The leader of Thailand’s military junta has revoked dozens of special executive orders and vowed to stop issuing more as he prepares to lead an elected civilian
Police and soldiers have been sent to Papua New Guinea’s highlands to make arrests and provide security after more than 20 people, mostly women and children,
Johnny Kitagawa, a kingpin of Japan’s entertainment industry for more than half a century who produced famous boybands including Arashi, Tokio and SMAP, has died. He was
Indonesia is sending dozens of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding it was contaminated with used diapers, plastic and other materials, adding to
Sri Lanka’s government announced yesterday it will reduce ground handling charges for airlines and slash aviation fuel prices and embarkation fees to help the country’s
Japan said yesterday it does not plan to retract or renegotiate its stricter controls on high-tech exports to South Korea, a day after the South Korean
The son of the highest-profile South Korean to defect to North Korea has arrived in the North to permanently resettle, North Korean state media said. If
With the government able to meet only 40% of the water requirement, millions of people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are depending on
Amnesty International urgently called for international pressure and an immediate U.N. investigation to help end what it says are possible crimes against humanity in the Philippine
The parents of Otto Warmbier have filed a claim for a seized North Korean cargo ship, seeking to collect on a multimillion-dollar judgment awarded in the
Hundreds of people marched to Myanmar’s Central Investigation Department on Saturday to demand justice for a 2-year-old girl who was allegedly raped at her nursery school
The bodies of three of the four British climbers who were part of an eight-member international expedition to a Himalayan peak have been identified and handed
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights yesterday condemned the killing of a 3-year-old girl in a police raid in which her father, a drug suspect, was
Australia’s Parliament yesterday delivered the reelected government’s promise to provide 158 billion Australian dollars (USD110 billion) in personal income tax cuts over a decade to boost
Overwhelmed by unprecedented demand, Tokyo Olympic organizers said yesterday they hope to run another ticket lottery next month for residents of Japan who got nothing the first time. Millions of Japanese
An Australian student released after a week in detention in North Korea described his condition to reporters in Beijing on Thursday as “very good,” without saying what happened. Australian Prime Minister
One of Japan’s largest warships, the helicopter carrier Izumo, offers a glimpse of where its military is headed: For the first time, troops from a newly
Rights groups urged Thai authorities yesterday to investigate attacks against pro-democracy activists after one was beaten and left unconscious on a sidewalk in the latest case of
South Korea’s president yesterday called a recent U.S.-North Korean summit at the Korean border an end of mutual hostility between the countries, despite skepticism by many experts that
Philippine authorities have identified as a Filipino militant one of two suicide attackers who set off bombs last week that killed five people and the
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