That is how Yoo Seok-sul begins recounting the night of Friday, 26 October, 1979.
A former security guard in the Korea Central Intelligence Agency, or KCIA, as the South's spy division was known, Yoo has many stories to tell. But this is perhaps the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian women's national football team arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Thursday ahead of their historic debut in the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers, marking the team's first-ever official participation in the (...)
Thailand has imposed restrictions on all travellers heading into Cambodia, as the two countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute.
The ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into Cambodia from checkpoints across several Thai (...)
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a phone call between her and former Cambodian leader Hun Sen about a festering border dispute was leaked.
The leak provoked public anger and prompted (...)
Cambodia has said it plans to seek a ruling from the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) over border disputes with Thailand, one of which triggered a fatal military clash last week.
Cambodia's National Assembly, where Prime Minister Hun (...)
"We don't care about sales to the United States," says Hu Tianqiang as one of his toy fighter jets flies past our heads.
It's hard to hear him above the buzzing toy planes and miniature drones, an almost rhythmic backdrop to the cacophony of toys (...)
Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across the globe in response to increased crackdowns by authorities, according to a UN report issued on Monday.
For several years, scam (...)
Beijing has warned its trading partners against succumbing to US pressure to isolate China in President Donald Trump's tariff war, as part of its carrot-and-stick approach to win over countries caught between the world's two largest (...)
China's President Xi Jinping has called on Vietnam to oppose "unilateral bullying" to upkeep a global system of free trade — though he stopped short of naming the US.
It comes as Xi is on a so-called "charm offensive" trip across South East Asia, (...)
An annual global trade fair has kicked off in Hong Kong with no shortage of fanfare – featuring robots flexing, dazzling new products and excited crowds packing the convention halls.
But uncertainty over how the US-China tariff war may pan out cast (...)
China's leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, hitting out at President Donald Trump's latest tariffs moves.
Although Trump has paused most of his "reciprocal" tariffs, he (...)
China has called for the world to unite against Trump's tariffs as the country's exporters reel from crippling new US levies that have risen to 104%.
"Global unity can triumph over trade tyranny," declared an editorial in the state-run newspaper (...)
Emmanuel Macron has lashed out against Donald Trump's decision to impose reciprocal tariffs on virtually every country, calling the move "brutal" and "unfounded" and proposing a temporary halt in future European investments in America.
The pause, he (...)
Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Australia's Anthony Albanese are among the world leaders who have come out in criticism of US President Donald Trump, after he announced far-reaching import taxes on products from across the globe.
Meloni called a 20% (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi women's national football team will take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers for the first time in its history, marking a major milestone in the Kingdom's ongoing efforts to develop women's football.
The 2026 edition of (...)
A Chinese student who was kidnapped by a gang, which killed his driver and cut off the student's finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, was rescued by Philippine police, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Interior (...)
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.
The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian (...)
A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.
The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said it was with "broken hearts" (...)
Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight.
A British woman, an Australian woman, a US man and two Danish nationals have died, while another Australian woman (...)
For a harrowing week in August, Ruchika Tandon, a 44-year-old neurologist at one of India's top hospitals, was ensnared in what felt like a high-stakes federal crime investigation.
Yet, it was an elaborate scam — a web of deceit spun by scammers who (...)
The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel's plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case.
Asif W. Rahman was indicted last (...)
Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing is on his first visit to China since he ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.
The significant losses his regime has suffered in the civil war at the hands of poorly-armed (...)
The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational Tournament (MWI) began at the Esports World Cup on Wednesday, featuring the largest ever prize pool for a women's esports tournament – an incredible $500,000.
For Abie, a Cambodian member of Team (...)
Thailand has expanded its visa-free entry scheme to 93 countries and territories as it seeks to revitalize its tourism industry.
Visitors can stay in the South-East Asian nation for up to 60 days under the new scheme that took effect on (...)
Cambodia has jailed 10 environmental activists who had sounded the alarm on river pollution for plotting against the government — a case critics have decried as politically motivated.
Members of the group Mother Nature were charged in 2021 after (...)
