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WikiLeaks founder Assange free in Australia. Activists working against human trafficking honored. Afghanistan's cricket milestone. Tear-jerker Thai movie is a box-office hit.
What is the top news of the week from Asia, the U.S., and around the world? VOA Asia Weekly rounds up the week’s major headlines, along with expert analysis, all in five minutes, produced from Washington, DC.
Why the leading U.S. presidential candidates have joined TikTok.
Welcome to VOA Asia Weekly. I'm Chris Casquejo in Washington. That story is coming up, but first, making headlines:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his home country of Australia after a 14-year legal odyssey. Assange’s freedom follows his agreement to a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors on espionage charges. He spent the last five years in a United Kingdom prison while resisting extradition to the U.S.
The owner of a South Korean lithium factory publicly apologized Tuesday after a massive fire killed 22 workers and injured 8 on Monday. Officials say 18 of the dead are Chinese, and more than 100 people were working at the factory. The fire, triggered by exploding lithium batteries, is one of the deadliest in South Korea in recent years.
The U.S. State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons report Monday. Global law enforcement data listed 18,774 prosecutions of human traffickers in 2023. An activist from the Philippines was one of 10 TIP Report Heroes honored for their work to combat human trafficking.
“Children are sexually abused by local traffickers, who then sell or spread these images to sex offenders online to direct from anywhere in the world. And according to the study that we have conducted to determine the scale of this crime in the Philippines, close to half a million Filipino children are actually victims of this crime in 2022 alone. So that's one in 100 Filipino children are victims of this crime.”
Since 2016, International Justice Mission Philippines has helped remove 544 children from situations of commercial sexual exploitation and 1,237 children who were at risk of online sexual exploitation crimes.
Thousands of cricket fans in Afghanistan took to the streets of Islamabad on Tuesday to celebrate their national team's first-ever entry into the cricket World Cup semifinals. The team beat Bangladesh and Australia. They lost to South Africa in the semis.
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agree on few things, but a ban on the Beijing-based social network TikTok is one of them. Now, with a presidential election at stake, both are joining the platform they previously attempted to take down. Will it make a difference on Election Day? VOA’s Tina Trinh reports.
Finally, a movie that is moving people to tears in Southeast Asia has become a surprise hit.
The movie is called “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.” Its theme is universal — a story about bonding with family. It attracted more than 10 million moviegoers worldwide and made 23.7 million dollars in the first five days after its release in Thailand, making it the top Thai movie in Southeast Asia.
Thanks for watching VOA Asia Weekly.
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What is the top news of the week from Asia, the U.S., and around the world? VOA Asia Weekly rounds up the week’s major headlines, along with expert analysis, all in five minutes, produced from Washington, DC.
Why the leading U.S. presidential candidates have joined TikTok.
Welcome to VOA Asia Weekly. I'm Chris Casquejo in Washington. That story is coming up, but first, making headlines:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his home country of Australia after a 14-year legal odyssey. Assange’s freedom follows his agreement to a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors on espionage charges. He spent the last five years in a United Kingdom prison while resisting extradition to the U.S.
The owner of a South Korean lithium factory publicly apologized Tuesday after a massive fire killed 22 workers and injured 8 on Monday. Officials say 18 of the dead are Chinese, and more than 100 people were working at the factory. The fire, triggered by exploding lithium batteries, is one of the deadliest in South Korea in recent years.
The U.S. State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons report Monday. Global law enforcement data listed 18,774 prosecutions of human traffickers in 2023. An activist from the Philippines was one of 10 TIP Report Heroes honored for their work to combat human trafficking.
“Children are sexually abused by local traffickers, who then sell or spread these images to sex offenders online to direct from anywhere in the world. And according to the study that we have conducted to determine the scale of this crime in the Philippines, close to half a million Filipino children are actually victims of this crime in 2022 alone. So that's one in 100 Filipino children are victims of this crime.”
Since 2016, International Justice Mission Philippines has helped remove 544 children from situations of commercial sexual exploitation and 1,237 children who were at risk of online sexual exploitation crimes.
Thousands of cricket fans in Afghanistan took to the streets of Islamabad on Tuesday to celebrate their national team's first-ever entry into the cricket World Cup semifinals. The team beat Bangladesh and Australia. They lost to South Africa in the semis.
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agree on few things, but a ban on the Beijing-based social network TikTok is one of them. Now, with a presidential election at stake, both are joining the platform they previously attempted to take down. Will it make a difference on Election Day? VOA’s Tina Trinh reports.
Finally, a movie that is moving people to tears in Southeast Asia has become a surprise hit.
The movie is called “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.” Its theme is universal — a story about bonding with family. It attracted more than 10 million moviegoers worldwide and made 23.7 million dollars in the first five days after its release in Thailand, making it the top Thai movie in Southeast Asia.
Thanks for watching VOA Asia Weekly.
Voice of America is the largest U.S. international broadcaster, providing news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 236.8 million people. VOA produces content for digital, television, and radio platforms. It is easily accessed via your mobile phone and on social media. It is also distributed by satellite, cable, FM and MW, and is carried on a network of approximately 3,000 affiliate stations.