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South Korea teachers seek protection from harassment by students' parents

4:41pm September 29, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

South Korea's government recently revised its laws to protect teachers' rights, following street protests by teachers, who say harassment from parents has driven some teachers to commit suicide.

'Sparks' author Ian Johnson on Chinese 'challenging the party's monopoly on history'

3:30pm September 29, 2023

by John Ruwitch

Xi Jinping and China's ruling Communist Party have displayed a dogged obsession with controlling the historical narrative. But there's a group of underground historians fighting back.

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Thousands of families are caught up in the fallout between Canada and India

8:10am September 29, 2023

by Shalu Yadav

As India suspends issuing visas to Canadian citizens, those who used to straddle between the two countries are being caught in the middle of a diplomatic standoff.

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In this photo provided by the District Police Office, injured victims of bomb explosion are treated at a hospital, in Mastung near Quetta, Pakistan

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Dozens are dead after a blast in Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of prophet

6:21am September 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Pakistan, killing at least 52 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.

This photo, provided by the Philippine Coast Guard on Sept. 26th, shows a diver cutting rope tied to a floating barrier at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

Marcos says the Philippines will defend its waters against Chinese aggression

4:49am September 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

The president says he doesn't want trouble, but says Manila will staunchly defend its waters after its coast guard removed a floating barrier China placed at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

Books by Japanese scholar Chizuko Ueno at a bookstore in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. "Misogyny" and "Starting from the Limit" are at the center.

As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is a bestseller

1:38am September 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

A 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar who's not married and does not have children is an unlikely celebrity on China's tightly censored internet.

Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

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The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, shattering a dream

12:36am September 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

The swift fall of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world.

The exodus from Azerbaijan's ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh continues

11:08am September 28, 2023

Armenian officials are saying more than 65,000 people — roughly half the population — have fled after a swift Azerbaijani military offensive last week restored its control over the region.

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People hold flags during a Sikh rally outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto to raise awareness in the wake of the Canadian prime minister's comments alleging Indian government agents were potentially involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, on Monday.

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Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

7:40am September 28, 2023

by Michael Kugelman

The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:16am September 28, 2023

The GOP held its second presidential primary debate. With a possible government shutdown looming, House Republicans focus on impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh.