Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean gaffe, Japan sex scandal: 7 Asia highlights

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Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean gaffe, Japan sex scandal: 7 Asia highlights

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Published: 12:30pm, 21 Jan 2025Updated: 12:32pm, 21 Jan 2025

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.

1. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol detained

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

2. Trump’s defence pick fails Asean test, sparking mockery across Southeast Asia

Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025. Photo: AFP

3. ‘Our society has not learned’: Masahiro Nakai sex scandal sparks anger in Japan

Masahiro Nakai (left) poses with his fellow members of popular Japanese boy band SMAP in 2015. He now faces criticism for sexually abusing a woman and his management’s subsequent attempts to cover it up. Photo: AFP
Masahiro Nakai (left) poses with his fellow members of popular Japanese boy band SMAP in 2015. He now faces criticism for sexually abusing a woman and his management’s subsequent attempts to cover it up. Photo: AFP

  

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