KATHMANDU - Nepal on Wednesday sacked the chief of its earthquake reconstruction body, a move seen by critics as politically motivated and likely to further delay rebuilding following the April 2015 disaster. Sushil Gyewali was appointed head of the National...
BEIJING - China is set to consolidate five state media companies to create a "modern financial media group"to increase the state's voice in economic and financial news coverage, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday. Since taking power in...
TOKYO - Can the flashing "peace" sign in the photo lead to fingerprint data being stolen? Researchers at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan say that, therefore, alerts are issued in popular two-finger gestures. Fingerprint recognition technology is widely used...
SEOUL - Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong has become a criminal suspect in a widening probe into the corruption and influence-peddlingscandal engulfing impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, prosecutors said Wednesday. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the son of...
NEW DELHI - Indian police said Wednesday they had recovered more than 6,000 freshwater turtles weighing over four tonnes from poachers who planned to smuggle them to Southeast Asia, in the country's largest-ever wildlife haul. The 6,430 flapshell turtles were...
MANILA - The Philippines hopes that the codes of conduct of Southeast Asian countries and China in the disputed South China Sea will be completed by the middle of this year, its foreign minister said Wednesday. "Even if we speak, we...
Hanoi - Vietnamese police have arrested seven ex-bankers accused of approving illegal loans that led to $21 million in losses, state media reported Wednesday (Jan 11), the latest scandal to hit the country's financial sector. Those arrested by anti-corruption police...
On the day the ferry Sewol sank, President Park Geun-hye began work at 9 a.m. at her home office due to her poor physical condition, and received reports via telephone, fax or documents delivered by hand. She spoke with...
A topnotch online English teacher could earn 20 million yuan ($2.89 million) a year amid the heated online education market in China, China Youth Daily reported. Online English teacher Zhu Wei sells his live streaming course, which includes nine two-hour...
Taipei - China's only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait, the island's defence ministry said Wednesday (Jan 11), seen as a show of strength by Beijing as tensions rise between the two sides. The Liaoning has not entered Taiwanese...
