Hong Kong CNN — At a glitzy finance summit in Hong Kong this week, the city’s leader triumphantly told a room packed with top Wall Street executives that the Asian hub was back in business. “The worst is behind us,” he declared. Two days later, tens of thousands of rugby fans descended on the city’s […]
CNN — A fresh graduate in her first full-time job; a teenager who helped raise her siblings after their father’s death; a foreign exchange student excited for his first trip to Asia. In the seven days since 156 people were killed in a Halloween crush in the South Korean capital, the names and stories of […]
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday blamed establishment figures for a plot to kill him, saying unnamed agencies were undermining democracy in the country. A day after after he survived a shooting at a political rally outside the town of Gujranwala, Punjab province, Khan gave a rambling speech at a […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korea scrambled around 80 fighter jets after detecting a large number of North Korean warplanes during a four-hour period Friday, the country’s military said in a statement. The military statement said it had spotted about 180 North Korean military aircraft between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. local time. The […]
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured Thursday after an unidentified gunman opened fire at a rally, according to an official from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. A bullet hit Khan in his foot, PTI senior leader Asad Umar said. The former Pakistan cricket captain was taken from the rally site […]
CNN — When he arrived in the South Korean city of Seoul in late August, American exchange student Steven Blesi quickly developed a wide circle of friends from around the world. The 20-year-old from Atlanta was studying at the city’s Hangyang University, as part of a US study abroad program. He had planned to meet […]
Seoul and Tokyo CNN — North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile on Thursday local time, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), who said it landed in waters off the east of the peninsula. The launch triggered warnings in Japan’s northern Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures. “Missile launched. Missile launched. […]
CNN — Investigators probing the crowd crush that killed 156 people during Halloween festivities in South Korea raided police stations across Seoul on Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said the investigators raided eight of its offices and seized internal reports and documents relating to reports made by members of the public to the 112 […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types from its east and west coasts on Wednesday, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the launches mark the first time a North Korean ballistic missile has fallen close to South Korea’s […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — ln a cavernous Seoul gymnasium Tuesday, grieving families inspected neat rows of belongings left behind at the scene of the deadly street crush in Itaewon. Shoes, bags, glasses, notebooks, wallets, cardholders and colorful hats were laid out on makeshift tables and exercise mats along the polished floor – waiting to […]
