Japan last year, down from more than 34,000 16 years before. But one age group did see an increase: the under-20s.
Hundreds of women and children are abused each year – and that’s just the ones who report it, as social stigma and police inaction keeps sufferers silent.
As fears spread that Indonesia has more infections than confirmed, activists are most concerned for those too poor to afford masks or treatment.
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The Netflix episode, titled Man at the Top, examines Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal, which saw billions siphoned from the sovereign wealth fund, and features interviews with Najib Razak at home.
They play for South Korea and have made the country their home, but being naturalised citizens means having to go through many hoops, say the foreign-born athletes.
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In July 2014, flight MH17 was torn apart by a Russian missile over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people.
Malaysia Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists in July 2014, killing 298 people. Even after years of investigation, no one knows why.
Passed on down the generations dating back to their time in Cambodia, the silk-weaving heritage of the Chams is a crucial link to their past.
Communities centred around women have existed for centuries in China, India and Indonesia, but an influx of tourists, technology and new ideas is rapidly changing their way of life.
The disaster in April 2015 left more than 9,000 dead and vast tracts of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, in ruins.
From motherhood in Hong Kong to protests in India, menstruation huts in Nepal and life as a lesbian domestic worker, five women share their perspectives.
Tensions are running high among Japanese, from frantic shoppers panic buying toilet roll to irate commuters arguing about coughing on trains.
Google, Microsoft, Siemens, Sony and Adidas are among the 83 global brands named by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in its report.
It’s not just the coronavirus and the Shincheonji Church. Cults have been linked to a host of Korean scandals, from the Sewol ferry disaster to a president’s impeachment.
Researchers call for equal access to health services, as migrant workers report increased levels of stress and anxiety amid the crisis.
Hibiki Sato, 27, gagged the Tenshi Tsukinukeni Yomi singer with a towel, forced her to the floor and molested her. He has been jailed for 30 months.
Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is interviewing every MP to ascertain which leader has majority support in the 222-member house.
Mahathir also resigned as chairman of the Bersatu party, capping a weekend of political manoeuvring that his presumptive successor Anwar Ibrahim described as a betrayal. But it doesn’t mean that a snap poll is imminent.
Victims of historical resentment, many ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia are stateless, ineligible for citizenship in either country. Yet few would leave, even if they could.