BANGKOK -- The death toll in a deadly pub fire in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, rose to 28, according to a government release on Monday.
A preliminary report put the death toll at 27, while 63 people were injured after a huge fire broke out at a pub in Bangkok's northern Chatuchak district late Sunday. (Thailand-Death-Toll)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's bourse operator on Monday triggered a circuit breaker on the KOSPI amid big tech sell-offs.
The benchmark KOSPI plunged 594.97 points, or 7.96 percent, to trade at 6,880.97 as of 1:35 p.m. local time (0435 GMT), while the smaller KOSDAQ tumbled 36.06 points, or 4.31 percent, to 801.37. (South Korea-Stock)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's former President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday was sentenced to two years in prison for the political funds act violation linked to receiving illegal polling services, according to local media.
The Seoul Central District Court handed down the prison sentence to Yoon, acknowledging that the former president received free opinion polls from self-proclaimed political broker Myung Tae-kyun on 14 occasions. (SKorea-Former President-Sentence)
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NEW DELHI -- Nine people have died in the building collapse in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after a huge mountain-like pile of waste came crashing onto it, officials said Monday.
The three-storey building collapsed amid heavy rains on Wednesday at Moshi in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune district, about 139 km southeast of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. (India-Collapse-Death) Enditem
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