Istanbul / AFP Accusing Brussels of wanting Turkey to abandon its bid to join the EU, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted in an interview published on Sunday he might put the question to a referendum. “The European Union is trying to compel us to withdraw from this (accession) process. If they don’t want us they should be clear …

  Seoul /AFP South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday they would question President Park Geun-Hye this week over a snowballing corruption scandal involving a close friend that has triggered massive protests calling for her resignation. The scandal centres on Park’s shadowy confidant, Choi Soon-Sil, who is accused of using her ties with the president to strong-arm local firms into donating …

  Hong Kong / AFP Thousands of people attended a pro-Beijing rally in Hong Kong on Sunday in support of China’s decision to effectively bar two pro-independence legislators from taking office, as fears grow of the city’s freedoms being under threat. Beijing’s ruling last week preempted a decision by the Hong Kong courts over whether lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau …