As part of the commemoration of the National Liberation Day, a South Korean civic group plans to erect a statue in Seoul honouring the forced labourers during the Japanese occupation in the 1910s.
Police authorities said that the seven cops will be facing dismissal proceedings from their police organization after they were reported to extort P 100,000 from the mother of a drug courier suspect over the weekend.
The Philippines and US marine soldiers held a joint military exercise in Okinawa, Japan to intensify security partnership between the two allied countries.
Prime Minister Naredra Modi hoists the national flag at the Red Fort in India's capital city of Delhi. The flag hoisting is followed by a commemorative speech and the celebrations end with the recital of India's national anthem, the Jana Gana Mana.
During the chaotic transition, train cars full of bodies arrived at railway stations in the twin cities of Lahore and Amritsar in the province of Punjab, which was split roughly down the middle at partition on Aug. 14, 1947.