False alert of massive earthquake triggers panic

An erroneous alert yesterday that a massive earthquake had hit the Tokyo area sent many in Japan into a brief panic and disrupted some train services. The Japanese Meteorological Agency sent

Cambodia | Leader sues opposition chief, claiming defamation

Cambodia’s prime minister filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against the country’s opposition leader and an opposition lawmaker for suggesting the authorities were involved in the killing of a popular political

Seoul blames North Korean gov’t organization for email scams

An organization likely run by North Korea’s government hacked into the email accounts of dozens of officials, journalists and others in South Korea this year, Seoul officials said yesterday, the

Students in Bangladesh protest rise of Islamic extremism

More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands yesterday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist militants. The students from hundreds of colleges and universities in

Indonesia to sink dozens of foreign illegal fishing vessels

Indonesia will mark its Independence Day later this month by sinking as many as 71 foreign vessels that were seized for fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Maritime and Fisheries Minister

Offbeat | Thai gov’t to sue ex-PM for losses from rice subsidy scheme

Thailand’s military government says it intends to sue a former prime minister for billions of dollars in losses it alleges were incurred by her administration’s rice subsidy program. The Cabinet official

JAPAN | Tokyo elects 1st female governor to lead city into Olympics

Tokyo yesterday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two

Pakistan | Death toll now 27 in flash flood bus incident

A Pakistani official said the death toll from a bus that was swept away by flash floods has risen to 27. Government official Iqbal Khan said yesterday that the bodies

Indonesia executes 4 people convicted of drug crimes

Indonesia executed four people convicted of drug crimes on Friday despite international protests and said it would decide later when as many as 10 others who got an unexpected reprieve are

India providing food to laid-off workers in Saudi Arabia

India’s foreign minister said the government is providing food aid to thousands of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who are not able to buy food after losing their jobs in

Duterte threatens to withdraw truce after attack

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday threatened to withdraw a ceasefire order he gave three days ago after suspected communist rebels killed a government militiaman and wounded four others in an attack. After

N. Korea: US has crossed red line, relations on war footing

North Korea’s top diplomat for U.S. affairs told The Associated Press yesterday that Washington “crossed the red line” and effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its

Fire collapses roof at Bangkok theater, no serious injuries

A large collapsed part of the roof at a Bangkok movie theater complex yesterday but caused no serious injuries. The fire in the Major Cineplex Pinklao reportedly began in a third-floor

Offbeat | MH370 captain’s simulator had Indian Ocean route

Australian officials confirmed yesterday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot

Korea | North floats propaganda leaflets in river for first time

South Korea yesterday accused rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets down a river in the first such incident. South Korea’s military discovered dozens of plastic bags, each carrying about 20

Prostitution allegations investigated against Samsung boss

South Korean prosecutors said yesterday that they have started investigating allegations that ailing Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee bought sex from prostitutes several times between 2011 and 2013. An official from

Indonesia | New Cabinet includes reformer, rights abuser

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced a new Cabinet yesterday that puts a retired general linked to human rights abuses in charge of security and returns a popular reformist to

India | Activist to end her nearly 16-year hunger strike

A 44-year-old activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 16 years to protest alleged brutality by India’s military said on Tuesday that she will end her fast

Knife attack at home for disabled in Japan stuns neighbors

The sound of sirens pierced the night, waking residents in a normally quiet, semi-rural neighborhood outside of Tokyo. Some thought it may be an accident, or perhaps a resident at

Flight 370: With search suspended, a cold-case file awaits

For two years and more, it has been a lost ship, a metal container carrying 239 souls that simply disappeared one late Asian night never to be seen again. And

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