SEOUL - North Korea has hacked into more than 140,000 computers at large South Korean conglomerates and government agencies and planted malicious codes that may have been intended for a massive cyber attack that has been thwarted, a news...
JAKARTA - Indonesia will not allow Singapore to prosecute its citizens over forest fires that blanketed the region in toxic smog in 2015, media on Monday quoted Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla as saying.Singapore media said last week the...
A large-scale war among yakuza gangs in Japan not seen in decades is brewing following the killing of a key member of a newly formed alliance that has been in revolt since August against Yamaguchi, the biggest syndicate in...
BANGKOK - Thailand's 88-year-old king, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following surgery for narrowing of the arteries, the palace said in a statement on Sunday.King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been treated...
A North Korean anti-smoking campaign has apparently failed to persuade young leader Kim Jong Un to quit, despite his late father's warning that "a cigarette is like a gun aiming at your heart".During a public drive to lower the...
Seoul - A salvage firm Sunday began a difficult and costly operation to raise a sunken South Korean ferry which capsized at sea more than two years ago in a disaster that shocked and enraged the country.The Sewol was...
Seoul - A salvage firm Sunday began a difficult and costly operation to raise a sunken South Korean ferry which capsized at sea more than two years ago in a disaster that shocked and enraged the country.The Sewol was...
Taipei - Taiwanese authorities on Sunday refused former president Ma Ying-jeou permission to visit Hong Kong, citing national security considerations.Ma, who stepped down on May 20 after eight years, applied to the presidential office early this month for permission...
Shanghai - A man hurled home-made explosives at the main international airport in China's commercial hub of Shanghai on Sunday, injuring four others, and then attempted suicide, the local government said.The unidentified man removed a beer bottle or bottles...
At least three people have been injured from an explosion at an airport in Shanghai on Sunday (June 12), according to online reports.According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, the incident occurred at about 2.42pm at Terminal 2 of the...
