North Korea says it’s up to US to choose ‘Christmas gift’

North Korea yesterday repeated its assertions that the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, saying it’s entirely up to the United States to choose what

Australia says China’s treatment of writer is ‘unacceptable’

Australia’s foreign minister yesterday described as “unacceptable” the daily interrogation of a shackled Chinese Australian writer detained in Beijing since January on suspicion of espionage. Yang Hengjun was taken into custody

India | People demand justice after woman gang raped and killed

Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other Indian cities yesterday to demand justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last week. The

US says cryptocurrency expert violated North Korea sanctions

Federal prosecutors have charged a cryptocurrency expert with violating economic sanctions against North Korea by presenting at a conference there this year after the U.S. government denied his request to

Myanmar | Hundreds rally to show support for Suu Kyi

About 700 people rallied yesterday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the U.N.’s highest

Korea | South says North has fired two short-range projectiles

North Korea yesterday fired two short-range projectiles, likely from a “super-large” multiple rocket launcher, South Korea’s military said, adding to tensions three days after the North said

Afghanistan Blasts kill at least 16; mostly women, girls

Afghan officials said yesterday that two separate explosions in the country’s north killed at least 16 people, almost all of them women and young girls. A

Bodies of victims found in UK truck repatriated to Vietnam

The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriated to their homeland

Japanese man in 50s has been detained in China since July

A Japanese man in his 50s was taken into custody in China in July on suspicion of violating its laws, with the case potentially being a source of friction

The Buzz | South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean ship

South Korea’s military fired warning shots Wednesday to repel a North Korean merchant ship after it violated their disputed western sea boundary, Seoul officials said, the second such

Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-pop

The death of South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara, whose body was found at her home in Seoul this week, has again shone a spotlight on pressures

Indonesia | Police arrests 85 Chinese nationals in phone scam

Indonesian police said yesterday they have arrested 85 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and Internet fraud ring after receiving a tip from Chinese police. The suspects, including 11

Philippines | Two Chinese, seven Filipinos arrested in dumping of toxic waste

Two Chinese and seven Filipinos have been arrested for dumping possibly radioactive waste from South Korea in a northwestern Philippine town, officials said yesterday. The National Bureau of Investigation said the

Kim orders N. Korea artillery firing, drawing Seoul rebuke

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to practice firing artillery near a disputed sea boundary with rival South Korea, Pyongyang’s state media reported

Australia investigates China plot to plant spy in Parliament

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday that allegations of a Chinese plot to plant an agent into Australia’s Parliament are “deeply disturbing and troubling.”

Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’

Pope Francis traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki yesterday to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring the use and possession of atomic bombs an “immoral” crime and a

G-20 | Japan, South Korea meet after saving intelligence pact

The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers met on the sidelines of a Japan-hosted G-20 meeting Saturday, a day after Seoul kept alive a 2016 military intelligence sharing pact with

N. Korea says Kim turned down Moon invitation to visit South

Blaming its rival for a recent chill in relations, North Korea yesterday said its leader turned down an invitation by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to participate in a regional

Australia | Smoke blankets Sydney as wildfires spread

Hazardous smoke blanketed Sydney yesterday as wildfires burned across eastern and southern Australia. Thick smog shrouded Australia’s most populous city, leaving its iconic skyline barely visible two days after smoke created

Australia | Westpac bank faces massive fine for breaches

Major Australian bank Westpac is facing a potentially massive fine after being accused of 23 million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing act. The financial crime regulator AUSTRAC said

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