Rights commission probes Hanshin University accused of forcing Uzbek students to return home (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Myanmar rebels seize city of Namhsan from military junta despite China-backed ceasefire (www.france24.com)
Mariupol doctor who betrayed wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Russians is sentenced to life in prison (www.yahoo.com)
More young people in South Korea consider marriage, childbirths as nonessential (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86 (apnews.com)
Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation’s internal political disputes....
US Navy Faces Houthi Anti-Ship Missile Threat 'Superior' to Most States (www.newsweek.com)
Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them, army says (www.bbc.com)
ByteDance is secretly using OpenAI’s tech to build a competitor (www.theverge.com)
Silicon Valley-US military ties key to beating China: top Pentagon official (www.scmp.com)
‘It’s warmer in the fridge’: cold snap freezes China, bringing snow, accidents and school closures (www.scmp.com)
Seasonal flu can cause persistent health problems similar to long Covid, study warns (www.scmp.com)
Australia signs sweeping security pact with PNG as China continues push for policing influence in Pacific (www.abc.net.au)
Prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape meet in Canberra to deepen security ties with a pact that has a status like a treaty, while Beijing continues its push to expand policing ties with Pacific Island countries and regional defence chiefs discuss a joint military response group.
Thai police are hunting a notorious fugitive in the jungle. 'Wealthy' Pang is daring them to catch him (www.abc.net.au)
A well-known Thai fugitive known as "Wealthy Pang" has been on the run since October, and his TikTok videos taunting the police chasing him have stirred up some serious questions about corruption and misconduct in the country's most powerful institutions.
EU Parliament calls on China to abolish Tibetan boarding schools (www.rfa.org)
Resolution accuses Beijing of using Mandarin-only schools to erase Tibetan culture.
Xinjiang is ‘one of the most heavily policed regions in the world’: study (www.rfa.org)
Report identifies different types of police used by China to clamp down on Uyghurs.
Tibetan activist and former political prisoner dies at 54 (www.rfa.org)
Kunchok Lodoe was sentenced to 13 years for staging an anti-government protest in 1992.