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South Koreans voted in parliamentary elections yesterday that were expected to hand a decisive win to President Park Geun- hye’s conservative party, and enable her to push ahead with controversial economic
One North Korean who worked abroad says that as a waitress in China, she was forced to put up with male customers who groped her and tried to get her
To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago.
A Philippine diplomat warned yesterday that any Chinese move to turn a disputed shoal, where the U.S. Navy recently spotted a suspected Chinese survey ship, into an island will escalate
A colonel from North Korea’s military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in an unusual case of a senior-level defection, Seoul officials said yesterday. The announcement came three days
Drought? What drought? Bring out the water guns! Thailand may be going through its driest period in 20 years, but the country’s military government wants visitors from around the globe to
A gut-wrenched John Kerry said Hiroshima’s horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of state to
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries, meeting yesterday in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Hiroshima, called for a renewed push for flagging nuclear disarmament efforts as they
North Korea said Saturday it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to stage nuclear strikes on the United States. The engine’s ground test, if
A powerful earthquake rattled Pakistan’s capital and other cities across the country yesterday, causing panic among people but with no immediate reports of casualties or major damages. Pakistani official Arif Ullah told The
A massive fire broke out during a fireworks display in a Hindu temple in south India yesterday, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 200 others, officials said. The fire started
The Philippine military suffered its largest single-day combat loss so far this year when 18 soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Abu Sayyaf extremists that also left five Islamic militants dead,
Glenn Martin was sitting in a bar with his college buddies 35 years ago when they got to wondering: What ever happened to flying cars and jetpacks? The next day, the
Pyongyang may be one of the few major cities left on Earth where you can’t find a Starbucks. But it’s brimming over with coffee shops. The small, dimly lit cafes have been
Her life story could have come straight out of a soap opera. As a newborn, Grace Poe was abandoned in a Catholic church and adopted by movie star parents, giving
Vietnam’s prime minister stepped down yesterday after 10 years in office, leaving behind a mixed legacy of promoting failed state enterprises but at the same time attracting foreign investment and
India’s central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan urged caution on drawing premature conclusions a day after the government announced an investigation into the reported offshore accounts of hundreds of citizens, from
Research commissioned by Vietnam has warned of devastating environmental and economic effects for millions of people living along the Mekong River if 11 proposed dams are built on its mainstream. The
They gather under the blazing sun and blue skies of an Australian beach, looking out at the water that once symbolized so much misery: Terrifying boat trips marked by sickness
Indonesia will deploy U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to the Natuna islands to ward off “thieves”, the defense minister said less than two weeks after Chinese coast guard vessels clashed with
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