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G20 summit host Indonesia is waiting to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Thursday, adding that differences over Ukraine had made preparations for the meeting particularly fraught. Indonesia’s presidency of the G20 this year and its preparations for the Nov. 15-16 summit on …

Hanoi police said a man who had hit a motorcyclist while driving a Ferrari on Monday came forward a day later. Hoang Bang Viet, 25, who lives in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District, came to a city police station around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Police had requested Hanoi Center for …

An 18-year-old boy in the Mekong Delta’s Vinh Long Province was arrested after raping a 12-year-old girl when he gave her a ride home. Duong Nhat Du, 18, was arrested by police of Vung Liem District to be investigated for “Raping a person under 16.” On October 8, an acquaintance …

“Dad, I’m going out” were the last words Jung Hae-moon heard his daughter utter, at the end of a chat they had on the telephone on Saturday as she turned down an invitation to dinner. Hours later, 30-year-old Jung Joo-hee was among 156 people, most of them in their teens …

A man in the northern Thai Binh Province was arrested after trying to escape on a pickup truck despite a police officer hanging on top of it. Vu Ngoc Lam, 32, is being investigated for “resisting a law enforcement officer in performance of his/her duties,” police of Thai Binh said …

A 59-year-old man who returned to Vietnam from South Africa has developed symptoms suspected to be monkeypox’s, a local health department said. The man from the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province traveled to South Africa as a tourist on October 19, and returned to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on October …

Five bombs weighing over a ton in total along with other explosive materials produced by the U.S. were disposed of in the central Quang Ngai Province. The military headquarters of Binh Son District and military engineers of the Quang Ngai military headquarters on Wednesday disposed of the five bombs at …

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Thursday, including a possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that triggered an alert for residents in parts of central and northern Japan to seek shelter. Despite an initial government warning that a missile had overflown Japan, Tokyo later said that was incorrect. Officials in …

Asian share markets slid on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve laid the groundwork for a protracted tightening campaign that torpedoed market hopes for a pause, sank bonds and lifted the dollar. Investors were initially cheered that the Fed opened the door to a slowdown in the pace of hikes …

China ordered an industrial park that houses an iPhone factory belonging to Foxconn to enter a seven-day lockdown on Wednesday, in a move set to intensify pressure on the Apple supplier. The Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone in central China said it would impose “silent management” measures with immediate effect, including …