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China Daily | Updated: 2014-07-26 09:27

South Korea

Son of ferry owner detained

South Korean police detained the eldest son of the sunken ferry owner on Friday after two months on the run, three days after his billionaire father was confirmed dead. Yoo Dae-gyun was picked up from an office in Seoul along with a woman accused of helping his fugitive life, Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said. Yoo is a major shareholder in Chonghaejin Marine, the operator of the ferry that sank in April. His father, Yoo Byung-eun, had founded the predecessor of Chonghaejin.

Afghanistan

Taliban kill 14 on minibuses

Taliban insurgents intercepted two minibuses traveling through central Afghanistan and killed at least 14 passengers overnight, officials said on Friday. At least three women and a 3-year-old child were among those killed. Local officials in the remote, mountainous province of Ghor said most of the passengers were from the ethnic Hazara Shiite minority, but that could not be independently verified. The Taliban, made up mainly of ethnic Pashtuns, have often targeted Shiites, whom they see as infidels who deserve to die.

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