Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person at 116 has died

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu

Air crash investigators extract black box data as grieving families mourn the victims

Grieving relatives of the victims of the South Korea plane crash gathered at the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day,

Changes in government, natural disasters and moments of joy

Dozens of Rohingya refugees stood huddled on the remains of a ship days after it capsized at sea, seeing the Indonesian coast guard vessel that was approaching

Authorities seek warrant to detain impeached President Yoon in martial law probe

South Korean law enforcement officials requested a court warrant yesterday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree

S. Korea struggles to determine cause of plane crash that killed 179 people

South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country’s

A plane is engulfed in flames after skidding off the runway, killing 179

A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport yesterday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently

Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported yesterday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office

Tens of thousands displaced by ethnic violence suffer squalid conditions in camps

Phalneivah Khonsai ran for her life when violence struck her neighborhood in India’s restive northeast, carrying just the bare essentials in the hope that she and

Malaysia agrees to resume ‘no find, no fee’ hunt

Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S. company to renew the hunt for flight MH370,

Nissan, Honda announce plans to merge, creating world’s No. 3 automaker

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in

Thailand hosts regional talks to find solutions to Myanmar’s bloody civil war

Two days of meetings on Myanmar ‘s violent political crisis began yesterday in Bangkok, the latest in a long series of regional talks that have made

US arms manufacturers could help Hanoi build up its armed forces

United States weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam’s armed forces, the U.S. ambassador to the southeast Asian country said yesterday.

Global demand spurring mining boom comes at a cost for many communities

The crystal blue waters that once surrounded Kabaena are murky brown now, and the octopi and colorful fish that locals used to catch nearby to eat

Seven foreign tourists hospitalized were not poisoned, officials say

Seven foreign tourists who were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials said yesterday

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Vanuatu yesterday, causing widespread destruction in the South Pacific island nation as the injured began arriving at

For the first time in eight years, a US Navy ship makes a port call in Cambodia

A U.S. Navy warship arrived yesterday in Cambodia, the first such visit in eight years to a nation that is China’s close ally in Southeast Asia. Cambodia’s government

US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam

The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to

Japan’s largest bank apologizes over theft of millions of dollars from safe deposit boxes

Japan’s biggest bank apologized yesterday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers’ safe deposit boxes. The bank,

Woman on death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and ‘miracle’ transfer

Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a

South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached

South Korea’s opposition leader offered yesterday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought a reassure allies and markets, a day

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