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JAKARTA (Reuters) -An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo to 10 years in prison for corruption involving travel in private jets and jewellery for his wife. Prosecutors said Limpo extorted officials at the Ministry of Agriculture of more than 44 billion rupiah ($2.72 million) to pay for his personal spending. …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese navy destroyer made a rare entry into China’s territorial waters near Taiwan earlier this month without notifying China, prompting Beijing to lodge an official complaint. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s destroyer Suzutsuki sailed into China’s waters off Zhejiang province on July 4, where China had said it would conduct naval drills, …

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By Abdul Rahman Muchtar SUWAWA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Ridwan Wadjah vividly remembers the moment a torrent of mud came crashing down on him and the dozens of miners working this week in an illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. A landslide triggered by heavy rain in the island’s Suwawa district submerged the mine on …

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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean YouTuber Tzuyang was a victim of dating violence for years, she said on Thursday, stoking a bitter debate over a rise in gender-based violence in the country. With over 10 million subscribers, Tzuyang has become famous for “mukbang” videos that show her eating an extraordinary amount of …

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MANILA (Reuters) – Eleven mourners were killed when the pick-up truck taking them home from a funeral was involved in a collision with a bus in the northern Philippines, police said on Thursday. Five other people were injured in the crash in Abulug town in Cagayan province, police chief Antonio Palattao said. The bus driver …

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