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Flooding in southern Thailand has killed at least five people, disrupted transportation and spoiled tourists’ holidays at one of the country’s most popular resort islands. An
More than 100 suspected Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the southern Philippines before dawn yesterday, allowing 158 inmates to escape in what officials said was the biggest jailbreak in the
Thailand’s prime minister vowed yesterday to crack down on the country’s private van transportation industry after a fiery crash that killed 25 people. Thailand has
Donald Trump says he is confident North Korea won’t develop a nuclear-tipped missile that could strike the United States. But his options for stopping the reclusive communist
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji yesterday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for the Pacific island nation. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
U.S. President- elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to vow that North Korea won’t develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the United States.
Newly revealed video of Myanmar police beating Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state has weakened months of government claims that its forces have not committed abuses in the tense
South Korean President Park Geun-hye refused to testify yesterday in the impeachment trial that will decide her future, prompting the prosecutors to question why she has publicly
Indonesia’s government said it terminated all business partnerships with JPMorgan Chase & Co. after the U.S. bank downgraded its assessment of Southeast Asia’s largest economy following Donald Trump’s election
Singapore home prices fell 3 percent in 2016, the third straight year of declines as the government held steadfast on property cooling measures. An index
A search resumed yesterday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia's capital that left at least 23 dead, officials said. The victims died
South Korean prosecutors said yesterday the daughter of the confidante of disgraced President Park Geun-hye has been arrested in Denmark and authorities are working to get her returned
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted Sunday that Pyongyang may ring in the new year with another bang — the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. In
A private gauge indicates that India’s manufacturing sector will shrink for the first time in a year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unprecedented clampdown on cash hurts demand.
Myanmar's government has vowed to take action against police officers shown beating villagers in a video that has circulated on the internet. Monday's front-page story in the state-owned
An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk, and two of its executives are resigning. Citilink President Director
Cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear plant - a task predicted to cost 86 times the amount earmarked for decommissioning Japan’s first commercial reactor - is the mother
South Korea revised down its 2017 growth outlook yesterday, citing increased uncertainties in the United States and a sagging recovery in domestic consumption. The Finance Ministry said Asia’s fourth-largest economy
Japan’s Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, just back from Pearl Harbor, yesterday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted war criminals. The visit, and one by
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he will insist on a ruling of an international arbitration that invalidated Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea
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