South Korea: Students demand $15,000 each after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early
SEOUL: A total of 39 students have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the government after the ending bell in last month’s college entrance exam rang 90 seconds earlier than scheduled by mistake at a test site in Seoul. The students lodged the suit with the Seoul Central District Court, demanding 20 million won ($15,296) each in […]
High Treason Case: Pakistan court for trial of Gen. Musharraf’s ‘accomplices’
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative Islamabad: A special court which had pronounced former Army Chief and President Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason earlier this week in a brief judgment, issued its detailed verdict on Thursday, which says: “This Court after the presentation of undeniable, irrefutable and unimpeachable evidence by the prosecution against […]
Court rejects review of 1965 Korea-Japan treaty
The Constitutional Court rejected Wednesday a petition to review the constitutionality of Korea’s 1965 post-occupation agreement with Japan with regard to compensation claims from forced wartime laborers. The court said it has decided not to review the case because the Korea-Japan Claims Agreement cannot be seen as the grounds for deciding an amount of compensation. […]
Saudi Arabia reconsiders stoning sentence of Sri Lankan woman
A Saudi court has decided to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, according to a Sri Lankan government minister. Harsha de Silva, the deputy foreign minister, told parliament on Tuesday 8th December that an appeals court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, has decided to […]
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