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Yoon vowed to ‘expand the scale’ of humanitarian and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, and Zelensky thanked him for the ‘meaningful talks [and] strong support’.

Tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures in the latest example of the threat from global warming as scientists insist dependence on fossil fuels is behind intensification of heatwaves.

Pita Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party says he’ll withdraw his candidacy if parliament does not endorse him next week after knock back by senators against his pledge to reform strict royal defamation laws.

By 11am on Saturday, 1,567 people had been evacuated nationwide as water overtopped the dam in North Chungcheong province and the tally is expected to rise as more heavy rain is forecast for the Korean peninsula on Sunday.

Ly Ry and Bun Kheit of the opposition Candlelight Party have been accused of ‘inciting people to destroy ballots’ ahead of a general election on July 23 in which Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party is running almost unopposed.

A man spoke out on TikTok about a religious group’s ban on his business – and found himself behind bars.

The male crew member belted out the British star’s 2017 hit to entertain passengers on a flight from Cambodia to Vietnam.

Bad weather means India’s ban on wheat exports is unlikely to be lifted and it’s now considering halting rice shipments, exacerbating food shortages at a time of tight global supply.

Vong Sarain was sentenced to three weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to one count of housebreaking.

Washington’s distrust of Hun Sen and concerns about a possible Chinese military presence in Cambodia have affected Phnom Penh’s attempts to improve ties.

Rights groups say as long as UK does not resolve the seasonal job recruitment issue ‘on a systemic level’, the problem will move ‘from one country to another’.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says his counterpart Sergey Lavrov focused on attacking Washington and ‘attributed every problem in the world’ to the US.

The countries already signed an agreement to construct a state-of-the-art Hualong One reactor, and China gave Pakistan a US$5 billion to help unlock a bailout from the IMF.

Tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been entrenched for decades in the Singapore establishment and is known to have a colourful persona and aggressive dealmaking skills.

The launch is India’s first major mission since PM Narendra Modi ’s government revealed policies to spur investment in space launches, satellite-based businesses.

Hiroko Hatagami, a 51-year-old unemployed resident of Matsudo city, said she made the 2,761 calls because she craved attention.

Not ‘out of the woods completely … it’s ‘still a half full, half empty kind of situation’, economist says.

President Emmanuel Macron awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi the grand cross of the Legion d’Honneur, the highest grade of France’s order of merit.

The State Department aims to hire up to 40 staffers over the next five years for each of four recently opened or soon-to-be-opened posts in the region.

Thailand’s de facto legalisation of marijuana has drawn tourists eager to try the drug from other Asian countries, some of which outlaw its use and have warned they could face penalties when they return home.