Asia-Pacific
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JAPAN | Underground lab tackles nuclear waste issue
Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan’s northern tip. Underground it’s a different story. ... -
CAMBODIA | Copter crash kills 2 military generals
Two generals who led the helicopter unit of Cambodia’s air force were killed in a crash yesterday, along with two pilots, police said. Defense ... -
NORTH KOREA | Testing weapons much more than in past
Another day, another defiant weapons test from North Korea. A day after launching two ballistic missiles from a base near the border with archrival South ... -
Philippines braces for floods from tropical storm
The Philippines was bracing for possible floods and landslides as a tropical storm continued to strengthen yesterday as it moved closer to the country’s ... -
NIUE | Anybody home? Pacific island hit by exodus
It was a school once, but there are no children here anymore. The lonely building on this remote Pacific island now contains only a ... -
Australia says new Japanese ties won’t slow China trade deal
Australia’s agreements with Japan over security and commerce aren’t hampering efforts to strike a free-trade deal this year with China, its biggest economic partner, ... -
THE BUZZ: Singapore removes gay penguin book from libraries
Singapore authorities have withdrawn from libraries two children’s books featuring same-sex couples, sparking controversy amid a debate on gay rights in the conservative city-state, ... -
JAPAN | Hollywood ‘Godzilla’ finally stomps ‘home’
Yuri Kageyama, Tokyo Tokyo is rolling out the red carpet for Hollywood’s “Godzilla” remake although the nation that gave birth to the fire-breathing monster ... -
PHILIPPINES | Police nab Taiwanese, Chinese linked to scam
Jim Gomez, Manila Philippine police arrested 44 foreigners who allegedly ran an online blackmail syndicate that defrauded victims in China and Taiwan by duping them into believing that ... -
Chinese man abducted in Malaysia freed
A Chinese citizen kidnapped in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah a month ago has been freed, the official Xinhua News Agency and a ... -
INDONESIA | Both rivals claim victory in election
Niniek Karmini, Jakarta The rival candidates in Indonesia’s presidential election each claimed victory yesterday, raising uncertainty about the political and legal landscape in a ... -
THAILAND | Raid by police exposes human trafficking ring
A raid at a palm plantation in southern Thailand exposed a ring that trafficked Myanmar’s ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims into the country, police said ... -
MYANMAR | Camp baby a brief chapter in painful story
Esther Htusan, Sittwe Hours after Shamshu Nahad gave birth to her second child, a beautiful baby girl, her husband was digging its grave. The ... -
Australia, Japan sign free trade, defense deals
Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe met with his Australian counterpart yesterday to sign agreements bolstering defense and trade ties between the ... -
INDONESIA | Country divided in close presidential race
Niniek Karmini, Jakarta As the world’s third-largest democracy prepares to elect a new president today, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a ... -
JAPAN | Powerful typhoon pounds Okinawa islands
A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa yesterday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity. ... -
Gandhi to join Churchill, Mandela in London square
Katy Daigle, New Delhi A statue of India’s pacifist freedom fighter Mohandas K. Gandhi will be placed in London’s Parliament Square alongside other famous ... -
SRI LANKA | Hardline Buddhists want Pope Francis to apologize
Bharatha Mallawarachi, Colombo A Buddhist group accused of instigating recent attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka says Pope Francis must apologize to Buddhists for atrocities ... -
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Australia returns asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Australia’s government confirmed yesterday that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer ... -
KOREAS | North to send cheering squad to South’s Asian Games
North Korea said yesterday it will send a cheering squad to the coming Asian Games in rival South Korea that its athletes plan to ...
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