Asia Pacific
120m girls sexually abused says UN
About 120 million girls worldwide have been forced to have sex, according to a United Nations report.Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid wages, reliance on contractors
A group of Fukushima workers on Wednesday sued Tokyo Electric for unpaid wages in a potentially precedent-setting legal challenge to the utility ...Malaysia receives bodies from Flight 17 crash
The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived ...Thai junta leader appointed PM by hand-picked parliament
Thailand\'s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on Thursday by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a ...Fisherman killed by crocodile in Australian river
A 57-year-old fisherman has been killed by a 4.5 meter (15-foot) crocodile in front of his wife while the couple fished in ...South Korea suggests Northeast Asia nuclear safety group
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday urged the creation of a nuclear safety consultative group in Northeast Asia, given the high ...Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders
Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia\'s Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top ...At least 367 dead after quake hits southwest China
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area ...Factory blast in east China kills at least 65: state TV
A factory blast in China\'s eastern industrial province of Jiangsu has killed at least 65 people and injured more than 100 others, ...Taiwan gas blast kills 15, injures 243: local media
An explosion caused by a gas leak in the southern Taiwanese city Kaohsiung has killed 15 people and injured another 243, Taiwanese ...