New Zealand | PM welcomes newborn girl ‘to our village’

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a daughter yesterday and posted a message welcoming the healthy newborn “to our village.” She is the second

On North Korean side of DMZ, it’s change in the air

Lt. Col. Hwang Myong Jin has been a guide on the northern side of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas for five years. He

Pearl Harbor survivor says goodbye before leaving Hawaii

Nearly eight decades ago, Ray Emory, then a young sailor, watched in disbelief as Japanese torpedoes tore into American ships in Pearl Harbor. Emory survived

Indonesia | Families plea for bigger search for 192 from ferry

Distraught relatives slammed Indonesia’s government for not enforcing basic safety measures on passenger boats and pleaded yesterday for a bigger search effort for more than 190 people

India | Ruling coalition loses a second ally as pressure builds

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition lost a second political ally in three months after his Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew its support from the government in the

Japan to check concrete walls after Osaka quake deaths

Japan’s government has ordered an emergency inspection of cinder-block walls at schools nationwide, a day after an earthquake in Osaka killed five people, two of whom were

Philippines | Supreme Court upholds expulsion of chief justice

The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the expulsion of its chief justice, the authoritarian president’s highest-ranking critic, in a final ruling yesterday that critics warned is unconstitutional and

 Vietnam | Discontent lurks under surface of economic success

Vietnam boasts one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, optimistic citizens and a stable government. But below the surface of positive data points lies discontent that spilled

Indonesia | Dozens missing after ferry sinks in Lake Toba

Rescuers searching yesterday for dozens of people missing after a ferry sank on Indonesia’s Lake Toba found bags, jackets, an ID card and other items in the

Kazuo Kashio, co-founder of Casio of G-Shock fame, dies

Kazuo Kashio, one of four brothers who founded Casio Computer Co., the Japanese company behind G-Shock watches, has died at age 89. Kashio, who was

Summit does not deal with North Korea’s hacking

Among the subjects President Donald Trump apparently didn’t discuss with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore — the regime’s human rights abuses, its exports

Troops fire at anti-India protesters in Kashmir

At least one person was killed and about two dozen others wounded on Saturday as protests against Indian rule followed by clashes erupted in Indian-controlled Kashmir shortly after

Australia to start free-trade negotiations with EU

Australia will begin negotiations with the European Union on a free-trade agreement covering a market with 500 million people and worth USD17.3 trillion, making it one of the

Cambodia | Former PM hurt in car crash; wife killed

Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh was seriously injured yesterday in a road crash that killed his wife and injured at least seven other people, officials

Thailand | King now holds Crown Property Bureau’s billions in assets

Thailand’s Crown Property Bureau said its assets are now held in the name of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, clarifying how a legal change last year affects billions of

Japan | Utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear plant

The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said yesterday for the first time publicly that it

India | Rumors spread on social media fuel deadly mob attacks

The rumors circulated through the hills of northeastern India on Facebook and Whatsapp. There were photos of dismembered corpses in some messages, and of an

Koreas holding military talks to reduce tensions on border

The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military talks yesterday to discuss reducing tensions across their heavily fortified border. It’s possible North Korean officials

Cambodia scorns US sanctions against senior military officer

Cambodian authorities reacted with scorn yesterday to an announcement by the United States that it has blacklisted an important senior army officer over human rights abuses,

Australia | PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government’s response to a long-running inquiry that

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