30 Aug 2024

Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 30 August 2024
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South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed authorities to take urgent action in order to combat the rise of deepfake pornography.

The son of outgoing Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has been questioned about his recent use of a private jet, as the Indonesian public grow increasingly weary of politicians' far reaching powers. 


And Typhoon Shanshan is descending in what experts say could be one of the strongest storms to hit Southwest Japan. 

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo