Asia

Hong Kong police probe deadly bus accident

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong police said Sunday they were investigating a deadly bus accident that left 19 people dead…

Kim Jong Un invites South’s Moon to Pyongyang: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited the South's President Moon Jae-in for a summit in…

Publisher detained in China ‘confesses’, blames Sweden

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) - Detained book publisher Gui Minhai has surfaced nearly three weeks after disappearing into police custody in China, confessing wrongdoing…

Scores of flights canceled as storm pummels US Midwest

  CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- A winter storm brought heavy snowfall to parts of the US Midwest on Friday,…

Taiwan quake death toll reaches 12 as rescuers pull more bodies from quake rubble

  HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) -- After hours of painstaking search efforts, Taiwanese rescue workers pulled two more bodies from the…

North and South Korea heads of state meet, shake hands

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong…

Kim Yo Jong: N. Korea’s political princess

by Jung Ha-won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's increasingly influential sister…

Rescuers brave aftershocks to pull bodies from tilting Taiwan tower

by Michelle Yun Agence France Presse HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwanese rescuers Thursday braved aftershocks coursing through a dangerously leaning…

Hero labrador sniffs out survivor in Taiwan quake wreckage

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) -- A rookie golden labrador on his first ever mission has won praise for helping Taiwanese search…

North Korea at the Olympics: What we know

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AFP) -- More than 500 North Koreans are converging on Pyeongchang in South Korea for the 2018…

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