Singapore PM: ASEAN growing closer to ‘new powers’

Southeast Asian countries will work more closely with “new powers” China and India to counter the pressure of protectionism and ensure continued growth, Singapore’s prime minister said

US reaffirms its ‘ironclad commitment’ to defend S. Korea

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke on Saturday with their South Korean counterparts after the historic meeting between leaders of the two Koreas, and

Pyongyang to close nuke test site in May

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down the country’s nuclear test site in May and open the process to experts and journalists from

Offbeat | Fruit’s pungent smell mistaken for gas leak, prompts panic

The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building.

Kim Jong Un walks south to meet his rival: Can they deal?

There will be plenty to gawk today when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks south across the world’s most heavily armed border and stands face-to-face

North Korea | Geologists say nuclear test site likely collapsed

Research by Chinese geologists suggests that the mountain above North Korea’s main nuclear test site has likely collapsed, rendering it unsafe for further testing and requiring

Myanmar | Forgotten Kachin conflict intensifies in the north

On the front lines, the army is pounding rebels with airstrikes and artillery. In the displacement camps, terrified civilians are building bomb shelters of sandbags and

Koreas | Trump calls Kim open, honorable as summit planning goes on

President Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been “very open” and

Indian court jails spiritual guru for life in rape case

An Indian court found a high-profile spiritual guru guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013 and sentenced him to life in prison. The verdict

Koreas Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with South

Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of

Myanmar | Asian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin

A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to Asia’s

Koreas | South halts propaganda broadcasts before summit with North

South Korea halted anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts across their tense border yesterday as officials from the two Koreas met again to work out details of their leaders’

Malaysia | Police release images of suspects in Palestinian killing

Malaysian police yesterday released images of two suspects in the killing of a Palestinian engineer and said they appeared to be European or Middle Eastern, fueling

Cambodia | Census finds increase in Mekong River’s Irrawaddy dolphins

The number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals

Road to N. Korea’s denuclearization is littered with failure

Bill Clinton offered oil and reactors. George W. Bush mixed threats and aid. Barack Obama stopped trying after a rocket launch. While Seoul and Washington welcomed

Malaysia | Security beefed up after Palestinian gunned down

Malaysian police said yesterday that an investigation was underway into the gunning down of a Palestinian man a day earlier and gave assurances that security was being

Japan | World’s oldest person dies at age of 117

The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai

India | Police say 14 Maoist rebels killed in raid

Government forces killed at least 14 Maoist rebels during a raid on their hideout yesterday in a forested area in western India, police said. The fighting

Japan | Finance official denies sexual misconduct allegation

Japan’s vice finance minister denied sexual misconduct allegations against him yesterday and challenged a TV station’s report that its employee was a victim. Junichi Fukuda announced

North Korea | Trump leaves open possibility of bailing on meeting with Kim

President Donald Trump said that although he’s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out

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