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January 19, 2017

Indonesia names former airline boss as bribery suspect

Indonesia's anti-graft commission has named a former top executive of national flag carrier Garuda as a suspect in a case involving bribes for the purchase of Rolls Royce aircraft engines.

January 19, 2017

Rights group: 2016 was deadliest year for Afghan reporters

A monitoring group says 2016 was the deadliest year yet for journalists in Afghanistan.

January 19, 2017

S. Koreans' ties with Samsung are lifelong, often conflicted

The family smartphones? An assortment of Samsung Galaxies.

January 19, 2017

Beijing to spend $2.7 billion on cleaning capital's air

Chinese state media say Beijing will spend $2.7 billion to fight air pollution in the capital this year.

January 19, 2017

Philippine police chief apologizes to South Korea in killing

The Philippine national police chief has apologized to South Korea over the death of a Korean man who was arrested illegally and then slain by members of an anti-drug task force at the main police camp in Manila.

January 19, 2017

Former war correspondent on trial in Indonesia for hashish

An Indonesian court has opened the trial of a former Reuters war correspondent charged with possessing hashish on the resort island of Bali.

January 19, 2017

Were opportunities for clues from MH370 debris missed?

Three nations shelled out around $160 million and years' worth of work on the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

January 19, 2017

Watchdog urges Pakistan to free 2 convicted journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Pakistan to free two local journalists who were convicted on defamation charges.

January 19, 2017

Unending vigil for S. Koreans camped near sex-slave statue

Every night they sleep above cold concrete, curled up in sleeping bags on rubber mattresses in a tent made of plastic sheets held together with tape.

January 18, 2017

Russia, Turkish in joint airstrikes on IS in northern Syria

The Russian military says it has teamed up with Turkey to conduct joint airstrikes against an Islamic State group's stronghold in northern Syria.