Nepal | Protests over constitution injure dozens, police say

Protesters clashed with police in southern Nepal yesterday as the government tried to collect the public’s suggestions on the draft of the country’s long-overdue constitution. Police reported dozens of injuries in

WWII Apology | 70 years after, Japanese company Mitsubishi apologizes to US POWs 

He was forced to toil in enemy mines as a prisoner of war, but James Murphy wasn’t angry or bitter. He was just happy to have lived long enough to

Afghanistan | NATO friendly fire kills 7 Afghan troops

A NATO airstrike hit two Afghan military checkpoints yesterday in a restive province east of the capital, Kabul, killing seven Afghan troops in what an Afghan official describes as an

South Korea | Dead agent left note denying spying on civilians 

  A South Korean government agent who was found dead in an apparent suicide left a note denying suspicion that the National Intelligence Service has been spying on South Koreans by

New Zealand | AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd arrested again

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was behind bars yesterday after being arrested in New Zealand, just days after he was sentenced to home detention for threatening to kill a man who used to

Cambodia Tycoon arrested amid outrage over attack of actress 

A Cambodian real estate magnate whose violent assault of a female TV star was captured on video was arrested Saturday, authorities said, in a case that has sparked national outrage. Sok

Nature | Analysis: The freakish year in broken climate records

The annual State of the Climate report is out, and it’s ugly. Record heat, record sea levels, more hot days and fewer cool nights, surging cyclones, unprecedented pollution, and rapidly

Japan | Q&A: The ruckus over Abe’s new military legislation 

The opposition walked out before the vote, and thousands of protesters took to the streets the previous night, but none of that stopped Japan’s lower house of parliament from approving a contentious

Indonesia | 3 airports closed due to eruptions at 2 volcanoes

Eruptions at two volcanoes yesterday caused closures at three Indonesian airports, including one serving the country’s second-largest city. Mount Raung on the main island of Java blasted ash and debris up

Japan | Robots do check-in and check out at cost-cutting hotel

From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird Hotel,

Japan | Protests rage in Tokyo as Abe’s security bills look to expand military role

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bills to expand the role of the military will go to a lower house vote today, after weeks of debate that has eroded his support

South Korea | Gov’t picks China consortium to lift sunken ferry 

South Korea yesterday selected a Chinese-led consortium as a preferred bidder to salvage a sunken ferry that killed more than 300 people in April last year in one of the

Thai anti-graft law extends death penalty to foreigners

Thailand has enacted a new anti-corruption law that extends a maximum penalty of capital punishment to foreigners as well as Thais. Previous legislation provided various punishments, including a possible death penalty,

Thailand | Trial begins for journalists charged with defaming navy

Testimony began yesterday in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Thailand’s navy against a small news website over a report it posted saying naval forces accepted money to assist or turn a

Koreas | Seoul sends 2 North Korean fishermen back home

South Korea said yesterday that it had sent back two North Korean fishermen who were rescued earlier this month from South Korean waters. The two fishermen were returned through the border

India | Stampede kills 27 during religious bathing festival

At least 27 people were killed and dozens injured yesterday in a stampede during a Hindu religious bathing festival on a river bank in southern India. The stampede occurred in Andhra

South Korea | Spy agency explored technology to hack chat app

South Korea’s beleaguered spy agency has acknowledged exploring the purchase of technologies to intercept communications on the popular Kakao Talk smartphone chatting service, but maintains it only intended to strengthen

Cambodia | Ruling party approves controversial NGO bill

Cambodia’s ruling party lawmakers approved a controversial draft law yesterday that critics say gives authorities sweeping powers to crack down on civil society groups that challenge the government. Riot police set up

Malaysia | Police probe conspiracy to topple PM Razak over 1MDB funds

Malaysian police said yesterday they are investigating the leak of confidential documents that allegedly show millions of dollars were funneled to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s account, an explosive disclosure that

North Korea | Media confirms purging of defense chief

North Korea has officially confirmed the purging of its defense chief two months after Seoul’s spy service said he had been executed for disloyalty to leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean

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