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South Koreans sue government over farm slavery

November 22, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Eight men who had been held as slaves at South Korean salt farms for several years took the government to court on Friday for alleged negligence and police inaction they say largely caused and prolonged their ordeal. In the lawsuit filed at Seoul Central District […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Choi Jung Kyu, Justice Ministry, Kim Seong-baek, Seo Je-gong, Seoul Central District Court, Sinui Island, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

North Korea to issue special pardons for convicts around Lunar New Year

January 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will issue special pardons for convicts to commemorate milestone birthdays of its two late leaders, state media said, in the first such dispensations in more than six years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Justice Ministry, KCNA, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Korean Central News Agency, Lunar New Year, North Korea, SEOUL, South Korea, Supreme People, Unification Ministry, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27, japan

Costly Afghan weddings under government scrutiny

June 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some brides in Afghanistan change their outfits up to 10 times. Throw in the six-hour trips to the beauty parlors and the meals for 1,000 guests — and one wedding alone could bankrupt many Afghans. …

Filed Under: World News, Cultures Tagged With: Afghanistan, Amir Shah, Associated Press, City Star Hall, Costly Afghan, Hamid Walizada, Jon Gambrell, Justice Minister Habibullah Ghaleb, Justice Ministry, Kabul, Las Vegas, Prophet Muhammad, Wedding

Japanese prisons are facing a swelling elderly population

December 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ONOMICHI, Japan (AP) — Handrails run down the middle of the hallway to help prisoners make their way from one end to the other. Adult diapers are neatly

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Fumio Yamashita, Germany, Justice Department, Justice Ministry, Koki Maezawa, Onomichi Prison, Switzerland, TV, Taisei Sakuhara, Takashi Hayashi, Though Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Police, United States, Vol 29 No 50 | December 11 - December 17, Yoshihiro Kurahashi

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