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Philippine leader signs law punishing sexual harassment

July 20, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalizing a range of acts of sexual harassment including catcalling, wolf-whistling and […]

Chinese official: Pig fever outbreak ‘complicated and grim’

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from a disease outbreak in China’s pig herds that has pushed up global pork prices has risen to 1.2 […]

‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer charged in Malaysian scandal

July 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — “The Wolf of Wall Street’’ producer and stepson of Malaysia’s former prime minister pleaded not guilty on July 5 to laundering $248 million from a […]

UW doctoral student unmasks during Hong Kong protest

July 11, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong swarmed into the legislature’s main building on July 1, they stood on lawmakers’ desks in the main legislative chamber, painted over the territory’s emblem high up on a wooden wall, and wrote slogans calling for a democratic election of the city’s leader and denouncing now-suspended extradition legislation that sparked the protests.

Thai cave boys mark year since ordeal with Buddhist rites

July 5, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By PITCHA DANGPRASITH Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The 12 young Thai soccer players and their coach who grabbed global attention last year when they were trapped in […]

South Korea’s ‘Song-Song’ couple seek divorce, stunning fans

July 5, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean superstar couple Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo are seeking a divorce to end their celebrity marriage of less than two years. Dubbed as […]

Riot police clear away protests from Hong Kong legislature

July 3, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Hundreds of protesters swarmed into Hong Kong’s legislature on the night of July 1, defacing portraits of lawmakers and spray-painting pro-democracy slogans in the chamber before vacating it as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside.