Tag: Asia

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — Thai prosecutors said Wednesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — A North Korean rocket carrying its second spy satellite exploded midair on Monday, state ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — Vietnam’s top security official To Lam was confirmed Wednesday as the nation’s new president. He oversaw ...

PARIS (news agencies) — French President Emmanuel Macron flew to New Caledonia Wednesday in a bid to find a political ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — Aviation investigators arrived in Bangkok Wednesday to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore ...

SYDNEY (news agencies) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals ...

BEIJING (news agencies) — China’s Ministry of Commerce announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies Monday for arms ...

Using armored vehicles and backhoes to shove aside charred barricades, French security forces worked Sunday to retake control of the ...