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South Korean puts on 20 kg in bid to eat his way out of draft

Agence France-Presse A South Korean man was handed a suspended prison sentence for intentionally gaining weight in a bid to avoid bootcamp and other strenuous activities in military service, a Seoul court...

Indian man awakes on funeral pyre

Agence France-Presse An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and...

N. Korea’s latest weapon? Bombarding South with noise

By Agence France-Presse Gunshots, screams, and eerie laughter: South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving...

PH tells NoKor to cease missile tests amid latest launch

By Joyce Ann Rocamora | Philippine News Agency The Philippine government called on North Korea to “immediately cease” its missile tests amid its latest launch of multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the...

China cracks down after dumpling-hunting cyclists spark road chaos

By Agence France-Presse Chinese police have cracked down on an internet craze that saw thousands of cyclists throng a highway under cover of night to gorge on dumplings in a nearby city. University...

Thai baby hippo Moo Deng ‘predicts’ US election win for Trump

By Agence France-Presse The polls put the US election on a knife-edge, but as Americans go to vote, Thailand's superstar baby hippo Moo Deng has predicted former president Donald Trump will regain...

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