PM Hasina wins vote amid low turnout and opposition boycott

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party,

A row over sandy beaches reveals fault lines in India-Maldives relations

The Maldives president yesterday suspended three of his deputy ministers for posting derogatory comments against India, its closest neighbor and the source of much of

Myanmar confirms a key northeastern city on border with China has been seized by an ethnic alliance

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from a key city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an

North Korea denies artillery firing and mocks South Korea’s detection capabilities

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked South Korea’s ability to detect weapons launches by the North yesterday, as she denied Seoul’s

California restaurant’s comeback shows how outdated, false Asian stereotype of dog-eating persists

David Rasavong’s cultural pride is evident all throughout his restaurant. It’s on the wall of family portraits and where a stunning mural depicts his family’s journey

Military government pardons 10,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day

Myanmar’s military government yesterday pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners to mark the 76th anniversary of gaining independence from Britain, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any of those

Lethal Sydney funnel-web spider ‘Hercules’ sets record for largest specimen collected

With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian

Sheikh Hasina once fought for democracy; her critics say she now threatens it

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing a general election Sunday, a vote she is all but certain to win. Critics say it could further tighten her

Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash

A transcript of communication between traffic control and  An orange fireball erupted from both aircraft on Tuesday evening as the JAL flight 516 continued down the runway

Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along western coast

A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 48 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned that more

Kim vows to launch three more spy satellites and produce more nuclear materials in 2024

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to launch three additional military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and introduce attack drones in 2024, as

Opposition leader is stabbed in the neck by a knife-wielding man

South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck yesterday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his

Photographers in Asia capture the extraordinary, tragic and wonderful

Individually, the photographs are the product of a moment, capturing glimpses of joy, grief, rage, hope, and resilience. As a whole, the work this year of

N. Korea’s Kim vows to bolster war readiness to repel ‘unprecedented’ US-led confrontations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for bolstered war readiness to repel what he said were unprecedented U.S.-led confrontational moves, state media reported yesterday, as

Students protest the growing numbers of Rohingya refugees in Aceh province

Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province rallied earlier this week, demanding the government drive away Rohingya refugees who have been arriving by sea in growing numbers. The

Kim boasts of achievements as he opens key year-end political meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power and boosted the country’s prestige this year, as he opened

Court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages

A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government

South Korean court orders 2 Japanese companies to compensate wartime Korean workers

South Korea’s top court ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor, as it sided yesterday with its

Kim threatens ‘more offensive actions’ against US after watching powerful missile test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive actions” to repel what he called increasing United States-led military threats after he supervised the third test of

Australian jury records first conviction of foreign interference against a Chinese agent

An Australian court yesterday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s  A Victoria state County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader  He is

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