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Kim Jong-un ‘training’ his young daughter to be his successor

Kim Jong-un ‘training’ his young daughter to be his successor

Believed to be about 11 years old, Kim Ju-ae, was first revealed by her father in November 2022 and has since been mingling with top generals at major military events.

  • by Nicola Smith

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Wong says ‘rules are being bent, twisted and broken’ but avoids naming China as key actor

Wong says ‘rules are being bent, twisted and broken’ but avoids naming China as key actor

Australia US, India and Japan have called out Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and cyber espionage but stopped short of naming China directly.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Parts of Japan ‘likely to vanish’ as population shrinks

Parts of Japan ‘likely to vanish’ as population shrinks

Japan’s population has recorded its biggest single-year decrease in history, falling by 861,000 people, as the government grapples with measures to reverse the trend.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Kyrgyzstan president arrests niece’s fiancé after elaborate wedding proposal

Kyrgyzstan president arrests niece’s fiancé after elaborate wedding proposal

The video went viral in Kyrgyzstan and infuriated Sadyr Japarov, who has made a show of admonishing politicians for wasting money since he seized power in a coup.

  • by James Kilner
Australians left stranded after massive fire destroys Bali hotel complex

Australians left stranded after massive fire destroys Bali hotel complex

Images captured by tourists and locals show Villa Amasya, in the heart of Seminyak, fully engulfed by flames leaping into the sky.

  • by Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa
At least 18 dead as plane skids off runway and catches fire in Nepal
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At least 18 dead as plane skids off runway and catches fire in Nepal

Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record, with the deadliest incident occurring in 1992, when 167 people died when a plane crashed into a hillside.

  • by Binaj Gurubacharya
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Police kill more than 100 students in protests over job handouts
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Police kill more than 100 students in protests over job handouts

The protests erupted out of Bangladeshi students’ anger at a quota system for government jobs that benefited certain groups.

  • by Anupreeta Das
Vietnam’s most powerful leader dies leaving no obvious successor

Vietnam’s most powerful leader dies leaving no obvious successor

Vietnam’s Communist Party’s Nguyen Phu Trong presided over his country’s transformation and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign.

  • by Sui-Lee Wee
Untouched meals, cyanide and six bodies in a luxury Bangkok hotel room

Untouched meals, cyanide and six bodies in a luxury Bangkok hotel room

The suite had been locked for a day. The tom yum soup and fried rice left untouched. But there was something far more ominous in the room: six bodies.

  • by Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
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Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT

The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.

  • by Zach Hope and James Wilson
NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia

NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia

Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.

  • by Zach Hope