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Ong Beng Seng arrives at the State Courts in Singapore on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Billionaire Ong pleads guilty in Singapore gifting scandal
Ong Beng Seng could be sentenced by a Singapore court as soon as Monday or at a later date. He faces up to seven years in jail and a possible fine.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Outrage in China after reports exploitative images of Chinese women shared in Telegram groups
Sexually exploitative images of women were shared with hundreds of thousands of users on Telegram, with the scale of the sharing shocking many in China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Retrial opens for South Korean woman who bit off attempted rapist's tongue
The court at the time said her actions against a would-be rapist had "exceeded the reasonable bounds of legally permissible self-defense" and gave her a 10-month prison sentence.
Malaysian businessman and fugitive Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, in 2014. Low is wanted in connection with the multibillion-dollar collapse of 1MDB, a Malaysian wealth fund.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 22, 2025
Malaysia looks into claim 1MDB fugitive Jho Low is in China
By Anisah Shukry
Low is wanted in connection with the multibillion dollar collapse of the Malaysian wealth fund formally known as 1Malaysia Development Bhd.
Buildings inside the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone along the Mekong river in the Bokeo province of Laos on May 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2025
'Las Vegas in Laos': the riverside city awash with crime
With the initial aim of attracting tourists with casinos and resorts, the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone quickly became a center for money laundering and trafficking.
A Beijing store selling merchandise based on the "boys’ love" genre of graphic novels on June 16
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2025
China detains female writers of 'boys' love' content in porn crackdown
By Laurie Chen
The detentions since March have triggered debate on social media about the limits of free speech and the apparent sexist nature of the crackdown.
Police in Australia said Tuesday they had arrested and charged in May a 26-year-old child care worker from the state of Victoria with offenses relating child sex abuse involving eight victims between the ages of five months and two years.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2025
Australia vows tougher child care laws after worker charged with sex offenses
By Christine Chen
Australia's Education Minister Jason Clare has asked his department to urgently draft new laws on child care centers.
A visitor looks into North Korea from South Korea's Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju on June 12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2025
Rights abuses continue in North Korea a decade after probe, says U.N.
By Josh Smith
A U.N official said he is still surprised by the continued prevalence of executions, forced labour and reports of starvation in the authoritarian country.
Bali Regional Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya speaks to journalists during a news conference at the Badung district police station in Badung regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2025
Australian suspects in Bali murder of compatriot face death penalty
Authorities had been searching for several suspects over the shooting of a 32-year-old Australian national on Saturday.
A rescued baby orangutan rests in a basket in Bangkok on May 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2025
Snakes on a plane highlight Thailand-India wildlife trafficking, NGO reports
Many of the animals seized are alive, showing demand for exotic pets is driving the smuggling trade, the nongovernmental organization said.

Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japanese students who want to study abroad looking at options in Asia
The number of Japanese students who applied to the National Taiwan University in Taipei in 2025 is more than 60% higher than last year due partly to affordability and proximity.
Controversial theories continue to swirl around 1985 JAL jet crash
Kimi Ozawa, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, prays in front of his memorial marker on Tuesday in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
By Naoko Abe

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