Tag: ASIA

TAIPEI, Taiwan (news agencies) — Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — North Korea said Wednesday it tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants, extending a run in weapons demonstrations that’s deepening a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (news agencies) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor told a court on Tuesday that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — South Korea’s president vowed Monday not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically ...

NEW DELHI (news agencies) — An alliance of India’s opposition parties launched its election campaign with a massive rally Sunday that criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling opponents ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (news agencies) — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides ...

BANGKOK (news agencies) — A Thai court on Friday acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two airports in 2008 for about ...

MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — A Filipino villager plans to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday ...

BEIJING (news agencies) — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option.For decades, ...

MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ...