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    Singapore Press Watch: Unexpected responses to fake law strictures

      By Ivan Lim Contributor to AsiaN Singapore: The Singapore authorities’ invoking of a new law on fake news to call out two political commentators has met with unexpected responses: while one has complied with an order to post a correction, but not unequivocally, the other has refused to do…

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    South Korea to allow re-entry for voluntarily departing illegal foreigners

    Seoul:  The justice ministry on Tuesday decided to work out a system to permit illegal stayers to re-enter the country if they voluntarily depart the country by June next year. In addition, ways to give such stayers better stay status in the future will be mapped out. The efforts are…

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    Parliament passes children safety bills in plenary session

    Seoul: South Korea’s parliament passed uncontested bills, including those on children safety, in its morning plenary session Tuesday, without reviewing the budget bill and other contentious bills on electoral and prosecution reform. Among the 16 bills that were passed in the morning session were those on children’s road safety. The…

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    China rejects reports of selling Pakistani women, organ trade

      By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The Chinese embassy in Islamabad has categorically rejected a media report by an American press agency alleging that at least 629 Pakistani girls were sold as brides to China. American wire service on December 4 reported on acts of abuse, organized prostitution, and…

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    Native-language classes connect multicultural students to their heritage

    Seoul: Whenever she visits her hometown of Ulaanbaatar on the vast Mongolian steppe, Seoul-resident Jadambaa Nasanjargal makes a point of returning with children’s books written in her native language. At home, she reads the traditional folktales to her daughter, translating into Korean as necessary, to introduce her 7-year-old to the…

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    South Korean NGO sues Disney over alleged screen monopoly by ‘Frozen 2’

    Seoul: A South Korean non-governmental organization has lodged a complaint against the Korean unit of Walt Disney Co., claiming its latest animated film, “Frozen 2,” violated the antitrust act by occupying up to 88 percent of domestic movie screens. The movie topped the box office over the weekend again, drawing…

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    Pengsoo, the giant penguin South Korean millennials love

      Seoul: Pengsoo is South Korea’s newest rising star. Debuting in March with a 23-second “meokbang,” or eating show, clip of munching on meringue cookies, Pengsoo now boasts more than 1 million subscribers on YouTube. Pengsoo soared to stardom in less than a year, appearing on both terrestrial and cable…

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    Don’t allow racial issues to fester, become a cancer: Malaysian official

      Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the values of unity should always be nurtured and racial issues should not be allowed to fester and become a cancer that will weaken unity of the people in this country. Dr Wan Azizah said people in the…

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    Singers Jung Joon-young, Choi Jong-hoon get prison terms in rape case

    Seoul:  Two disgraced South Korean singers — Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon — were given heavy prison sentences Friday after being convicted on rape and other charges. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Jung, a disgraced singer and TV personality, and Choi, a former member of boy band FT Island,…

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    Are Malaysians waiting for a fresh hope?

    By a contributor Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in accepting the fact that Malaysians were unhappy with the current state of affairs of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Government that he leads has certainly breathed fresh hope that things will change for the better before the next general election. The…

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