Browsing: Asia

FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Japan: The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday (Feb…

For one thing, Mao’s Red Guards are no match for Musk’s young engineers, who are armed with AI and technological…

BANGKOK: Thailand has denied online rumours that a northern town in the kingdom is a “promised land” housing over 30,000…

TOKYO: A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday (Feb 19) for attempting to kill Japan’s ex-prime…

BEIJING: China will always be Latin America’s “trustworthy” friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing and…

HANOI: Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday (Feb 19) approved plans for an US$8 billion rail link from its largest northern port…

PULLED TO THE RIGHT Bai Byoung-inn, a politics professor at Kookmin University, linked the campaign against the liberal judges to…

It’s a crime where perpetrators are often victims themselves. Cyberscam centres have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, and the unrest in…

SINGAPORE: In traditional Chinese folklore, he has been portrayed as a mischievous child deity, a tragic hero who would sacrifice…

The impeachment complaint focused on Duterte’s statements at a Nov 23 online news conference that she would have the president,…