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Stepson of Norway's crown prince given four years' prison for rape

The stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon was found guilty ​on Monday of rape and domestic violence and sentenced to four years in prison after a seven-week trial that has further dented the ‌royal family's once picture-perfect image. Oslo District Court ruled that 29-year-old Marius Borg Hoiby, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Haakon in 2001, was guilty of two counts of rape, including one in the basement of the crown prince's home. He was acquitted of two other rape charges. During the trial, the court heard evidence of Hoiby's drug addiction, self-made videos of sexual ​encounters, and hundreds of incriminating electronic messages with a former partner. Prosecutors, who had sought seven years and seven months in jail, said that the four ​women accusing him of rape, in both the proven and unproven cases, had each time been too unconscious or too incapacitated ⁠to resist him after attending parties. "The court finds i...
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South Korea, Japan discuss military-logistics support deal, Seoul says

South Korea and Japan discussed the possibility of a military-logistics support agreement on Sunday, Seoul's defense chief said, adding that Seoul remains cautious about the politically sensitive pact. "It requires the understanding and persuasion of the citizens of both nations, and I believe we should still proceed with caution," Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told reporters after meeting his counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi at the Shangri-La Dialogue of regional defence officials in Singapore on Saturday. Read: South Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands Ahn was referring to a potential acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, which would allow neighbouring United States allies Seoul and Tokyo to share and mutually procure military logistics such as fuel, food and ammunition. South Korea has been cautious about a deal, given persistent grievances over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule and public resistance to the possibility of Japanese troops operating on the Korean Peninsula. Read More: Japan offers $10b support to help Asian neighbours secure oil Calls to Japan's Ministry of Defense and Prime Minister's Office seeking comment went unanswered outside business hours. Meanwhile, the Japanese defense ministry said in a statement that Koizumi and Ahn discussed conducting a joint humanitarian search and rescue exercise in June, for the first time in about nine years.

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