The Buzz | Japan hottest destination for Chinese tourists during CNY

Japan is the hottest destination for Chinese tourists from the mainland for the incoming Chinese New Year holiday, according to a report. The report, released Tuesday by

Singapore, Malaysia move to cool airspace and sea disputes

Officials from Singapore and Malaysia met yesterday and agreed to resolve disputes over airspace and territorial waters that have driven a wedge between the Southeast Asian

Report | Trump, Kim likely to choose Hanoi for second summit

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could meet in Vietnam’s capital for their second summit on Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, the South

Thai, Saudi officials meet over case of young refugee

Thailand’s immigration police chief met yesterday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, and said the officials told him they are satisfied with how the

Thailand | Police say they won’t deport Saudi woman seeking asylum

The head of Thailand’s immigration police said yesterday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for

East Timor | Nobel laureate Ramos-Horta urges Indonesia-Papua dialogue

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos- Horta has urged Indonesia’s government to hold talks with the Papuan independence movement to help end a decades-long insurgency in the

Malaysia | Royals to pick new king Jan. 24 after abdication

Malaysia’s royal families will meet on Jan. 24 to pick a new king after Sultan Muhammad V abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on the throne, an official

Philippines | Peso faces new threat as Duterte gears up for poll

As if falling for six straight years wasn’t enough, the Philippine peso is now facing an additional threat: a mid-term election that may compound concerns about its economy.

Japan | Bluefin goes for USD3 million at first 2019 sale at Tokyo market

A 278-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for a record 333.6 million yen (USD3 million) at the first auction of 2019, after Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji market was moved to a

India | Second group of Rohingya Muslims deported to Myanmar

India last week deported a second small group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar after ordering the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and others who

Tropical storm crosses south Thailand without major damage

Ferry services and airports reopened in southern Thailand on Saturday as a storm moved west into the Andaman Sea after causing disruption and leaving at least one

Malaysia | King abdicates in unexpected move

Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the

Koreas | South lawmaker: Spy agency says North diplomat in hiding

North Korea’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul yesterday. A

India | Hindu hard-liners paralyze state over women at shrine

Hindu hard-liners shut shops and businesses and clashed with police in a southern state yesterday to protest the entry of two women in one of India’s largest

Red alert | Thailand braces for powerful storm at southern beach towns

Thai authorities suspended ferry services and began evacuations yesterday ahead of a powerful tropical storm that is expected to pound the Southeast Asian nation’s famed southern

North Korea | Four ideas from Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech

Looking almost banker- like in a business suit and sitting in an upholstered leather armchair, Kim Jong Un gave his annual televised New Year’s address on Tuesday.

Japan | Emperor greets public in final New Year’s appearance

Japanese Emperor Akihito waved yesterday to throngs of well- wishers eager to see his final New Year’s appearance before abdicating in several months. “I am truly

Exclusive | India’s hidden years of nuns abused by priests Tim Sullivan, Kuravilangad

The nuns talk of Catholic priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex. Across India,

Cathay to honor premium tickets sold at steep discount in error

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. made a mistake selling first- and business-class tickets at a steep discount. Now, the lucky few who made the bookings will travel in

Bangladesh | Polls seen as referendum on resolute PM’s authoritarian rule

People in Bangladesh voted yesterday in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian rule, amid complaints from

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