Asia Pacific
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Tania Branigan: The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines plane and its 239 passengers in March has never been explained. And until it is, the relatives cannot put their grief to rest
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US embassy says position on Joseph Pemberton, currently held at US military base in Philippines, is in line with bilateral forces agreement
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Eight-year-old’s grandfather and guardian is among 200 signatories in case highlighting stigma surrounding condition
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Annual survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists shows China and Iran have most journalists in jail
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Triumph International, maker of the ‘Abenomics’ bra honouring Japanese PM, recalls underwear after wiring defect revealed
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Customers arriving in Tokyo tell of meals being tossed in the air and carts scattered in aisles as Boeing 777-200 hit turbulence
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North Korea network 'There are two legal ways to kill prisoners' - life in North Korea's Yodok prison camp
In the late 1990s Jeong Kwang-il was accused of spying and sent to the brutal jail for political prisoners. Having fled the country in 2003, he describes his ordeal as part of a series of escapees’ memoirs -
Airline faces punishment for pressuring staff to lie during investigation into fiasco involving chairman’s daughter
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Urban futures with Oliver Wainwright Inside Beijing's airpocalypse – a city made 'almost uninhabitable' by pollution
The 21 million inhabitants of China’s capital appear to be engaged in a city-wide rehearsal for life on an inhospitable planet. Oliver Wainwright reports from Beijing -
Pyongyang says ‘so-called human rights issue’ is politically motivated and security council should look to CIA instead
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Prime minister angers China by restating his party’s goal of removing provisions that limit military to self-defence role
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Customers restricted to small portions as as shipping disputes in the US forces chain to downsize meals
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Chinese media broadly positive of climate deal but critical of ‘double standards’ on historical emissions
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The people of this Papua New Guinean outpost had no say in the decision to build a detention centre here. But, as this exclusive investigation reveals, the arrival of refugees from around the world – and the industry that feeds off them – has brought both economic boom and devastating consequences
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A fire breaks out at the Huangguan karaoke bar in Changyuan county, Henan province, China, on Monday
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Lawyers representing men accused of murdering two British tourists in Koh Tao say information about case is being withheld
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus Sex education from church and state sends mixed messages in Vietnam
As church activists hand out information on ‘safe days’ to students, Vietnam’s high abortion rate suggests a need for accurate contraception advice, writes Marianne Brown -
The New South Wales police commissioner says a group of hostages currently held by at least one gunman in Sydney are believed to be unharmed
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Hong Kong police move to clear the last of the pro-democracy protesters' sites
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Local guides and carries for Mount Everest often die as a result of extreme weather conditions on the perilous trek.
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Joseph Pemberton faces 20 years in jail if found guilty of murder of Jennifer Laude in case that has fanned anti-US sentiment
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Barricades and tents pulled down in Causeway Bay as pro-democracy groups pledge non-cooperation campaign against city authorities
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Australian police say contact has been made with an armed assailant holding hostages in a Sydney cafe
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The American war veteran went to Pyongyang as a curious tourist and ended up being detained as an enemy operative. This is an extract from the first full account of his ordeal
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Liberal Democratic party has won comfortable majority in general election – albeit on low turnout
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Cho Hyun-ah visits homes of two Korean Air staff and leaves notes at their doors saying sorry for her behaviour
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Security experts are convinced that Chinese authorities are spying on pro-democracy protesters
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An American citizen who entered North Korea holds a press conference in Pyongyang on Sunday to deliver a lengthy denunciation of US domestic and foreign polic
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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe says he is relieved that his coalition has retained power in the general election held on Sunday in the country
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Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, denounces US human rights record but is not in custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela
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Rescuers dig through mud and rubble in search for 82 people still missing after torrential rain triggered disaster
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Families of the 239 passengers and crew provided DNA last week to help identify victims when plane is found
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Arturo Pierre Martinez, from Texas, says he has not been put into custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela
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Shinzo Abe is seeking fresh mandate for economic programme and is expected to get one
Guardian Weekly 2014 in review In 2014, people power took on the state in a battle for minds and streets