South Korea's LGBTQ community confronts crushing headwinds in fight for equality
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Conservative lawmakers and religious leaders have contributed to activists’ lengthy and unsuccessful attempts to pass a comprehensive...

Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison
After crawling into her cell, Lee Young-joo was ordered to sit cross-legged with her hands on her knees. She was not allowed to move for...

North Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South Korea says
KEY POINTS North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, South Korea's military said. "This...


Lee Jae-myung concedes South Korean presidential election to opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol.
The graft prosecutor turned opposition leader, Yoon Suk-yeol, won a tight presidential election in South Korea on Thursday, reinstating...


Myanmar: TotalEnergies Endorses Targeted Sanctions
Clear Path for US, France, EU to Block Gas Revenue Payments to Junta The French company TotalEnergies has signaled support for targeted...


US Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Women’s Rights
Allowing Texas Abortion Law to Stand an Alarming Signal In disastrous news for women’s rights, the US Supreme Court decided today to...


‘Under attack’: Report says repression of rights persists in Asia
CIVICUS report says at least 89 percent of the world’s population now live in ‘closed, repressed or obstructed’ countries. From Myanmar...


Myanmar army helicopter attacks ‘force thousands to flee’
Local media report civilians forced to shelter in forest and other places after air raids on more than a dozen villages in Depayin,...
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