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South Korea’s president warned yesterday that rival North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear bomb program, an unusually strong broadside that will likely infuriate Pyongyang. President Park Geun-hye,
The United States and Japan have already announced plans for new sanctions over North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, and the U.N. Security Council is likely to deliver
Australian law enforcement agencies have seized methylamphetamine worth 1.26 billion Australian dollars (USD900 million) in the country’s largest-ever haul of the illicit drug in its liquid form, officials said yesterday. Four
The hoard was seized when Marcos and his family fled to Hawaii in 1986 following a popular revolt that ended his two decades in power. They include a 25-carat, barrel-shaped
With the symbolic handshakes and unity photo-op, President Barack Obama’s high-profile summit with Southeast Asian leaders in California this week aims to step up pressure against China’s increasingly worrisome behavior
A magnitude-5.8 earthquake shook the New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday but there were no immediate reports of serious damage, nearly five years after a deadly, more powerful quake destroyed much of
North Korea yesterday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that was the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea, saying Seoul’s suspension of operations at the jointly run facility was
Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil leaders yesterday asked the top U.N. human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country’s long civil
For North Korea’s propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch yesterday carved a glorious trail of “fascinating vapor” through the clear blue sky. For South Korea’s president, and other world leaders,
As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and caters to a surging influx of foreign visitors, the country faces a cultural dilemma: Should it stop identifying Buddhist
One of Japan’s most active volcanoes, Sakurajima on the southern island of Kyushu, erupted spectacularly Friday evening with a fiery blast that sent lava rolling down its slope. Japanese television showed
South Korea and Japan vowed to shoot down any debris that falls on their territories from a long-range rocket that North Korea plans to fire this month, with Seoul saying
Australia is resisting mounting international pressure not to deport child asylum seekers, with a minister warning yesterday that allowing them to stay could attract more refugees to come by boat. Australia’s
The U.S. ambassador said yesterday joint patrols with the Philippines are possible in the South China Sea, where the United States has asserted its freedom to navigate by sending planes
The Philippine Congress has run out of time under the current president to pass a Muslim autonomy bill that aims to peacefully settle a decades-long Muslim rebellion in the south,
Puppies bark and wag their tails as they follow a gray-haired woman through a hillside compound that shelters more than 200 dogs. “Hey, my babies. Give your mom a kiss,” says
The son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned yesterday as the top leader of a federal state, saying he was ousted because of his criticism of Prime Minister
Dozens of schools around Australia have received threats over the past week in what police believe is a hoax being orchestrated overseas. The automated telephone threats, which warn of bombings or
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the famous image of a three-year-old Syrian child who drowned in Turkey last year by staging a photo of himself lying face
Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, attention is now focused on whether North Korea is readying a rocket launch. With underground railways, giant tarps and a movable
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