The former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was questioned for 10 hours and remanded into custody in connection with fake papers involving a batch of vials that failed quality tests. The scam cost US$ 415,000 to a country whose health care is on the verge of collapse.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's gamble to replace all ministers from the largest faction within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party over a political fundraising scandal could make it more difficult for him to manage the government.
Kang Jung-ai, the nominee for Korea s new veterans minister, is a former chief of a women s university in Seoul and known for her background as the daughter of a decorated veteran .