South Korea | Gov’t proposes meeting on dormant tour project with North

South Korea yesterday proposed a face-to-face meeting with North Korea on the fate of a long-shuttered joint tourist project at a scenic North Korean mountain, as their relations remain cool

Bangladesh court asks Nobel laureate Yunus to surrender

Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday asked micro-credit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to surrender to a labor court by Nov. 7 over the firing of three employees by Grameen Communications,

Thai police arrest Australian Hell’s Angel on drug charges

Thai police said yesterday they have arrested an Australian Hell’s Angels gang member who is wanted on drug charges in Western Australia. Police say they arrested Luke Anderson on Thursday after

Australian serial killer Ivan Milat dies in prison at 74

Ivan Milat, whose grisly serial killings of seven European and Australian backpackers horrified Australia in the early ‘90s, died in a Sydney prison yesterday, ending hopes of a deathbed confession

Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate

The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now it fears they could be among

Abe, S. Korean premier agree to keep talking to mend ties

Japan’s prime minister and South Korea’s No. 2 official agreed on the importance of improving ties but made no apparent breakthrough yesterday in the first high-level meeting since the neighbors’

Australian judge orders Chinese tycoon to detail wealth

A Chinese billionaire who lost his Australian residency on security grounds was ordered by an Australian judge yesterday to provide details of his wealth in a case over an alleged

2 Burmese condemned for UK deaths seek Thai king’s clemency

The families of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British tourists in Thailand in 2014 have appealed to the Thai king to spare

Mu Sochua | Thailand puts crimp in return plans of Cambodian opposition

Thailand has barred a top leader of Cambodia’s opposition party from entering the country, casting doubt on plans for its exiled leaders to return to their homeland against the Cambodian

North Korea | UN investigator says 11 million people are undernourished

Food insecurity in North Korea “is at an alarming level,” with nearly half the population — 11 million people — undernourished, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the

Naruhito takes throne as Japan’s first new emperor in 30 years

Japan completed the months-long coronation of Emperor Naruhito in an elaborate ceremony in Tokyo, as assembled global royalty and political leaders looked on. Clad in layers of intricately patterned silk, Naruhito

Bangladesh to start relocating some Rohingya to island soon

Authorities in Bangladesh said yesteday that they want to start relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a Bay of Bengal island soon from crammed camps near the border with Myanmar,

Australian papers redact front pages to expose gov’t secrecy

Australia’s major newspapers published redacted front pages yesterday in a coordinated campaign to highlight government secrecy that is often justified on national security grounds. Rival

Politics | South Korean prosecutors seek arrest of ex-minister’s wife

Prosecutors said yesterday they are seeking to arrest the wife of South Korea’s former justice minister, who resigned last week amid allegations of financial crimes and

Two Indian states hold elections; Modi’s party expected to win

Voters cast ballots yesterday in two Indian states where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is seeking a second consecutive term. The Bharatiya Janata

Election | Indonesia’s popular president sworn in for second term

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, was sworn in yesterday for his

Bangladesh | Police say violence over Facebook post kills 4

At least four people were killed and dozens injured yesteday after security officials in southern Bangladesh opened fire to disperse hundreds of Muslims during a protest over an alleged social

Indonesia | Gov’t arrests 40 militant suspects ahead of inauguration

Indonesia’s elite anti-terrorism unit went on a busy 24-hour spree to root out suspected Islamic militants ahead of a presidential inauguration this weekend that will be

Australia promises more money for overwhelmed spy agency

A government minister on yesterday promised an unprecedented funding increase for Australia’s main spy agency, which is struggling to meet demands posed by the nation’s new

Kim rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions

North Korea released a series of photos yesterday showing leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse to a sacred mountain he has often climbed before

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