With tensions high and the United States and South Korea ready to hold their massive annual war games next week, which North Korea sees as a dress rehearsal for invasion,
For decades, Panasonic Corp. has shaped Japanese corporate tradition — be it morning exercise routines or lifetime employment. But don’t hold your breath waiting for other Asian businesses to emulate
Eight Maoist rebels, five of them women, were killed in a fierce gunbattle with police in southeastern India, police said. The gunbattle with at least 30 rebels began yesterday in a
North Korea presented a detained American student before the media yesterday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner — at the behest, he said,
Three former Japanese utility executives were formally charged for alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster yesterday, becoming the first ones from the company to face a criminal court. A group of five court-appointed lawyers indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric power Co. at the time of the crisis, along with two
Malaysia’s ruling party suspended its second-in-command Muhyiddin Yassin for undermining the organization in his quest to oust Prime Minister Najib Razak, the latest indication of the premier strengthening his grip on
Hundreds of nationalist Buddhist monks in Myanmar and their supporters have rallied in support of retaining a constitutional clause barring Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the country’s recently
A man in western India fatally stabbed 14 members of his family, including seven children, yesterday before hanging himself, police said. Hasnain Warekar, 35, went on his overnight killing spree following a Saturday
Three decades after a “people power” revolt ousted his dictator father, Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was wooing voters on the campaign trail this week in his bid to become the
Indonesia’s Supreme Court has overruled the acquittals of two teachers, a Canadian and an Indonesian, on charges they sexually abused three children at a prestigious international school, and ordered longer
Pop star Madonna made surprise visits to two Manila shelters for orphans and street children, taking selfies with kids a day before the start of her two-night concert stint in
It’s been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they’ve scurried and sniffed their way across 775 square
Rescuers found the wreckage of a small plane carrying 23 people that crashed in bad weather yesterday into a mountain in central Nepal, police said. All those aboard, including two
A 10-month-old baby is among those missing and presumed dead yesterday from the massive cyclone that hit Fiji after the boy’s parents told a local television station they lost hold
An Australian high school has been criticized for allowing students to wear boy or girl uniforms regardless of gender. The Newtown High School of Performing Arts in inner Sydney changed its
Shortly after 7:30, the servers at China’s biggest North Korean restaurant become singers. They emerge for their nightly performances in orange and purple satin dresses and stiletto heels, belting out ballads with
Ten people have died on a single small island in Fiji as the total death toll from a powerful cyclone climbed to 29, officials said yesterday. Government spokesman Ewan Perrin said the
A one-year-old baby of an asylum-seeking family from Nepal was discharged from an Australian hospital on Monday, ending a 10-day standoff between medical staff and the government over whether she
A Philippine military official says up to 20 Muslim militants are believed to have been killed in three days of sporadic clashes that also left three soldiers dead in the country’s south. Military
Australian bank bonds haven’t been this expensive to insure compared to U.S. financial debt in more than a decade. As the prospects for world growth have dimmed and global markets have
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