Asia-Pacific
Japanese court orders nuclear reactors to stay offline
A court has issued an injunction ordering two nuclear reactors in western Japan to stay offline, rejecting regulators’ safety approval of the reactors’...
Robot reveals interior of Fukushima’s wrecked nuclear plant
A specially-designed robot became stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan’s doomed Fukushima...
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late on Monday, as part of a larger...
Hundreds of people attend beach tribute to 13-year-old surfer killed by shark
Hundreds of people have turned out for a beachfront tribute to a 13-year-old surfer who died in a brutal shark attack. Elio Canestri had his arms...
Cancer surge in China prompts rise of special patient hotels
With lung, bowel and breast cancer rates surging in China, “cancer” hotels have sprouted up in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, part...
Anger runs deep a year after South Korea Sewol ferry tragedy
South Koreans mark the first anniversary this week of the Sewol ferry disaster which scarred the national psyche and left a legacy of bitterness, mistrust...
Bangladesh braces for protests after Islamist’s execution
Bangladesh braced for protests and fresh violence Sunday after a senior official of the largest Islamist party was executed on charges of crimes against...
Bangladesh executes Islamist party official for war crimes
Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence...
Truck bomb wounds seven on Thai holiday island Koh Samui
An explosion in an underground car park at a shopping mall on the popular tourist island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand wounded seven people and damaged...
Six wounded after explosion at shopping mall on Koh Samui
An explosion in an underground car park at a shopping mall on the popular tourist island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand wounded six people and damaged...
550 fishermen slaves rescued from Indonesian island
The number of enslaved fishermen found on a remote Indonesian island has now reached nearly 550, after a fact-finding team returned for a single day to...
Obama says concerned China uses size to bully others in region
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States is concerned China uses its “sheer size and muscle” to push around smaller countries...
China mounts detailed defense of South China Sea reclamation
China on Thursday sketched out plans for the islands it is creating in the disputed South China Sea, saying they would be used for military defense as...
China to probe state TV host for insulting founding father Mao Zedong
One of China’s most famous television hosts has had his shows taken off air after allegedly insulting Communist China’s founding father Mao...
Despite threats, activist sends ‘The Interview’ DVDs to North Korea
A South Korean activist has launched thousands of copies of Hollywood film “The Interview” into North Korea by balloon, ignoring dire threats...
U.S. researchers: Hundreds of NKorea missiles threaten Asia
Nuclear-armed North Korea already has hundreds of ballistic missiles that can target its neighbors in Northeast Asia but will need foreign technology to...
Close to 1,000 firefighters battle fire following China chemical plant explosion
Fourteen people were injured in the second explosion in two years at a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou, authorities said Tuesday.
Malaysia parliament passes controversial anti-terrorism law
The controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) Bill was finally passed after nearly 15 hours of debate with 79 votes for and 60 votes against in...
Indonesian court rejects last-ditch appeal by Australian death-row convict
An Indonesian court rejected a last-ditch challenge by Australian drug convict Andrew Chan and fellow Australian Myuran Sukumaran, who are facing execution...
Japan’s centenarian notches up world swim record
A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20 years after she took up the sport.
Indonesia to rule on last-ditch appeal by death row Australian drug convicts
An Indonesian court will rule on Monday on an appeal against President Joko Widodo’s refusal of clemency for two Australian drug convicts who are...
Bonfire of the vanities? Chinese offerings go up in smoke
Gleaming gold watches and smartphones are piled high in a ramshackle Chinese farmhouse - all replicas made of paper and designed to be incinerated, as...
Chinese taxi drivers drink pesticide in Beijing protest
More than 30 taxi drivers were hospitalised after apparently drinking pesticide during a protest in central Beijing over what they said was poor treatment...
24,000 to be evacuated as typhoon closes in on Philippines
Authorities in the northern Philippines province of Aurora prepared to evacuate thousands of residents on Friday, and told tourists to head home or bunker...
Hundreds of slave fishermen saved from Indonesian islands
Hundreds of fishermen were rescued today from the isolated Indonesian island where many were enslaved to catch seafood that could end up in western restaurants.
Hundreds of slave fishermen saved from Indonesia after being forced to catch fish
Hundreds of fishermen were rescued today from the isolated Indonesian island where many were enslaved to catch seafood that could end up in western restaurants.
China’s ex-security chief charged with bribery, abuse of power: Xinhua
Chinese authorities have formally charged former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state...
Bloody Good Friday crucifixions to begin in Philippines
Devotees in the fervently Catholic Philippines were set to nail themselves to crosses and whip their backs bloody on Friday in extreme acts of devotion...
Chinese woman accused of killing Australian child with garden shears
A spurned Chinese woman sobbed hysterically in court on Thursday after being accused of killing a four-year-old boy in Australia with garden shears before...
Thailand junta replaces martial law with absolute power
Thailand’s junta lifted martial law in most of the nation, but 10 months after staging a coup, it remains firmly in control — with new laws...
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