PYONGYANG - With tens of thousands of adoring citizens looking on -along with invited international media - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Thursday opened a prestige housing project as he sought to burnish his country's image in the...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Supermarket chain PX Mart is under attack after its president, Hsu Chung-jen, called young people spendthrift during a press conference promoting his book on Tuesday. At an event promoting a book on his work philosophy and life goals,...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in the Spratlys chain claimed by China and other regional states. "Because of our friendship with China and...
Novel Baswedan, an investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), was flown to Singapore on Wednesday to undergo eye injury treatment after two unidentified men hurled acid into his face early on Monday. KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo said that KPK...
TOKYO - North Korea may have the capacity to deliver missiles equipped with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, amid concerns that the reclusive state could soon conduct its sixth nuclear test or more...
The commercial space industry is dominated by Western heavyweights, such as Elon Musk's SpaceX, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. But players in Asia say they aren't worried about that competition. As corporate spending eclipses government activity...
AsiaOne update: Pisit Arinchayapit was arrested in Ranong this afternoon (April 12) reportedly while waiting to cross the border to Myanmar, according to Matichon news site. She is being taken to Bangkok for questioning.Bangkok - Immigration police have detained the...
JAKARTA - The Christian governor of Jakarta, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and his Muslim opponent are neck and neck in the race to lead Indonesia's capital, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, a week ahead of the hard fought...
BEIJING - China's Foreign Ministry said US President Donald Trump initiated a telephone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, an exchange in which the two discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the...
KARO - A volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed hot smoke and ash high into the air Wednesday, in its latest violent eruptions. Mount Sinabung has erupted repeatedly in recent days, pumping hot gas clouds up to three kilometres (1.8...
