Myanmar jade rush muddies promise of change, fuels conflict 

Villagers in the jungles of Myanmar’s northern Kachin state stand upon staggering wealth: Jade worth tens of billions of dollars. Yet they see almost none of that money, even as

North Korea | An obsessive bunch penetrates totalitarian fog

In an anonymous office building in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, in a part of Colorado where cattle ranches fade into strip malls, a gravel-voiced man with a Brooklyn

SINGAPORE | Mega-church head guilty of embezzling USD35 million for wife’s pop career

The founder of a popular Singapore church was found guilty Wednesday of misappropriating more than USD35.5 million in donations to support his wife’s singing career in Asia before helping her break into

Koreas | Separated kin celebrate reunions across DMZ, 1st in more than a year

Hundreds of mostly elderly Koreans — some in wheelchairs or leaning on walking sticks, most overcome by tears, laughter and shock — began three days of reunions yesterday with loved

Philippines | Storm blows away after leaving 20 dead

A storm finally blew away from the main northern Philippine island yesterday, after leaving at least 20 dead over the weekend and forcing 70,000 villagers into emergency shelters and destroying rice fields

Philippines | Typhoon Koppu leaves 11 dead, villagers saved from flood 

Army, police and civilian volunteers rushed yesterday to rescue hundreds of villagers trapped in their flooded homes and on rooftops in a northern Philippine province battered by slow-moving Typhoon Koppu, officials said. The

Afghanistan | Taliban hid in bombed hospital, defense minister says

Afghanistan’s acting defense minister said yesterday that the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the north of the country that was bombed by U.S. forces was being used by insurgents who

Indonesia | Forest fire kills 6 hikers

Kim Wu-jong is partially paralyzed, poor and lives alone in a small, run-down home in Seoul. But the 87-year-old feels like the luckiest man in South Korea: This week he

Philippines | Typhoon Koppu slams into Luzon, 2 dead, 16,000 displaced

Slow-moving Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the northeastern Philippines yesterday, leaving at least two people dead, displacing 16,000 villagers and knocking out power in entire provinces, officials

India | Police arrest 2 teens in rape of Delhi toddler

Police arrested two teenagers yesterday for allegedly raping a toddler in New Delhi, in the latest incident of sexual violence against a young child in the Indian capital. Police said they

South China Sea | Vietnam accuses Chinese vessel of sinking fishing boat

Vietnam said yesterday that a Chinese vessel rammed into and sank one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea in an incident that could further raise tensions

Afghanistan | Obama to keep troops stationed beyond 2016

President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch. Obama

Myanmar | Rebel armies sign ceasefire pact with gov’t 

  Myanmar’s government and eight smaller ethnic rebel armies signed a ceasefire agreement to end more than six decades of fighting, but other more powerful groups refused to come on board,

Philippines | Video shows foreigners, Filipino kidnapped

Suspected Muslim militants have posted a video purportedly showing for the first time two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino who were abducted from a southern Philippine resort last month

Nepal | Unrest a new blow to quake ravaged tourism industry

Just when Nepal was recovering from the devastating earthquake that killed thousands, flattened hundreds of thousands of houses and chased away foreign tourists, protests by ethnic groups and severe fuel

Japan | Okinawa gov revokes approval for relocation of US air base

Okinawa’s governor yesterday revoked approval for work needed to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the southern Japanese island to another, but the Tokyo government said it

Myanmar | Junta proposes delaying Nov. 8 elections due to flooding

Myanmar’s election commission yesterday proposed delaying the Nov. 8 general election either nationwide or in some areas hit by landslides and flooding. Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye told reporters that the

Japan | Tokyo says may cut UNESCO funds over Nanjing massacre move

Japan said yesterday that it may cut funding for UNESCO after the U.N. world heritage body included documents on a World War II-era massacre by Japanese troops on a Chinese

Philippines backs US plan to sail ship near Chinese island 

The Philippines yesterday backed a reported U.S. plan to challenge China’s territorial claims by deploying a Navy ship close to a Chinese-built island in the South China Sea, saying it was important for

Press freedom | Thailand to try HK journalist for possessing flak jacket

A Thai court on Monday decided to put a Hong Kong photojournalist on trial for possession of a bulletproof vest and a helmet, which are considered weapons in Thailand. Hok Chun

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