Philippines | Manila to end assault drills with US forces

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, gestures as he poses with Philippine Coast Guard officers Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the continuation of joint military exercises with U.S.

India | Millions scramble after authorities scrap its largest banknotes

Indians awakened to confusion yesterday as banks and ATMs remained closed after the government withdrew the highest-denomination currency notes overnight to halt money laundering in a country where

South Korea | President Park’s concession could spell end of power

Scrambling to defuse a massive scandal, South Korean President Park Geun-hye yesterday conceded to lawmakers the power to name her new prime minister, a move that could seriously hurt, or even destroy, her ability to

Laos moves ahead with plan for third contentious Mekong dam

Laos has notified its Southeast Asian neighbors that it’s moving ahead with a third contentious hydroelectric dam on the Mekong River’s mainstream. The Mekong River Commission, an organization that groups together

Philippines | Court says dictator Marcos can be buried at heroes’ cemetery

The Philippines’ Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes’ cemetery, a decision that opponents said rolled back the democratic triumph of

New Zealand | Regulators reject media merger in initial ruling

New Zealand regulators yesterday made a preliminary decision to reject a merger between the country’s two main newspaper groups. The Commerce Commission said the proposed merger would result in one company

Philippines | Abu Sayyaf claims to have kidnapped German, killed woman

A German kidnapped by Somali pirates eight years ago may now be held captive by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines, the country’s military said yesterday after finding the man’s yacht

Myanmar | Police suspect colleague in British teacher’s death

Police say a British teacher has been found dead with chest and head wounds in a colleague’s apartment in Yangon and another British man is the suspect. The body of 47-year old Peter

Myanmar | Railway for Yangon slow-paced window into past

Myanmar’s commercial capital is fast shedding its sleepy backwater trappings as the city builds new roads, hotels and office buildings, but the Circle Line railway remains a world apart from the traffic jams

Brexit on the agenda | India, Britain talk trade and investment during May’s visit

British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, held talks yesterday aimed at deepening ties between their countries and boosting trade and investment as the U.K. prepares to leave the

Indonesia | Jokowi blames ‘political actors’ for violence at rally

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has accused “political actors” of inflaming tensions after a mass rally in Jakarta against the city’s Christian governor turned violent. Police on Friday fired tear gas at

Philippine police say drug-linked mayor shot dead in jail

Philippine police killed a town mayor in his jail cell in a purported gun battle, the second killing in a week of a politician linked to illegal drugs under President Rodrigo

Two former aides of Park arrested as South Korea scandal widens

South Korean prosecutors yesterday formally arrested two former presidential aides as they bring their investigation over a bizarre political scandal that has engulfed the nation a step closer to President Park

Delhi shuts schools, halts construction to tackle pollution

India’s capital announced a slew of measures yesterday to combat the crippling air pollution that has engulfed the city, including closing down schools, halting construction and ordering that all roads

Crime |mIndonesian women killed in HK are forgotten at home

They were poor and vulnerable — nobodies trying to make a living in a sophisticated and clinical metropolis far from their island villages. They were brutalized by a member of

Indonesia | Police to lock down Jakarta for blasphemy protest

  Indonesian police are planning a show of force in the capital Jakarta today to contain a much-hyped protest by Muslim hard-liners against the city’s popular governor that threatens to ignite

South Korea Corruption | Man rams office: ‘I came here to help her die’

South Korean police detained a man who rammed a large excavator into a gate yesterday near the office where prosecutors questioned a woman at the center of a scandal that

Pyongyang joyfully lobs barbs at Seoul political scandal

North Korea is joyfully jumping into a bizarre political scandal rocking Seoul, calling it the inevitable result of a corrupt regime and saying the administration of South Korean President Park

Philippines | Military says it has killed 70 Abu Sayyaf militants

The Philippine military said yesterday it has killed 70 Abu Sayyaf militants and captured 32 others in an offensive that began in July against the group, which is accused of

Japan | Sony Music apologizes for band’s Nazi-like outfits

Sony Music Japan apologized yesterday after a popular Japanese all-girls band came under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms. The mostly teenage members of Keyakizaka46 appeared at

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