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Parliamentary staffers used sofas and fire extinguishers to block soldiers armed with assault rifles and night-vision goggles from entering South Korea’s National Assembly to maintain martial law, CCTV footage released Wednesday showed.Shortly after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday — the first time it had been imposed in the South in over …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faced demands to resign on Wednesday after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law was voted down by lawmakers and brought thousands of protesters to the streets.Yoon’s shock bid to impose martial law on South Korea for the first time in over four decades plunged the country into the …

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A multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal involving one of Vietnam’s most prominent tycoons exposed systemic weaknesses in the country’s banking sector, say analysts who warn other such cases could yet emerge. Judges on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of property developer Truong My Lan, who was convicted this year of embezzling vast sums from the Saigon Commercial Bank …

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When Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia announced last year he would run for president, his ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was certain he would lead them to an unprecedented third term.Even their slogan dared to say they would be “Breaking the eight” — a reference to going beyond President Nana Akufo-Addo’s two terms of four …

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The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel Wednesday during a maritime patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after Beijing said it had “exercised control” over the ship.China claims almost the entire South China Sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries — including the Philippines — and …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faced demands to resign on Wednesday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law that was voted down by lawmakers and brought thousands of protesters to the streets.Yoon’s shock bid to impose South Korea’s first martial law in over four decades plunged the country into the deepest turmoil in …

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There are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 meters (36 feet) under the sea.He’s been living in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama for two months — which means, he told a visiting AFP journalist, he has about two more to go.”The last …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abandoned a short-lived attempt to impose martial law on Wednesday after lawmakers defied security forces to vote against his declaration and thousands of protesters took to the streets.Yoon’s shock bid to impose South Korea’s first martial law in over four decades plunged the country into the deepest turmoil in …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abandoned a short-lived attempt at martial law on Wednesday after lawmakers defied security forces to vote against his declaration and thousands of protesters took to the streets.Yoon’s shock bid to impose South Korea’s first martial law in over four decades plunged the country into its deepest turmoil in its …

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday said he would lift martial law just hours after he imposed it, in a brief and confusing episode in which he blasted the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening the country’s democracy.The unexpected move from Yoon — the first time martial law had been declared in South Korea …

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