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South Korea’s exports up 8.2% in 2024 to fresh record 02 Jan 2025 - 10:46 am
Containers are stacked at a port in the southeastern city of Busan.
India's 2024 was hottest year since 1901 01 Jan 2025 - 08:53 pm
Revellers gather to celebrate on New Year's Eve, at Brigade Road in Bengaluru on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed / AFP)
China's frigid northeast thrives on 'little potato' tourism boom 01 Jan 2025 - 03:24 pm
This picture taken on December 17, 2024 shows people having picture with a snowman sculpture in Harbin, China’s Northeastern Heilongjiang province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US 01 Jan 2025 - 11:49 am
Mourners wait to pay their respects for the victims of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft on January 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Laos intensifies efforts to combat malaria: health ministry 31 Dec 2024 - 05:30 pm
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S. Korea investigates barrier hit in Jeju Air crash 31 Dec 2024 - 03:11 pm
Investigators from South Korea and the US, including officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, inspect the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 31, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Taiwan says 2024 was hottest year on record 31 Dec 2024 - 12:33 pm
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China says shared Covid information 'without holding anything back' 31 Dec 2024 - 11:50 am
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Heavy snow in Japan disrupts holiday air traffic 31 Dec 2024 - 11:04 am
Japan Airlines passenger planes are seen on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on December 26, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP.
South Korea court issues arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon 31 Dec 2024 - 10:41 am
An effigy of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in a mock prison as protesters take part in a rally calling for Yoon's ouster in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on December 21, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP.
South Korea starts releasing Jeju Air crash victims to families 31 Dec 2024 - 09:07 am
Police forensics personnel and National Bureau of Investigation officials work at the Jeju Air crash site in Muan on December 31, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
One dead, two missing as cargo ship sinks off Philippines 31 Dec 2024 - 08:59 am
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Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data 31 Dec 2024 - 12:10 am
File: People wear face masks as they walk on a snowy morning as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Beijing, China, on January 20, 2022. (Reuters)
Three foreigners killed in Thailand tourist hotel blaze 30 Dec 2024 - 03:35 pm
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South Korea inspects B737-800 fleet after worst plane crash 30 Dec 2024 - 02:26 pm
A recovery team member works with his dog at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Second Jeju Air flight suffers landing gear problem 30 Dec 2024 - 11:52 am
Photo used for representational purposes. A check-in desk of Jeju Air is seen at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP.
What caused South Korea's most deadly plane crash 30 Dec 2024 - 11:25 am
The wrecked tail section of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed and burst into flames is seen at the end of the runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP.
China court hands boy life sentence for murdering classmate 30 Dec 2024 - 08:25 am
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