TOKYO - The estimated cost of dealing with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis has doubled to nearly $190 billion, the government said Friday, underlining the challenge Japan faces in overcoming the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Tokyo said it...
HANOI - Vietnam has started dredging work on a reef in the South China Sea, fresh satellite images appear to show, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waterway. An image of the small Ladd Reef...
A pig with a face that resembles a monkey has been born in China and is baffling both locals and the Internet, say media reports. Photos show the mutant piglet appears to have a monkey's head, a small snout and...
Underrated Filipino cuisine has been featured again in American media, but not in a "savoury" way. WatchCut, the prominent Facebook page behind the "100 Years of Beauty" videos, recently produced a video of its "American Kids Try" episode featuring Filipino...
SEOUL - A televised hearing into a massive political scandal has turned into a daily drama fix for millions of South Koreans, riveted by its moveable cast of pampered tycoons, tough-talking lawmakers and an oddly heroic toyboy. And as well...
SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, once known as the "Queen of Elections", faced an act of attempted political regicide Friday as lawmakers gathered to vote on a motion calling for her impeachment. Engulfed by a corruption scandal that...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he would allow Jack Lam, one of Asia's top casino kingpins, to do business in the country after he had ordered his arrest on charges of economic sabotage and bribery. Duterte said he...
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a meeting with former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Thursday to discuss humanitarian aid for the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, Myanmar. The 30-minute bilateral meeting took place before the President...
The Indonesian Naval Base (Lantamal) I in Belawan, North Sumatra, has readied four warships to carry basic necessities and medical aid to victims of the strong undersea earthquake that hit Pidie Jaya regency in Aceh on Wednesday. Lantamal I Belawan...
SADDHA BATOLNI, PAKISTAN - A Pakistani aircraft carrying 47 people issued a Mayday call before losing radar contact and crashing into a mountain, killing everyone on board, authorities said, as they began collecting DNA Thursday to identify victims. The Pakistan...
