Asia Pacific
South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead
South Korea grappled with heavy snowfall for a second day on Thursday, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended and at ...China sends naval, air forces to shadow US plane over Taiwan Strait
China’s military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew ...In world’s largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight in Myanmar
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy Mcpherson Reuters One day in July, Rafiq slipped out of the world’s largest refugee settlement in southern ...45 lawmakers and activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest ...
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO, Associated Press Forty-five lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday ...Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi erupts again, government to widen restricted zone
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted at least three times early on Saturday, spewing an ash column 9 km (5.6 miles) high, as ...North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile
By Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith Reuters North Korea flexed its military muscle with the test of a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ...North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border
By Hyunsu Yim and Hyonhee Shin Reuters North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of ...Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo wins
By MIKE CORDER and ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization ...Seven labourers killed by gunmen in Pakistan’s southern Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmad Reuters Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan late on Saturday, police said. Armed men stormed ...North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium ...














