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Yokohama F. Marinos secured their historic berth in the AFC Champions League final, prevailing over Ulsan HD in a nail-biting encounter that culminated in a dramatic penalty shootout victory, ending with a 5-4 scoreline in Yokohama's favor. The match, held at Nissan Stadium, ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw on aggregate after the second leg of the semi-final on Wednesday. Ulsan had won the first leg 1-0 last week, before Yokohama returned the favor by beating the South Koreans 3-2. The first half was a rollercoaster of action, with Asahi Uenaka netting twice and Anderson Lopes adding another goal...
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Screenshot of the Facebook page -A Concern Group on Shop Closure in Hong Kong (全港店舖執笠結業消息關注組), on April 11, 2024. Fair use. Since Beijing imposed the National Security Law (NSL) on Hong Kong in 2020, a large number of NGOs and independent media outlets have been shut down. After several individuals were charged with publishing seditious posts on social media, many Facebook pages were closed, and most Hongkongers set their social feeds to private and avoided commenting on public posts. The widely spread self-censorship practice led nearly all Hong Kong-based media outlets to refrain from printi...
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Screenshot from the video “Hundreds march in Taipei City streets in support of Palestinians” on the AP Archive YouTube channel. Fair use. As a society, Taiwan, which relies heavily on the US for its security, often aligns with Washington on foreign policy issues, including its predominantly uncritical support of Israel. This renders any support for Palestine in Taiwanese society a rare occurrence. Yet, since the beginning of the war on Gaza that began on October 7, the island has witnessed a number of initiatives calling for an alternative discourse on Gaza. Read Global Voices’ Special Coverag...
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Public domain image via Karen Arnold from publicdomainpictures.net. Free to use After mainland Chinese official media outlets started calling 2024 “the Year of Loong” instead of the Year of the Dragon, the word “loong” and its homophones have become a popular meme among Hongkongers on social media, representing the government's shift toward nationalistic policies and language. The Year of “Loong”This year, major Chinese state-affiliated media outlets have abandoned the term “dragon” and adopted the word “loong”, an uncommonly used transliteration of the Chinese word 龍 (dragon in English), to r...
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Japan U-23 secured their spot in the quarter-finals of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup on Friday by defeating the United Arab Emirates U-23 2-0 at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. This victory guaranteed them a top two finish in Group B. Seiji Kimura and Sota Kawasaki scored the goals, maintaining Japan's perfect record after two matches, with the young Samurai Blue taking on South Korea for top spot of Group B on Monday. The outcome also means that the UAE, who will play against China next, cannot advance to the knockout stages. Despite making seven changes to the lineup that won against China, Go O...
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Indonesian military forces during a parade in 2019. Image via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 DEED. The original version of this post was written by Girard Lopez and published in New Bloom on April 16, 2023. The following edited version is published on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. In early March 2024, the Indonesian internet and its online periphery would be rocked by a shocking video: A Papuan native seemingly detained in a bucket of water and being punched excessively by what appears to be Indonesian military forces. Then, another soldier is seen mercilessly slashing the P...
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Ulsan HD secured a narrow lead as they triumphed with a captivating 1-0 win over Yokohama F. Marinos in the first leg of the 2023/24 AFC Champions League semifinal on Wednesday, with the slender nature of the win meaning that the two-legged tie is still finely poised coming into next week's return leg in Yokohama. The action commenced at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, with the home team taking the lead just before the 20-minute mark courtesy of Lee Dong-gyeong. Ulsan captain Joo Min-kyu came close to doubling the advantage in the second half, striking the woodwork. Despite several opportunities...
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Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Screenshot from the video ‘Beautiful Xinjiang, China | Muslim Area | Urumqi City | A Paradise on Earth’ from EaziLine International YouTube channel. Fair use. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China became known to the world through reports about the so-called “re-education camps,” in which the authorities held hundreds of thousands of local residents. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and representatives of other Turkic and Muslim ethnic groups were tried for any connections with Islam. The Chinese authorities have portra...
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Despite playing most of the match with only 10 men, FC Tokyo showed some guts and spirit as they came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with city rivals Tokyo Verdy in the first top-flight Tokyo Derby in 16 years at the Ajinomoto Stadium on Saturday. No love were lost in this J.League 1 clash between two of Tokyo's finest football teams, both sharing the Ajinomoto Stadium as their home ground. This time out, it was newly-promoted Verdy who acted as hosts, with FC Tokyo being designated as the away team. Tomoya Miki gave Verdy the lead with a 28th minute penalty, before the men in green gained ful...
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UAE singer Alira. Screenshot from GMA Pinoy TV‘s YouTube Channel. Fair Use Hong Kong has been drawn into a messy situation worthy of a K-drama involving a mysterious Dubai Prince, Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum, his USD 500 million investment in the city, and officials’ failure to do due diligence in ascertaining who seeks to invest in Hong Kong. The Sheikh, presented as a Dubai Prince, emerged as a celebrity in Hong Kong in December 2023 upon signing a business partnership MoU with the Hong Kong Middle East Business Chamber. Only recently, Hongkongers found out that outside the city, ...
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