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Ukraine has withdrawn a request to acquire almost two dozen Australian Army helicopters.

A police chase involving a motorcyclist in North Sydney has ended in a serious crash.

The family of a Melbourne man detained in Vietnam fear he's facing terror charges fabricated by the communist government.

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Three Sydney men have been charged after allegedly targeting women who live alone before assaulting them and stealing cash.

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That a first-world country still has the death penalty, and where convenience overrules mercy, says a lot about America’s lack of humanity and compassion.

"Why do you insist on living in Seoul? You could just live in your own region." Young people from outside the capital hear that question often, and they say it misses the point. About 30,000 of them move to Seoul each year in net terms for university or work, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. The regional antagonism that split their parents' generation between the Jeolla provinces in Korea's southwest and the Gyeongsang provinces in the southeast has faded. In its place, the concentration of opportunity in Seoul alone has deepened their marginalization. Eight participants in a roundtable discussion described what that gap looks like from the other end of the country. Regional prejudice survives as mockery Participant 7: "The regional rivalry between Gyeongsang and Jeolla doesn't seem that strong among people in their 20s these days." Participant 6: "There isn't the same level of it as among people in their 50s and 60s. But I have encountered some anti-Jeolla sentiment. Some friends whose parents are from Jeolla make such comments even more openly." Participant 1: "I've har