AP Analysis: Upending of status quo shakes South Korea

Supporters of South Korean President Park Geun-hye shout slogans during a rally opposing her impeachment near Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2017. In a historic ruling Friday, South Korea's Constitutional Court formally removed the impeached president from office over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil, worsened an already-serious national divide and led to calls for sweeping reforms.

Beijing gets tough on dancing grannies

The women, usually retirees, meet at dusk and dawn in public squares, plazas or parks and perform synchronized dance routines to deafeningly-loud music -- often with costumes or props. Public dancing has exploded in popularity in China as these women -- and a few men -- look for low-cost ways to stay fit and socialize.

The strange life, and sudden death, of a North Korean exile

In this June 4, 2010, file photo, dressed in jeans and blue suede loafers, Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after his first-ever interview with South Korean media in Macau. Kim Jong Nam had spent years in exile, gambling and drinking and arranging the occasional business deal as he traveled across Asia and Europe.

The Latest: Women formally charged with murdering N. Korean

A Malaysian police officer guards the gate of the National Forensic Institute at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, was attacked at a busy Kuala Lumpur airport terminal on Feb. 13 and died shortly after two women went up behind him and wiped something onto his face.

The Latest: Women formally charged with murdering N. Korean

A Malaysian police officer guards the gate of the National Forensic Institute at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, was attacked at a busy Kuala Lumpur airport terminal on Feb. 13 and died shortly after two women went up behind him and wiped something onto his face.

The strange life, and sudden death, of a North Korean exile

Dressed in jeans and blue suede loafers, Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waved after his first-ever interview with South Korean media in Macau in June 2010. Nam had spent years in exile, gambling and drinking and arranging the occasional business deal as he traveled across Asia and Europe.

The strange life, and sudden death, of a North Korean exile

FILE - This May 4, 2001, file photo shows Kim Jong Nam, exiled half brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, escorted by Japanese police officers at the airport in Narita, Japan. Kim was caught with his family trying ... MACAU - The heavy-set man got out of a Macau taxi one night last September, heading to the lobby bar at one of the city's most expensive hotels.

Fearless Kung Fu master lets huge wooden pole slam into his manhood…

The bizarre stunt also sees the Chinese master take strong kicks to his private parts, while also repeatedly hitting his crotch with a BRICK You'd need balls of steel to take on a stunt as dangerous as this - not to mention a bag of ice - and that's exactly what this Kung Fu master has. In a stunt that will leave any grown man wincing, Master Wei Yaobin takes several kicks, a brick, and even a huge wooden pole to his manhood.

New Zealand soap opera shocks fans with bizarre ending

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The Genghis Khan monument in Mongolia features the world's tallest equestrian statue. A lift takes visitors to the horse's head.

Sales Soar for Underground Bunker Maker on Doomsday Fears

Texan man who makes underground bunkers said since the inauguration of President Trump, he has seen a large increase in business and interest. Cylde Scott, owner of the Rising S Company in Murchison, Texas, makes his living by making underground bunkers for those who want to be prepared for anything that may come.

Sri Lanka arrest astrologer who predicted president’s death

An astrologer who made several predictions that Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena would die has been arrested and released on bail, police said Wednesday. Most Sri Lankans follow astrologers' advice, and the suspect, Vijitha Rohana Wijemuni, is a former navy sailor convicted of attempting to assassinate India's then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1987.

This selfie-taking panda certainly knows how to grin and bear it

A panda cub meets a wide-eyed tourist, shoots a selfie and leaves her with a stunning set of snaps. The pictures, which have been liked and shared tens of thousands of times on Chinese social media site Sina Weibo, were shared by one female tourist at the Dujiangyang panda base in Chengdu, capital of south-western Chin's Sichuan Province.

US military: November fight with Taliban killed 33 civilians

In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Afghan villagers gather around several victims' bodies who were killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in the Taliban-controlled, Buz-e Kandahari village in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. In a statement released Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, the U.S. military in Afghanistan said the results of its investigation into the November firefight with the Taliban in Kunduz province show that American troops had fired on Afghan homes, killing 33 civilians.

US, North Korea trade warnings over potential ICBM test

In this April 24, 2016 file photo, a man walks by as people watch a TV news program showing an image published earlier in the day in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile that the North claimed to have launched from underwater, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea. With Donald Trump getting ready to become president, North Korea is talking about launching an ICBM and Washington officials are saying they will shoot down anything that threatens the territory of the U.S. or its allies.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning's battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing's flexing its muscles.

South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths

Victims and their families of toxic humidifier disinfectants hold a press conference against a court's sentence at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. A South Korean court has sentenced the former head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser to seven years in prison after the company's disinfectant for humidifiers killed scores of people.

Christmas service accidentally prints Tupac’s “Hail Mary” lyrics Read Story Andrea Park, CBS News

A Christmas service pamphlet from a Sri Lankan church went viral after it mistakenly printed Tupac's "Hail Mary" lyrics instead of the words to the 1,000-year-old prayer that includes passages from the Gospel of Luke. Instead, Columbo churchgoers at Joy to the World 2016, one of Sri Lanka's largest carol services, were surprised to see lines like, "Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin' p***y" and "Killuminati, all through your body.

‘A gift from Kim Jong-un’: Uproar as North Korean soldiers given a…

'A gift from Kim Jong-un': Uproar as North Korean soldiers given a new diet by their leader, which causes a mass outbreak of diarrhea thanks to 'strange smelling' sandfish North Korea's border guards have been struck by a mass outbreak of diarrhea, after Kim Jong-un decided their diet needed improving. Soldiers are reported to be cynically describing the unpleasant illness as a 'gift from Kim Jong-un' - with strange smelling sandfish believed to be the cause.

Alexander Downer’s bizarre BBC video urging Britain to get on with leaving the EU

London: Australia's High Commissioner to Britain, Alexander Downer, has appeared in a self-narrated and often wooden short documentary on the BBC to urge Britain to "get on" with leaving the European Union. The four-minute film features Mr Downer strolling through Australia House and is set to an acoustic version of Waltzing Matilda and finishes with Mr Downer being chauffeured through central London in a Jaguar car with the numberplate "AUS1."