Asia-Pacific
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Flooding death toll rises to more than 80 as water levels fall
The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand climbed to more than 80 people as floodwaters began to subside yesterday, officials said. About ... -
Shark kills woman and seriously wounds another swimmer at an Australian beach
A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia’s ... -
India protests ‘arbitrary detention’ of citizen at Shanghai airport
India has lodged a protest with China over what it called an “arbitrary detention” of an Indian citizen at the Shanghai airport after the ... -
China’s pressure on Japan could last for some time
Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley ... -
News from outside disappears in North Korea
For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to ... -
Marcos Jr. refuses to discuss family matters in public
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond yesterday to an allegation by his estranged sister, a senator, that he has been a longtime ... -
Court convicts former mayor of human trafficking
A Philippine court yesterday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online ... -
Russian hacking suspect wanted by the FBI arrested in Phuket
Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker on the Thai resort island of Phuket who was wanted by the FBI on allegations he was ... -
Military musician plays with a plastic horn and double gloves
On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that’s ... -
Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started ... -
Tribunal sentences ousted leader Hasina to death for crimes against humanity
A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s mass uprising that ... -
Tens of thousands rally in Manila over corruption scandal that implicates top officials
Tens of thousands gathered yesterday for the start of a three-day rally organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital to demand accountability ... -
Powerful politicians will be in jail by Christmas for corruption scandal, Marcos says
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said yesterday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a ... -
Rapper Namewee released on bail in probe into influencer’s murder
Popular Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker Wee Meng Chee was released on police bail yesterday after being held for a week to assist in ... -
Country braces for disruptions as former ruling party calls for lockdown to protest Hasina trial
Classes and transportation in Bangladesh were seriously disrupted yesterday as ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her former ruling Awami League party called for ... -
Thailand extradites a suspect in illegal gambling operations to China
Thailand this week extradited a Chinese man wanted by Beijing on suspicion of running over 200 illegal online gambling operations. A Thai appeals court ... -
Police investigates suicide bombing that killed 12 outside an Islamabad court
Pakistan opened a probe yesterday into the suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court that left 12 dead the day before, underscoring the challenges ... -
Bagpipers claim world record with AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’
Hundreds of bagpipers claimed a new world record yesterday by belting out AC/DC’s rock and roll classic “It’s a Long Way to the Top.” ... -
Gov’t declares late dictator Suharto a national hero, despite outrage from rights groups
Indonesia declared the former dictator Suharto a national hero yesterday, provoking outrage from rights group who said the move was an attempt to whitewash decades ... -
More than a million people evacuate as Super Typhoon Fung-wong threatens the northeastern coast
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall yesterday, knocking down ... -
Powerful quake strikes off the coast, tsunami advisory issued
A powerful quake rattled northern Japan yesterday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory was issued. ... -
Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean’s wildest joyride
There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride. Scientists tracking humpbacks off the coast ... -
Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains
Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain after leaving ... -
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 66 dead, mainly in province still recovering from deadly quake
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on ... -
Air force chopper carrying five crashes while en route to help in typhoon response
A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed in the country’s south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought ... -
South Korean and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met in their first summit yesterday, pledging to strengthen ties that ... -
North Korea’s top diplomat meets with Putin on a visit to Russia
North Korea’s top diplomat visited the Kremlin yesterday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month’s meeting between the countries’ leaders. ... -
Timor’s Ramos-Horta says personal diplomacy could bring Myanmar ceasefire
The president of East Timor told AP yesterday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the ... -
Police arrest 57 South Koreans over alleged links to online scams
Cambodian police said yesterday they arrested 57 South Korean nationals over alleged links to an online scam organization in the Southeast Asian country. The ... -
Victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell
Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by climate ... -
Motegi plans to tell Trump it will build up military
Japan’s new foreign minister said yesterday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly adapt to changing ... -
London and Jakarta agree to send home a British woman facing death penalty for drugs
A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed this week between the two nations to repatriate her ... -
Parliament elects Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister
Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister yesterday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal ... -
Death of kidnapped S.Korean student spurs talks to tackle online scams
Cambodian and South Korean officials agreed yesterday to cooperate in combating online scams, after the death of a South Korean student who was reportedly ... -
Pacific nations ‘threatened by great power contest over deep sea minerals’
New Zealand’s defense minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from great power competition for their ...
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