• South Korean prosecutors are seeking a 30-year jail term for the former president Park Geun-hye. If she is found guilty of corruption, her sentencing is expected April 6. [The Korea Times]

• The U.S. cited “recent setbacks to democracy” in its decision to cut aid to assistance programs in Cambodia. [Phnom Penh Post]

• An American tourist who was arrested in Japan now faces charges of disposing of and damaging a body in connection with the murder of woman in Osaka. [The New York Times]

• In India, the governing Bharatiya Janata Party is hoping to extend its influence in the country’s northeast. Results of Tuesday elections for State Assembly in Meghalaya and Nagaland, along with those from an earlier vote in the state of Tripura, will be announced Saturday. [The Times of India]

• Taiwanese consumers are in a near panic over a shortage of one of modern life’s basic necessities: toilet paper. [The New York Times]

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