Asia-Pacific
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VIETNAM | Gov’t sends envoy to China to smooth tensions
Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing’s decision to deploy an oil ... -
INDIA | Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10
A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people yesterday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. ... -
THAILAND | Interpol seeks clues to ‘baby factory’ case
Interpol said it has launched a multinational investigation into what Thailand has dubbed the “Baby Factory” case: a 24-year-old Japanese businessman who has 16 ... -
JAPAN | Hiroshima mudslide death toll rises to 50
The death toll from mudslides in Hiroshima rose to 50 yesterday as rescue workers resumed searching for survivors. Thirty-eight people remained unaccounted for ... -
HEALTH | Noodles: Friend or foe? S. Koreans defend diet
Kim Min-koo has an easy reply to new American research that hits South Korea where it hurts — in the noodles. Drunk and hungry ... -
THAILAND | Junta leader nominated as next prime minister
Three months after overthrowing Thailand’s last elected government, this Southeast Asian nation’s junta leader is stepping out of his army uniform for good — to take ... -
JAPAN | 36 dead, 7 missing in Hiroshima landslide
Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris yesterday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 36 people and leaving seven ... -
NORTH KOREA | Pyongyang calls John Kerry ‘wolf with a hideous lantern jaw’
In its latest personal attack on a prominent official from a rival country, North Korea yesterday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a wolf ... -
PAKISTAN | Lawmakers meet amid mass protests
Pakistani lawmakers met yesterday as tens of thousands of protesters thronged outside the assembly calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over ... -
INDIA | Poachers now threaten lesser-known animals
Wildlife poachers, hindered by India’s efforts to protect majestic endangered animals including tigers and rhinos, have begun to think smaller. And activists say scores of the ... -
AUSTRALIA | Tycoon lawmaker calls Chinese ‘bastards’ and ‘mongrels’ in TV tirade
A larger-than-life Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker, Clive Palmer, was widely accused yesterday of threatening Australia’s relationship with its biggest trading partner through an ... -
PAKISTAN | Opposition gears for march on parliament
Tensions rose in the Pakistani capital yesterday as an opposition rally prepared to march toward the Parliament and government headquarters in Islamabad later in ... -
ANALYSIS | Francis gets crash course on Korea issue
THE VIEW FROM THE PAPAL PLANE In a whirlwind five-day trip to South Korea, Pope Francis beatified 124 martyrs, kissed almost as many babies ... -
PHILIPPINES | Manila protests Chinese ‘sovereignty patrols’
The Philippines will file a new diplomatic protest with China complaining about frequent patrols by Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said ... -
INDONESIA | 2 foreigners still missing in boat sinking
Rescuers yesterday safely recovered 13 more people from a tourist boat that sank after hitting a reef in central Indonesia, but were searching for a ... -
NEPAL | Flood toll hits 101, fears of disease rise
Nepalese authorities said yesterday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already ... -
KOREA | Elderly ex-sex slaves want solace, help from pope
Lee Yong-soo hopes a meeting today with Pope Francis will provide some solace for the pain that still feels fresh more than seven decades ... -
PAKISTAN | Thousands of protesters rally demanding Sharif step down
Tens of thousands of protesters thronged the streets of Pakistan’s capital Saturday, defying pouring rain to answer the call of a fiery cleric and a cricket ... -
SOUTH KOREA | North fires missiles as Francis calls for greater diplomacy
Pope Francis called for greater efforts toward reconciliation between North and South Korea at the start of the first papal trip in 25 years ... -
PAKISTAN | Lahore braces as 1 million gather for opposition protest
Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan was seeking to rally 1 million people yesterday for a march from Lahore to the capital to oust Prime ... -
TERRORISM | Report: Islamic State attracting SE Asian fighters
Islamic State is attracting a growing number of militants from Southeast Asia to fight in Iraq and Syria, raising the risk they will ... -
INDONESIA| US woman’s body found stuffed in suitcase on Bali
The body of a 62-year-old American woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, and authorities on Wednesday arrested ... -
INDIA | Asbestos pushed as product for the poor
The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, ... -
AUSTRALIA| US secretary of state condemns severed head image
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier ... -
US, Australia sign military cooperation pact
Lolita C. Baldor, Sydney The U.S. and Australia signed an agreement yesterday that will allow the two countries’ militaries to train and work better together as ... -
RELIGION | Pope kicks off Asia missionary boost in S Korea
When Pope Francis was a young Jesuit, he wanted to follow in the great Jesuit tradition and become a missionary in Asia. Health problems ... -
AUSTRALIA Newspaper: Terrorist’s son poses in gruesome photo
An Australian newspaper yesterday published a photograph of a child it said was the son of an Australian convicted terrorist holding aloft the severed ... -
S CHINA SEA DISPUTE | No solution in sight on sea row after Myanmar meet
Despite U.S. and Asian calls for self-restraint and new impetus for the resolution of territorial disputes involving China, a high-profile Asian security summit ended over ... -
MYANMAR | Kerry presses regime on democratic reform
To improve relations with the United States, Myanmar must make progress in its democratic transition and halt what Washington sees as backsliding on commitments to improve ... -
JAPAN | Halong drenches the country; 1 dead, dozens hurt
A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan yesterday after lashing the country with rain and wind, leaving one person dead, ... -
THAILAND | Australian case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy
For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help ... -
CAMBODIA | UN-backed tribunal convicts 2 Khmer Rouge leaders to life
Three and a half decades after the fall of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, a U.N.-backed tribunal yesterday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life ... -
SENKAKU-DIaoYU ISLANDS DISPUTE | Them’s fighting words! The politics of place names
Is it the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf? Mount McKinley or Denali? Mumbai or Bombay? Some geographic names don’t just tell us ... -
JAPAN | Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday, as Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other ... -
INDONESIA | Court begins hearing election dispute
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court yesterday began hearing a challenge of the result of the country’s July 9 presidential election, in which Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo ...
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