“IT JUST FELL APART” Washington stations about 27,000 US troops in South Korea to help protect it against the nuclear-armed North, and Taylor and his friends are based at Camp Casey in Gyeonggi. On their week off, they decided to go to the festivities at Itaewon but said that whenContinue Reading
HONG KONG: China passed legislation on Sunday (Oct 30) aimed at giving women more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment, days after the Bill was submitted to the country’s top legislature after a third revision and extensive public input. The legislation comes as activists have expressed concern about increasingContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Macao’s MGM Cotai, operated by MGM China, was locked down on Sunday (Oct 30) morning after a dealer was found to be infected with COVID-19, local gaming publication Inside Asian Gaming reported, citing unidentified sources. MGM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Government health workersContinue Reading
SEOUL: In tears, Philomene Aby’s hands shook as she asked workers at a South Korean community centre for news of her 22-year-old son, missing in the wake of a crowd surge in Seoul that left at least 151 people dead on Saturday (Oct 29). Her son, Masela, went to workContinue Reading
Beijing is uniquely positioned to help broker an agreement, says Zhou Bo for the Financial Times.Continue Reading
SEOUL: Dozens of people were injured and also a number feared dead in a stampede in Seoul as a large crowd poured right into a central district of the South Korean capital for Halloween festivities late on Sunday (Oct 29), the particular Yonhap news company reported. Fire authorities had beenContinue Reading
Fire regulators were seen administrating CPR to a minimum of 50 people in the Itaewon district.Continue Reading
A further 82 people were injured in the crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, which happened when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley.Continue Reading
MANILA: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday (Oct 29) ordered urgent aid distribution in a southern province where landslides have been triggered by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which has killed 45 people across the country so far. Heavy rains and strong winds pounded the capital, Manila, and surrounding areas forContinue Reading
It is the first time that people will be able to visit cemeteries during the season of Undas, or All Saints’ Day, since the COVID-19 pandemic began. But safety measures will be put in place.
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