Asia

North Korea opens zoo and nature museum in Pyongyang

North Korea opened a zoo and nature museum in Pyongyang on Sunday (July 24). Video provided to Reuters by the…

Eight dead, 20 missing in Malaysia boat accident

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's coast guard said Monday they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off…

SE Asia deadlocked as S. China Sea split deepens

by Martin ABBUGAO Annabel SYMINGTON VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) -- Southeast Asian nations were deadlocked Sunday about how to confront China's…

China builds massive seaplane: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has completed production of the world's largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest…

Divide and rule by Beijing throws ASEAN into disarray

by Martin ABBUGAO Jerome TAYLOR VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) -- Southeast Asian nations are in unparalleled disarray over Beijing's sabre-rattling in…

China backs Philippine’s controversial drug war

China has offered its support to the Philippine's controversial drug crackdown pushed by new President Rodrigo Duterte, which has been…

Indonesia rejects people’s court ruling on 1960s killings

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) - Jakarta rejected Thursday the findings of an international panel of judges that declared Indonesia had committed…

Nearly 100 dead or missing from China rains: officials

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing,…

Protests as S. Korea president defends US anti-missile system

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Several thousand South Koreans staged an angry protest Thursday against the planned deployment of a…

China slams US Republicans for ‘groundless accusations’

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Thursday warned the Donald Trump-fronted US Republican Party against making "groundless accusations" after it…

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