A scammer posing as a detective called a police station. It didn't end well

Inspector Yang Il-mo says he knew something was up when a man with a strange accent asked him to empty his life savings and put it all in his refrigerator.

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Student creates plastic brick to cut down on waste

After an Indian student visited a traditional brick kiln, he was inspired to create the Plastiqube -- an alternative brick made from recycled plastics.

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Leak reveals alleged operating manual for Xinjiang re-education camps

A series of leaked documents threatens to shine a spotlight on the Chinese government's Xinjiang detention centers, indicating what Beijing claims are voluntary training schools for Muslim-majority Uyghurs are in fact heavily policed re-education camps.

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Hong Kongers deliver stinging rebuke to Beijing

Hong Kong's protest movement grabbed the world's attention with million-strong rallies and city-stopping unrest. But it won big last weekend by staying silent.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy parties make major gains in de facto protest referendum

The elections, which have been framed as a de facto referendum on the past months of protests in the semi-autonomous territory, saw a historic voter turnout of more than 70 percent.

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Goo Hara, K-pop star of Kara fame, found dead

The South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara was found dead on Sunday, Gangnam District Police in Seoul told CNN.

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Koalas are likely dying by the hundreds as Australian wildfires tear across their habitat

The wildfires torching southern Australia have wiped out much of the koala population, stoking fears that the national icon is getting closer to extinction.

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