Vietnam woman in Kim assassination to walk free next month

14 Sept 04:07 Key points summarised by AI

Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese woman accused in the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong Nam, will be released in May after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of "purposely causing injury" rather than murder.
Her release ensures no one will face murder charges for the high-profile killing, which both Huong and her previously freed Indonesian co-defendant maintained was a prank orchestrated by North Korean spies who fled Malaysia.

Detained Suu Kyi receives UK royal package: Myanmar govt

Today 03:08 Key points summarised by AI

Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, received a package from Britain's King Charles III, which included two gardening books, a sealed envelope, and diplomatic communication.
The event marked the first release of images of Suu Kyi in two months and saw Myanmar authorities describe her as a "special female prisoner" for the first time.
Suu Kyi, who was deposed in a 2021 military coup that triggered an ongoing civil war, remains under house arrest on charges that rights groups contend are politically motivated.