About USD13 million in bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney this month after Australian police confiscated the digital currency as proceeds of crime, an official said yesterday. Ernst & Young was
New Zealand yesterday announced it will push ahead with plans to force tobacco companies to remove their logos from cigarette packs and enhance graphic health warnings. Under draft regulations, cigarettes would
India may spend as much as USD16 billion - over $1 billion more than initially estimated - on the nation’s first bullet train to elevate the entire railroad, a person
Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage, scientists said yesterday. Researchers
The Philippine Congress yesterday proclaimed crime-busting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as president-elect and Rep. Leni Robredo as vice president-elect of a country that has been posting high growth rates but remains
Intense fighting between Philippine troops and a little-known Muslim group apparently inspired by the Islamic State group has killed 54 militants and two soldiers, officials said yesterday. Regional military spokesman Maj.
Police in Cambodia blocked an opposition protest march yesterday, but avoided possible violence by allowing a convoy of opposition lawmakers to drive through to present a petition complaining of government
Singapore’s property market may be closer to a bottom than Hong Kong, according to LaSalle Investment Management, which oversees more than USD58 billion in real estate funds. Governments in Asia’s two
Just months before South Korea implements its strictest-ever law against corruption and bribery, a backlash is brewing among critics who argue that tough limits on accepting meals and gifts may
Indonesia’s status as Asia’s last major economy without a full-investment grade may be near an end, boosting the appeal of the region just as other emerging markets such as Brazil
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged fellow leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies yesterday to avert another global crisis by acting to rescue the faltering global recovery. President Barack
Australia’s deputy prime minister boasted yesterday that he had got into Johnny Depp’s head like fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter after the Hollywood actor quipped that the ruddy-faced lawmaker appeared
Wrapping up a historic visit to Vietnam, U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday praised the country’s next generation of leaders for being more conscious of the environment than previous ones and
The Philippines' annual population growth rate has slowed as more people in the predominantly Roman Catholic country use contraception. Results of the 2015 census show the population grew 1.72 percent last
An unspecified number of North Koreans working at a Pyongyang-run restaurant overseas have escaped their workplace and will come to South Korea, South Korean officials said yesterday. The announcement by Seoul’s
Two very different visions of the hell that is war are seared into the minds of World War II survivors on opposite sides of the Pacific. Michiko Kodama saw a flash
President Barack Obama yesterday pressed Vietnam to allow greater freedoms for its citizens, arguing that better human rights would improve the communist country’s economy, stability and regional power. On his second
Improved relations between the U.S. and Vietnam must not lead to greater pressure on China or threats to its interests, an official Chinese newspaper said yesterday. While China applauds the spirit
A nighttime fire at a dormitory of a primary school in northern Thailand killed 18 girls, many of whom had been roused by a dorm-mate but went back to sleep, thinking
Japan’s economy appears to be weakening as exports fell 10 percent and imports plunged 23 percent in April while a monthly survey of factory managers showed the sharpest deterioration in
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