SEOUL, Feb 10 - South Korea plans to boost medical student numbers by 16% in 2027 and further in subsequent years, the health ministry said on Tuesday, a step criticised by a doctors' association after similar plans triggered nationwide protests in 2024.
Experiments were conducted by the Japan Acoustic Laboratory using high-precision microphones.
Policymakers argue that expanding medical school intake is necessary to prevent worsening access to care.
Some 4,000 jobs will be lost as restaurant chain Xibei shuts over 100 of its outlets due to loss of business.
JAKARTA, Feb 10 - A proposed multinational peacekeeping force for Gaza could total about 20,000 troops, with Indonesia estimating it could contribute up to 8,000, President Prabowo Subianto’s spokesman said on Tuesday.
China has implemented a string of measures such as an advisory against travel to Japan.
On the night of October 23, 2023, India’s oldest international cricket ground, the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai, erupted in celebration. Tens of thousands roared and waved flags. The stands rejoiced in what seemed like a familiar triumph over a long-standing
Optus is contacting those still affected via e-mail with instructions to restart their devices.
Information was collected from 12,960 households, according to the report.
When Iranian and US officials met for talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6, many journalists and analysts were speculating as to whether diplomacy will fail and whether war will inevitably follow. But that framing misses the deeper reality of this moment. The more
Out of 300 lawmakers in the Lower House, 284 voted to dismiss the complaints.
VILNIUS, Feb 10 - Russia has no intention of launching a military attack on any NATO state this year or next, but is racing to rebuild its forces as Europe steps up its rearmament, Estonia's foreign intelligence service said in its annual report on Tuesday.
For more than four decades, China has been working to halt the spread of desertification through the Three-North Shelterbelt programme, colloquially known as the Great Green Wall.
BEIJING, Feb 10 - China has accused a former deputy director of its defence industry regulator of bribery and abuse of influence, the top prosecutor said on Tuesday, as Beijing steps up its anti-graft campaign in the military and supporting industries.
Feb 10 - A Russian attack damaged an energy facility in Ukraine's southern Black Sea region of Odesa, power company DTEK said on Tuesday.
The fourth-ranked leader in China's ruling Communist Party Wang Huning said officials must advance the "great cause of national reunification".
The author's erotic novel featured an 18-year-old protagonist who role-played as a toddler.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s political strategy paid off, but his victory was also due to a fortunate combination of circumstances, says Harrison Cheng from Control Risks.
The landmark decision said "legitimate intimate relationships" must not be "legally invisible".
Malaysians living overseas are currently allowed to vote through the overseas postal voting system.
Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12kg of unidentified meat.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Bangladeshis will head to the polls on Thursday, with nearly 128 million people eligible to vote, in a key test of the country’s return to democracy after a popular uprising toppled long‑time leader Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Bangladesh’s February 12 vote is a direct contest between two coalitions, with the lead parties competing for the largest share of seats.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Shafiqur Rahman has long been on the margins of Bangladeshi politics, but his bearded face now appears on posters and billboards across Dhaka, urging voters to elect the country’s first Islamist‑led government in a general election on Thursday.
The collection was initiated by the injured woman’s friends, her older sister said.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Less than two months after returning from nearly two decades of self‑imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman could win one of Bangladesh's most pivotal elections and become prime minister, leading the country as his parents once did.
Selangor recorded the highest number, with four clusters involving 10 cases.
Concerns persist over whether New Delhi has made too many concessions in agriculture under the deal with the US.
BEIJING, Feb 10 - Seven people were killed in a gold mine accident in China's eastern Shandong province, and authorities were investigating, state-run CCTV reported, sending shares of the mine owner, Zhaojin Mining Industry, down 6% on Tuesday.
Envoy Jose Manuel Romualdez said Manila’s relationship with Beijing should not be defined solely by maritime disputes.
Information leaked included names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
BEIJING, Feb 10 - A senior Chinese official has called for \"resolutely\" cracking down on \"Taiwan independence\" separatist forces and opposing interference by external forces this year to safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, state agency Xinhua reported Tuesday.
A senior Chinese official said officials must advance the “great cause of national reunification”.
SYDNEY, Feb 10 - The Australian government has called a meeting with gaming platform Roblox over reports of child grooming and exposure to graphic content on the platform, while a regulator said it will test whether Roblox had delivered on child-safety commitments.
it dealt a blow to already underrepresented women in male-dominated Japanese politics.
The court ordered that Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad begin serving his six-year sentence on Feb 10.
Continued snowfall since late January has buried northern communities and caused traffic chaos.
Service members and military civilian staff face difficulties in arranging childcare.
About 35 per cent of Malaysian palm oil plantations will be 19 years or older by 2027.
PLUS is pushing drivers to use its travel app ahead of festive traffic surge.
Now Myanmar’s university system is in shambles.
Indonesia has stepped up diplomatic messaging on Gaza in recent months.
The White Paper said that Hong Kong's practice of safeguarding national security had consolidated the security foundation of the city's one country, two systems governance model.
Experts have said that restorative justice should not be used as a mechanism to bin cases.
Three civilians have already been charged over their alleged role in the drone scandal.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has previously said flying the drone into North Korea was akin to "firing a shot" across the border.
