SEOUL — Five people were killed as a helicopter crashed in the eastern coastal county of Yangyang, Gangwon province, South Korea on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported.
The fire authorities have found five bodies after extinguishing the fire, according to Yonhap. (South Korea-Helicopter Crash-Update)
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ISLAMABAD — At least 11 people were killed and several others injured on Sunday in two separate road accidents in Pakistan, local media reported.
Five people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and a tractor in Larkana district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, local media said. (Pakistan-Road Accident)
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TOKYO — The support rate for Japan’s Kishida cabinet dropped to 33.1 percent, the lowest since its launch last year, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
The latest opinion poll has shown that the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet was down 4.5 percentage points from 37.6 in the previous poll conducted in late October, a record low since Kishida took office in October 2021. (Japan-Cabinet-Poll)
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Two security personnel have been injured as a mine blast struck a patrol of security forces in Zazai Aryub district of eastern Afghanistan’s Paktia province on Saturday, said a statement of the provincial police department released on Sunday.
According to the statement, the explosive device left over from past wars exploded on Saturday evening close to a patrol team in Zaghani area of Zazai Aryub district, injuring two security personnel of the border forces. (Afghanistan-Blast)