Japan briefs diplomats on Fukushima nuclear water concerns

Japan tried to reassure foreign diplomats yesterday about safety at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant amid concerns about massive amounts of treated but radioactive water stored

Briefs | Thailand: ‘Yellow Shirt’ founder jailed for fraud released early

Thailand’s Corrections Department says a media mogul who led a campaign to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office in 2006 has been freed early from a 20-year

Australia | Police raid official’s home after media raids

Police yesterday executed a search warrant on the home of an Australian intelligence officer in a raid that one media executive described as an attempt to

South Korea Reporters grill minister nominee for 11 hours

South Korean reporters have grilled President Moon Jae-in’s nominee for justice minister for 11 hours over suspected ethical lapses surrounding his family that have triggered an

Thai officials discover remains of missing Karen activist

Thai law enforcement officials say they have found the remains of an ethnic Karen community activist who disappeared five years ago in suspicious circumstances. Porlajee Rakchongcharoen,

Japan urges nuke plants to prepare for decommissioning era

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting body adopted a report yesterday saying the country is entering an era of massive nuclear plant decommissioning, urging plant operators to plan

Indonesia to deport four Australia tourists who joined protests

Indonesian authorities are deporting four Australian tourists for participating in a demonstration that called for the independence of the country’s restive Papua province, an immigration official

North Korea berates Pompeo, says hopes for talks fading

A senior North Korean diplomat on Saturday berated U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments describing North Korean behavior as “rogue” and warned that Pyongyang’s hopes

Philippines | All nine aboard medical evac plane killed in crash

All nine people on board a small medical evacuation plane were killed yesterday when the aircraft crashed into a resort area south of the Philippine capital

Sri Lanka court orders reburial of suicide bomber’s remains

A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered police to exhume the remains of an Easter Sunday suicide bomber from a public cemetery after hundreds of people, including relatives

Duterte wants to use South China Sea ruling to warm China relations

The Philippines and China will advance plans for joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, a senior envoy announced before a meeting between

South Korean court sends Park, Samsung heir cases to new trials

South Korea’s top court yesterday sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun- hye’s corruption case to a lower court for separate trials on the charges on which

Court upholds death for two Burmese in British murders

Thailand’s Supreme Court on yesterday upheld the conviction of two Myanmar migrants sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island in 2014.

Malaysia ex-PM used ‘elaborate’ plan to loot fund: prosecutor

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s second corruption trial started yesterday with a prosecutor alleging he pilfered billions of dollars from the 1MDB state investment fund

245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters; 3 dead

Fishing boats and passing ships rescued 245 people from a burning ferry overnight in southern Philippine waters, and the coast guard was still searching yesterday though

Japan’s move to lower South Korea trade status takes effect

Yuri Kageyama, Tokyo Japan’s downgrading of South Korea’s trade status took effect yesterday, a decision that has already set off a series of reactions hurting their relations.

1MDB | Prosecution rests in first case against Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib

Malaysian prosecutors yesterday wrapped up their case against former Prime Minister Najib Razak in his first corruption trial, paving the way for his second court case to begin. Prosecutors

Thai palace shares photos of king, newly named royal consort

Thailand’s royal palace has released photos of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his recently anointed royal consort, though the official website hosting the images became inaccessible within

Sri Lanka | Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban

Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women yesterday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the government clarifies whether they are once again

Afghanistan | Young women barely remember Taliban but fear a return

Two yellow burqas are on display at a television station in Kabul, bright versions of the blue ghostlike garments some women in the capital still wear.

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