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Seoul to resume loudspeaker propaganda against North 09 Jun 2024 - 01:24 pm
Handout photo taken on June 9, 2024 shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the border, on a street in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)
North Korea sends trash-carrying balloons again: Seoul military 08 Jun 2024 - 05:37 pm
Photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP.
Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia 08 Jun 2024 - 04:03 pm
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Rahul Gandhi nominated as leader of India's opposition 08 Jun 2024 - 01:09 pm
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Indonesia's first Olympic gymnast encourages others to 'dream higher' 08 Jun 2024 - 10:52 am
Indonesian gymnast Rifda Irfanaluthfi answers AFP's questions during an interview at the gymnastics training center in Jakarta. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Two-year-old girl in Australia tests positive for H5N1 bird flu: WHO 08 Jun 2024 - 08:52 am
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North Korea sent trash balloons. Activists in the South sent K-pop 07 Jun 2024 - 09:11 pm
This handout image provided by Fighters For Free North Korea, taken in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, early on June 6, 2024, shows contents of balloons sent to the North by the group, including USB flash drives containing South Korean pop music and TV shows, as well as thousands of one-dollar bills. (Photo by Handout / Fighters For Free North Korea / AFP)
Samsung workers in South Korea stage first strike: union 07 Jun 2024 - 07:38 pm
Samsung Electronics' union members hold a rally outside the company building in Seoul on June 7, 2024, as workers at the tech giant staged the first ever strike, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Philippines accuses Chinese boats of 'dangerous' actions in high-seas medevac 07 Jun 2024 - 06:47 pm
This handout photo grabbed from a video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on June 7, 2024 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel aboard their rigid inflatable boat, blocking a Philippine Coast Guard rigid inflatable boat carrying marine scientists in the waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Mahmoud RIZK / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Indonesia volcano erupts three times, spews 5 km ash tower 06 Jun 2024 - 07:27 pm
In this handout picture taken and released on June 6, 2024 by the Geological Agency lightning struck as lava erupts from the crater of Mount Ibu, as seen from West Halmahera, North Maluku. Photo by Handout / Geological Agency / AFP.
Australia's fearsome 'dinosaur bird' stares down extinction 05 Jun 2024 - 04:38 pm
This picture taken on April 7, 2024, shows a cassowary bird as it stands next to a road that passes through the township of Etty Bay, located in the Cassowary Coast region of North Queensland, south of Cairns. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
'All Eyes on Papua' campaign generates interest in deforestation cases 05 Jun 2024 - 03:57 pm
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Death toll from inclement weather conditions rises to 26 in Sri Lanka 05 Jun 2024 - 03:45 pm
 A soldier distributes food to people affected by the floods in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Police officers in Philippines arrested for kidnapping 4 tourists, demanding ransom 05 Jun 2024 - 02:57 pm
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Modi celebrates victory in India vote, but falls short of landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 10:41 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in country's general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Modi heads for victory in India vote, but no landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 03:16 pm
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) watch live vote counting figures for India's general election, displayed on a large screen in Varanasi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost 04 Jun 2024 - 02:46 pm
This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts 04 Jun 2024 - 02:36 pm
An elderly evacuee gestures as she speaks about what she saw when Mount Kanlaon volcano erupted, at an evacuation center set up at a school in a village in Canlaon, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines on June 4, 2024. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin / AFP