Asia Pacific Mar 4, 2014
North Korea fires volley of rockets into Sea of Japan
In separate launches, North Korea fires a total of seven missiles into waters off its eastern coast, Yonhap News Agency reports.
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Asia Pacific Mar 4, 2014
China captures three suspects in deadly Kunming station attack
Chinese police capture three suspects in a railway station attack that killed 29 people and injured 143, state media says, in an incident blamed on Xinjiang militants that has triggered fear and fury.
Politics & Diplomacy Mar 3, 2014
North to deport detained Aussie missionary
North Korea said Monday it will deport an Australian missionary detained for spreading Christianity, saying he had apologized for his anti-state religious acts in a news conference and requested forgiveness. Authorities in North Korea have been investigating John Short since his arrest for secretly ...
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Mar 3, 2014
Crackdown after 'China's 9/11' could add fuel to fire in Xinjiang
Beijing is vowing to strike back against an unprecedented mass killing of civilians by alleged Xinjiang militants far outside their homeland, but analysts say that may merely speed up the cycle of repression and violent reprisal. A black-clad gang of more than 10 people ...
Crime Mar 3, 2014
China vows to punish Kunming knife-rampage perpetrators
China Sunday promised tough punishment for knife-wielding attackers who killed 29 people in an unprecedented train station rampage, blaming separatists from Xinjiang, as witnesses described a city in shock. Victims spoke of black-clad attackers slashing indiscriminately as people queued to buy tickets late Saturday ...
Crime Mar 2, 2014
China says 33 killed in Xinjiang rebel strike
China on Sunday blamed militants from the restive far western region of Xinjiang for an attack at a train station on the other side of the country by knife-wielding “terrorists” in which at least 33 died, including four of the assailants, who were shot ...
Asia Pacific Mar 2, 2014
Bikini Atoll islanders fearful of return home
by Giff Johnson
The Marshall Islands on Saturday marked 60 years since the devastating U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, with angry exiled residents saying they are too fearful to ever go home. Part of the intense Cold War nuclear arms race, the 15-megaton test on ...
Asia Pacific Mar 2, 2014
Bhutan, the world's last TV holdout, is now at the vanguard of tech
Bhutan was the world’s last hold-out against television and is regarded by travelers as a Himalayan Shangri-La. But Bhutan’s decision to make itself the poster boy for electric transport is further proof of its willingness to embrace technology as part of its unique Gross ...
Crime Mar 2, 2014
At least 27 dead, more than 100 injured in knife attack at China train station
A group of knife-wielding men attacked a train station in southwestern China on Saturday, leaving at least 27 people dead and another 109 injured, the official Xinhua News Agency said, making it one of the deadliest attacks in China in recent years. Xinhua did ...
Asia Pacific Mar 1, 2014
After treating Rohingya, Myanmar gives Doctors Without Borders the boot
Doctors Without Borders said Friday it has been expelled from Myanmar and that tens of thousands of lives are at risk. The decision came after the humanitarian group reported it treated nearly two dozen Rohingya Muslim victims of communal violence in Rakhine state, which ...
Politics & Diplomacy Mar 1, 2014
Thai opposition protesters to end Bangkok 'shutdown'
Thai opposition protesters seeking to force the prime minister from office said Friday they would abandon most of their rally sites in the capital, ending their self-styled “shutdown” of Bangkok. The move follows increasingly frequent gunfire and grenade attacks targeting the protest sites, mostly ...
Asia Pacific Feb 28, 2014
Cambodia vies for first Oscar with 'Missing Picture'
The office of Cambodia’s most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh’s dimly lit office are memories of his country’s greatest tragedy. Probing the ...