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Casualties were reported in a crowd stampede at a Halloween celebration in Seoul. Al Jazeera’s Mosun Kim reports from Seoul, South Korea. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SouthKorea #Crowd #Casualties #Stampede #Wounded… Read More

On the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, hundreds of middle and high school pupils arm themselves with deadly weapons to fight rival gangs from other schools. These brawls can last for hours, leaving blood and bodies in their aftermath. The violence is extreme, but the motivations are muddy. In this episode of 101 East, we talk…… Read More

Mid January, 2020. Two Chinese journalists were sent to Wuhan to investigate a mysterious virus outbreak. This is their account of the three days before Wuhan entered lockdown. The World Health Organization held meetings to decide if the epidemic was a global health emergency. It did not consider it so. When the journalists arrive, locals…… Read More

Bangladesh is home to the world’s largest refugee camp, hosting more than a million Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown by Myanmar’s military in 2017. Five years later, the camp is beset by overcrowding, squalid conditions and crime. To ease these pressures, authorities have sent more than 23,000 refugees to a remote island, where…… Read More

A remote Mauritian island is being quietly transformed into a military hub for India’s navy. That’s what we found using satellite pictures, shipping data, financial documents, and images from a barely accessible island about 1100 km north of Mauritius. The Island of Secrets also shows how the construction project on Agaléga has the potential to…… Read More

More than 30 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s day-care centre in a northeastern province of Thailand, a police spokesperson said. Victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was underway. The prime minister…… Read More

A key bridge linking the Crimean peninsula with mainland Russia has been partially destroyed in a truck explosion, Russian media reported, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, called it “an act of war” as the country’s investigative committee…… Read More

This documentary reveals how English football clubs can be bought by convicted criminals and become vehicles to launder dirty money. The football dealmakers – who link foreign buyers with British football clubs – tell undercover reporters how they can hide a criminal’s money and identity behind offshore trusts and use “dirty tricks” to deceive the…… Read More

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced seven members of an armed group to death for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital Dhaka which left 22 people dead. The siege on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka killed mostly foreigners. The men say they will appeal the charges – which…… Read More

October 20th 2011, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dragged from a drain pipe, tortured and killed. Libya’s self-proclaimed ‘Brother Leader, the one-time revolutionary who overthrew a king and promised a country governed by the people, met his end at the hands of a new generation of revolutionaries, Libyans seeking an end to Gaddafi’s often brutal 42-year…… Read More

Chinese cyber-scam operations are stealing tens of billions of dollars from victims around the world. But few realise that thousands of those perpetrating these frauds are victims too. Young men and women are enslaved, tortured and forced to scam in countries like Cambodia. In an exclusive report, 101 East investigates Chinese cyber-slave syndicates operating in…… Read More

Since a military coup in February, a climate of terror has engulfed Myanmar. Disappearances, detention without charge, alleged torture and mysterious deaths are just some of the actions under the spotlight following widespread protests against the military takeover. 101 East uses witness testimony and forensic analysis to expose a secret interrogation centre in the country’s…… Read More