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¡®Mom, don¡¯t call me¡¯: Inside Thailand¡¯s deadly school shooting
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
¡®Mom, don¡¯t call me¡¯: Inside Thailand¡¯s deadly school shooting
Nine people were killed and an additional 23 ?wounded in the country¡¯s worst mass shooting since 2022, reigniting debate over firearms control.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Indonesia seizes 1.3 tons of ketamine worth millions in major bust
Authorities received intelligence in February that the MV King Sun was sailing east from Thailand towards Indonesia with ¡°suspicious¡± cargo, prompting months of surveillance.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Accused Thai school shooter had watched violent content online, police say
A deadly school shooting outside Bangkok has reignited debate over firearms control in Southeast Asia¡¯s largest gun-owning nation.
A student is embraced by a relative after being evacuated from Debsirin Nonthaburi School, following a shooting incident at the school, in Bang Kruai district in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2026
Eight dead, including teen suspect¡¯s grandparents, in Thailand shooting
The shooter was identified as a teenage student of the school and also reported dead, according to local media reports citing authorities.
Starbucks Korea has sought to rebuild trust through an unusually sweeping response to its "Tank Day" debacle.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2026
Police raid Starbucks Korea¡¯s headquarters in Seoul over ¡®Tank Day¡¯ event
The raid by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency came months after the coffee chain¡¯s ¡°Tank Day¡± promotion was accused of insulting victims of South Korea¡¯s democracy movement.
Diamond shops on Ho Chi Minh City¡¯s An Duong Vuong street
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2026
Diamond buyers in Vietnam are freaking out after gem scandal
Investigators allege more than 30,000 stones worth over 1.5 trillion dong ($57 million) were brought into the country over the past two years.
The National Center for Digital Sexual Crime Response in Seoul last year pulled down 318,000 videos and photos ¡ª deepfakes, spycam content and intimate images ¡ª on behalf of 10,600 people, 75% of whom were women and girls.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
South Korea¡¯s women web sleuths fight AI deepfake porn
By Hawon Jung
Using the generative technology and a picture of their victim¡¯s face, harassers can fabricate invasive images portraying their targets.
Forest City in Johor, Malaysia
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
Malaysia arrests 335 in online scam raids at Johor¡¯s Forest City
By Kok Leong Chan
The alleged international online scam syndicates were suspected of running cryptocurrency investment and romance scams targeting victims in China and Indonesia.
Inside a compound that had once been used by scammers in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, before being taken by the Thai military
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
U.N. says human trafficking into Asian scam centers is surging
By Emma Farge
The U.N. migration agency says people from more than 80 countries have been lured ?in ?through social media, with some being sexually abused.
Mui, a woman who suffered persistent child sexual abuse for years, poses for a photo in Hong Kong on June 16 after speaking on the condition of anonymity about her childhood experience.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2026
Survivors warn of loopholes in Hong Kong sexual offense reforms
Long-awaited changes will introduce stricter penalties for sexual crimes, but some say they don¡¯t bar the defense of ¡°mistaken belief¡± or improve protections enough for children.

America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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