South Korea | Investigators seek arrest of Samsung heir again

South Korean prosecutors are attempting for a second time to arrest Samsung’s de facto leader, who faces bribery allegations in connection with a massive political scandal.

Mongolia | Gov’t nationalize mine, prompts warning on investors

Mongolian lawmakers have told the government to revoke a private company’s purchase of a stake in a major copper mine, prompting the president to warn they might

Indonesia | Defeat for Ahok in Jakarta would further embolden hard-liners

Residents of Jakarta vote today in an election for governor that has become a high-stakes tussle between conservative and moderate forces in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

UN Security Council strongly condemns North Korea missile test

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea over its latest ballistic missile launches and warned of “further significant measures” if Pyongyang doesn’t stop nuclear and missile

Offbeat | Thailand hands out prenatal vitamins for Valentine’s Day

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Thai government is handing out pills it calls “very magical vitamins” to prospective mothers to boost the country’s falling birthrate.

Rights group says Pakistan forcing Afghan refugees home

In a scathing indictment of Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees, a human rights group charged yesterday that the country is forcing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees

Malaysian ship with aid for Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh

A  Malaysian aid ship was heading to a Bangladeshi port yesterday bringing relief goods for some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who’ve fled Myanmar.

UN Security Council meeting sought over North Korea missile test

The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested urgent diplomatic talks at the United Nations yesterday over North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, with Seoul condemning

Mongolia | Parliament votes to nationalize Erdenet copper mine

Mongolia’s parliament approved a resolution to nationalize copper, gold and iron-ore assets in the country following a probe that found a USD400 million transaction with a closely held company

Myanmar | Suu Kyi urges armed ethnic groups to sign cease-fire

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on all armed ethnic groups to sign a cease-fire agreement during a speech yesterday in the same place where her

South Korea | Investigators to call Samsung heir again 

South Korean prosecutors investigating the corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye said yesterday that they plan to summon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong again as they look

India | 7 killed in Kashmir gun battle

Four suspected rebels, two Indian army soldiers and a civilian have been killed in a fierce gunbattle in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said yesterday. The fighting began after police and

North Korea reportedly test fires missile, challenging US

North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early yesterday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to President Donald

Feature | Concert halls call on this Japanese engineer to shape sound

Behind some of the world’s most reputed concert halls is a Japanese engineer whose finesse in shaping sound is so perfectly unobtrusive that all listeners hear

Nature | More than 200 whales swim away after New Zealand stranding

Whale lovers in New Zealand finally got some good news yesterday after more than 200 stranded whales managed to refloat themselves overnight and swim away, while volunteers

New Zealand | Men convicted of gay sex to have records wiped 

Gay men in New Zealand who were convicted of homosexuality more than three decades ago when it was considered a crime will soon be able to have their records cleared.

Philippines | Rebels stage new attacks, condemn Duterte for ending talks 

Communist guerrillas abducted three villagers, including a policeman, and burned construction equipment in new attacks in the Philippines yesterday and condemned President Rodrigo Duterte as a “double- speaking thug”

US officials stop vetting Nauru refugees for resettlement

U.S. officials stopped screening refugees held on Nauru for potential resettlement in the United States this week but will return to the Pacific atoll to continue working

Maldives | Exiled former leader wants to contest presidency

The Maldives’ former leader, who is living in exile in London, said yesterday he plans to contest next year’s presidential election in his country despite an

US woman retracts claim boyfriend innocent in Bali killing

An American woman imprisoned in Indonesia for killing her mother has retracted statements made in YouTube videos that her boyfriend, also convicted in the same case, was innocent.

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