Asia Pacific
South Korean ferry rescue efforts failing to find survivors
South Korean divers resumed searching Thursday for 268 people - many of them teenagers - missing nearly 24 hours after an ocean-going ...Search and rescue continues for 290 missing in sunken ferry in South Korea
The search continues for 290 people still unaccounted for after ferry carrying more than 460 people capsized off the southwestern coast of ...Journalists charged with defaming Thai navy
Thai authorities on Thursday charged two journalists with defaming Thailand\'s navy in an online news report about the trafficking of refugees from ...President of Europe Peace Foundation meets South Korean Ambassador in Spain
The Europe Peace Foundation´s President Mr. Sappan KC / Hum KC Bahadur has met with Mr. Park Hee-Kwon, the Ambassador of South ...Vietnam says it will not host Asian Games
Vietnam says it has decided against hosting the 2019 Asian Games due to financial reasons and is exploring procedures to withdraw from ...Robotic sub resumes search for Malaysian plane wreckage
The robotic submarine sent to look for the missing Malaysian jetliner deep in the Indian Ocean aborted its mission when the search ...Nearly 300 missing after ferry sinks off South Korea coast
South Korea\'s coast guard says three people are dead and at least 290 missing after a passenger boat sank off the country\'s ...Search for missing Malaysian plane to go underwater
Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are to deploy a robotic submarine for the first time.Powerful cyclone hits Australia
A tropical cyclone battered Australia\'s Barrier Reef coast on Saturday, knocking out power and phone lines for thousands of people as officials ...Search area for missing Flight MH370 narrows after more pings heard
The hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner narrowed further Thursday, as authorities search for more signals they think belong to the plane\'s ...