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South Korea Jeju Air crash families file criminal complaint against minister, 14 others

13 May 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – Families of victims from the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people including South Korean government officials and airline safety representatives, their lawyers said on Tuesday. Families of 72 of the victims from the Jeju Air crash on December 29 said they were initiating …

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UK charges exiled Myanmar ambassador with trespassing at diplomatic residence

13 May 2025

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – British police charged Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom with trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London that he has refused to leave since being ousted for opposing Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. Kyaw Zwar Minn was locked out of his embassy a few months after the February 2021 …

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Thailand ends search at site of skyscraper that collapsed during quake

13 May 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has declared an end to search operation at the site of a partially constructed Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed during a March 28 earthquake and killed scores of construction workers, the city’s governor said on Tuesday. The 30-storey State Audit Office tower was the only building in the Thai capital that collapsed …

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Down, but not out: Philippines election gifts Duterte a shot at political survival

13 May 2025

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine midterm election may have leaned in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s favour but the stronger-than-expected showing for estranged vice president and bitter rival Sara Duterte may have given him a jolt, with the possibility of a shift in the balance of power in the rest of his term.  …

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Former CNPC chairman sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery

13 May 2025

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) -Wang Yilin, a former chairman of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and fined 3 million yuan ($416,667), state-run CCTV reported on Tuesday. State media reported in July 2024 that Wang, who retired from CNPC in 2020, had been expelled from …

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Indian border villagers want recompense for damages in Pakistan clashes

13 May 2025

By Adnan Abidi and Fayaz Bukhari JAMMU/SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan are maintaining a ceasefire that ended four days of intense military clashes, but many in the Indian-ruled part of disputed Kashmir are demanding compensation for damages from cross-border firing. Hundreds of villagers evacuated their homes as the rivals targeted each other’s …

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China says fentanyl issue is responsibility of the United States

13 May 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -The responsibility of tackling the fentanyl issue in the United States lies within the U.S. itself, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, rejecting the punitive tariffs Washington imposed on Beijing for not stemming the inflow. China has repeatedly said fentanyl is a U.S. issue and the tariffs imposed on China because of that …

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Factbox-Key promises by South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo

13 May 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – Seeking to build momentum in his campaign to win South Korea’s presidency, former labour minister and conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo is pledging economic policies focused on deregulation, investments in AI and tax breaks for the middle class. Kim has also promised a tough line on nuclear-armed North Korea.  Here are some of …

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Japan ruling camp officials agree on need for extra budget, Kyodo reports

13 May 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) -Senior officials of Japan’s ruling coalition agreed on the need to compile a supplementary budget in autumn to fund a fresh stimulus package, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration has been under pressure to take additional steps to cushion the economic blow from higher U.S. tariffs ahead of …

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