SEOUL - North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un, and banished two other officials for re-education, South Korea said Wednesday.Since taking power after his father's death in...
TOKYO - Nine people were found dead inside a home for elderly people in northern Japan, police said Wednesday, after a powerful typhoon tore through the region."We are trying to confirm the identities of these bodies," Iwate prefectural police...
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A recent statement released by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism sets multiple guidelines for tourist visiting Bagan, Myanmar's well-known cultural heritage site and tourism hotspot.The statement instructs tourists not to enter any closed-off buildings, not...
TOKYO - About a month after the Japan release of the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game app, 553 minors had been taken into protective custody in Tokyo by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in relation to the game, according to...
BANGKOK - National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) spokesman Colonel Piyapong Klinpan yesterday rejected reports that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wanted to set up a military-dominated political party, saying the idea was initiated by other people based on...
Jolo, Philippines - The Philippine military deployed thousands of extra troops on Tuesday to destroy an Islamic extremist group notorious for kidnapping foreigners, after 15 soldiers were killed, the authorities said.President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his security forces to...
Tokyo - A strong typhoon slammed into northeastern Japan on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and generating high waves that caused flooding along the Pacific coast.Typhoon Lionrock made landfall near the city of Ofunato shortly before 6pm, the Japan Meteorological...
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Seoul - Twelve South Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery said on Tuesday they would take their government to court over its agreement with Japan last year intended to end the bitter historical dispute.The so-called "comfort women" filed a...
TOKYO - Japan's transport ministry on Tuesday ordered Mitsubishi Motors Corp to stop domestic sales of eight vehicle models after an investigation found the automaker overstated their fuel economy, the second such order in a matter of months.The ministry...
Manila - A Philippine businessman and his wife were shot dead after the police chief branded him a drug lord, authorities said on Tuesday, fuelling concerns about extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's crime war.More than 2,000 people have...
