Police witness: Kim Jong Nam met American before his murder

A  police witness said yesterday that the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader met with an unidentified Korean American man on a Malaysian resort island four days

China will join first Japan, South Korea summit since 2015

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will travel to Tokyo for his country’s first joint summit with Japan and South Korea since 2015, the clearest sign yet of improving ties between

Briefs | Philippines: Police admit abuses but resume anti-drug ‘visits’

The Philippine police chief says his force will resume visits to the homes of drug suspects to encourage them to reform, despite his acknowledgment that corrupt police

Pakistan | Rescuers call off efforts to save Polish climber

Volunteers rescued a French mountaineer from a Himalayan peak but called off efforts to retrieve a Polish climber who was declared dead after the dramatic and treacherous

Australia plans to become leading defense industry exporter

Australia’s government announced a strategy yesterday to create high-tech jobs and become one of the top 10 defense-industry-exporting countries within a decade through arms sales to liked-minded

This Day in History | 1952 – Korea truce talks hit stalemate

Truce talks aimed at ending the fighting in the Korean War remain deadlocked. After more than 50 meetings in the past few weeks in Panmunjom, the village which straddles

The Buzz | Thai student activist flees to avoid lese majeste charge

A student activist has become the latest political dissident to flee Thailand, explaining on her Facebook page that she made a snap decision to leave after learning she

India | ASEAN leaders watch national day parade

Ten Southeast Asian leaders watched a parade and stunt performances as India celebrated Friday’s anniversary of its national constitution taking effect. Marching bands, floats, military hardware, camels and

Cambodia | Foreigners charged after pornographic dance arrests

Cambodian prosecutors charged 10 foreigners yesterday with producing pornographic pictures after they were arrested at a party in Siem Reap town, near the country’s famed Angkor Wat

Grim reminders of a war in Vietnam, a generation later

It’s been over for 40-plus years, the war that Americans simply call Vietnam but the Vietnamese refer to as their Resistance War Against America. Yet

Kiribati – New Zealand | Seven rescued from life raft in Pacific Ocean after ferry sank

Six adults and an unconscious baby were rescued yesterday from a life raft in the Pacific Ocean after drifting for four days in the blazing sun without

50 years after Tet Offensive | US likely to send first aircraft carrier since war to Vietnam

In a move likely to irritate China, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is likely to visit Vietnam in March for the first time since the war, U.S.

Analysis | A flurry of exchanges, protests: What’s next for Koreas?

South Korean activists tore photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday, a day after the North warned such actions could derail reconciliation efforts around next

Afghanistan | Insurgents attack children’s group in Afghanistan, 3 dead

A group of gunmen stormed a non-governmental children’s organization in eastern Nangarhar province yesterday, killing two security guards and a civilian, provincial officials said. Attahullah Khogyani,

Vietnam | Mattis thanks Hanoi for supporting sanctions on North Korea

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised Vietnam yesterday for supporting U.N. sanctions against North Korea and expressed hope that Washington and Hanoi can build closer defense

Philippines | Volcano spews lava fountains, 56,000 people flee

The Philippines’ most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes anew yesterday in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption that has sent more

Pakistan | After girl’s killing, Pakistani women speak out on abuse

The brutal rape and killing of Zainab Ansari, a 7-year- old girl whose body was left in a garbage dump, has unleashed a wave of

Malaysia | Trial in Kim Jong Nam’s murder resumes

The high-profile trial in Malaysia of two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader resumed yesterday after a seven-week recess, with witnesses taking

Thailand | Police arrest two Israeli men in compatriot’s killing

Police in Thailand have arrested two Israeli men suspected of killing a fellow citizen on a Thai resort island after running him down with a car.

Afghanistan | Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead

A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before

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