TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Human error was the main cause of last year's TransAsia Airways crash, an Aviation Safety Council (ASC) investigation has concluded.The investigation report, which was released Thursday, also showed that a problem occurred in the plane's second...
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Washington - The United States on Thursday blacklisted eight more countries for failing to combat human trafficking, including fledgling democracy Myanmar, but was criticised for taking an easier line on Thailand.Announcing the release of the State Department's annual human...
TAIPEI - A plane crash in Taiwan that killed 43 people when it plunged into a river was caused by engine failure and flight crew mistakes, a final investigation report found.TransAsia Airways flight GE235 clipped a bridge and plunged...
Manila - Authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines' president Thursday - and quickly launched a foul-mouthed vow to wipe out drug traffickers and even urged ordinary Filipinos to kill addicts.Duterte, 71, won last month's election...
JAKARTA - A member of Indonesia's notoriously corrupt police is to be honoured for refusing to accept bribes during his 40-year career, instead scavenging garbage to supplement his meagre salary, an official said on Thursday (June 30).While many countries...
YANGON - A Yangon court, for the second time this week, laid additional charges dating from 2012 against a former monk and leader of Myanmar's Saffron Revolution, a member of his legal team said on Thursday (June 30).The new...
BEIJING - Two Chinese police officers acted improperly in the arrest and detention of a well-known environmentalist who died in police custody last month, state media reported on Thursday (June 30), a case that sparked a public outcry.The officers...
New Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he would not "taunt or flaunt" a favourable ruling in a highly sensitive legal challenge against Beijing over a South China Sea dispute.But it was unclear whether Duterte intended to telegraph his...
Japanese salarymen are struggling to get by on the monthly allowance they receive from their wives, which has fallen to its lowest level in decades, a survey showed.Despite frequently being the sole breadwinner, many Japanese husbands hand over their...
