Asia & Pacific

  • Malaysian Police Say Former PM Najib to Face 21 More Money Laundering Charges
    Malaysian Police Say Former PM Najib to Face 21 More Money Laundering Charges
    September 20, 2018 | By Reuters
    KUALA LUMPUR–A total of 21 money laundering charges will be laid against former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over a $681 million transfer into his bank account, police said on Sept. 20, money that allegedly came from scandal-linked state fund 1MDB. The money-laundering charges include nine counts of receiving illegal proceeds, five counts of using […]
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  • Malaysia May Limit Foreign Residents in $100B Development Near Singapore
    Malaysia May Limit Foreign Residents in $100B Development Near Singapore
    September 19, 2018 | By Isabel van Brugen
    Forest City, a multi-billion dollar property development near Singapore largely financed by mainland Chinese investors, is facing uncertainty after Malaysia’s prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, publicly condemned sales of its property to foreign investors. In a bid to ward off further inflation of Malaysia’s housing market, the 93-year-old leader said in a news conference on Aug. […]
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  • North Korea to Invite Foreign Experts to Permanently Scrap Missile Sites
    North Korea to Invite Foreign Experts to Permanently Scrap Missile Sites
    September 19, 2018 | By Reuters
    SEOUL—North Korea has agreed to “permanently” abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and is willing to close its main nuclear complex subject to final negotiations, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Sept. 19. Speaking at a joint news conference following their summit talks in Pyongyang, Moon and North Korean […]
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  • Chinese 5G Telecommunications Equipment Rejected in India, South Korea
    Chinese 5G Telecommunications Equipment Rejected in India, South Korea
    September 18, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    The next generation of wireless mobile communications technology—known as 5G—is considered key to revolutionizing many different industries: transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing, to name a few. Countries are currently vying for leadership in 5G because that is seen as critical to economic growth. China’s ambition in the 5G race is stated clearly in its national policy. […]
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  • North Korea’s Kim Says Summit With Trump Stabilized Region, Sees More Progress
    North Korea’s Kim Says Summit With Trump Stabilized Region, Sees More Progress
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sept. 18, his “historic” summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore stabilized regional security and that he expected further progress at an inter-Korean summit aimed at reviving stalled nuclear diplomacy. Kim thanked South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in for bringing about the Singapore meeting in June as […]
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  • Videos of the Day: Kavanaugh, Accuser Both Agree to Speak With Lawmakers
    Videos of the Day: Kavanaugh, Accuser Both Agree to Speak With Lawmakers
    September 17, 2018 | By Epoch Newsroom
    President Donald Trump urged senators to hear from both Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of sexual assault before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes whether to recommend the nominee for confirmation to a seat on the Supreme Court. The president made the comments on the afternoon of Sept. 17, after both Kavanaugh […]
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  • Japanese Submarine Conducts First Drills in South China Sea
    Japanese Submarine Conducts First Drills in South China Sea
    September 17, 2018 | By Reuters
    TOKYO—A Japanese submarine has for the first time joined a naval drill in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Sept. 17, in an expansion of Japanese activity in the disputed waterway claimed by China and others. The submarine Kuroshio took part in the exercise on Sept. 13 with other Japanese warships, […]
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  • Smeared by Mainland Propaganda, Taiwan Diplomat Commits Suicide
    Smeared by Mainland Propaganda, Taiwan Diplomat Commits Suicide
    September 17, 2018 | By Nicole Hao
    Su Chi-cheng, director of the Taiwan Representative Office in Osaka, Japan, committed suicide on Sept. 14 following heavy criticism for his supposed negligence in the rescue of citizens stranded at Kansai Airport during heavy rains caused by Super Typhoon Jebi.
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  • Taiwan and Latin America Are Under Siege by Beijing’s Manipulated News
    Taiwan and Latin America Are Under Siege by Beijing’s Manipulated News
    September 17, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    In China, media is heavily censored and published articles must toe the party line, and fake news pieces are all too common. But Beijing has recently expanded its subversion techniques beyond its borders, with Taiwan and Latin America now under siege by manipulated news that promotes its agenda. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, while stumping for […]
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  • Hong Kong, Southern China Clean Up After Destruction by Super Typhoon Mangkhut
    Hong Kong, Southern China Clean Up After Destruction by Super Typhoon Mangkhut
    September 17, 2018 | By Reuters
    SHANGHAI—The financial hub of Hong Kong began cleaning up Sept. 17, with financial markets and offices operating as normal, after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in recent years. Super typhoon Mangkhut, with winds of well over 124 mph, had barreled past the northern tip of the Philippines, killing at least 50 people. It […]
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  • Video: Trapped in Typhoon Mangkhut’s Raging Floodwaters
    Video: Trapped in Typhoon Mangkhut’s Raging Floodwaters
    September 17, 2018 | By Simon Veazey
    Super Typhoon Mangkhut tore through Asia over the weekend, its destructive power caught in videos of swaying buildings, shattered skyscrapers, and dramatic rescues. As the storm ripped through the Philippines, on Sept. 15, footage emerged of the raging floodwaters that had wrecked homes and triggered landslides. One video shared with Reuters shows a man stranded […]
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  • Typhoon Mangkhut Weakens to Tropical Storm After Plowing Into China
    Typhoon Mangkhut Weakens to Tropical Storm After Plowing Into China
    September 17, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG—Mangkhut weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm as it moved deeper into southern China on Monday, leaving death and destruction from Hong Kong to the Philippines. The storm was still affecting southern China’s coast and the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan and rain and strong winds were expected to continue through […]
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  • Super Typhoon Wrecks Buildings, Trees in Hong Kong
    Super Typhoon Wrecks Buildings, Trees in Hong Kong
    September 16, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG–Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sept. 16, killing two people after lashing the Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 64 dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide. More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China’s Guangdong province by Sept. 16 evening to […]
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  • The Latest: 2 Dead After Typhoon Slams Into Southern China
    The Latest: 2 Dead After Typhoon Slams Into Southern China
    September 16, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG—The Latest on Typhoon Mangkhut (all times local): 10:25 p.m. A Chinese state broadcaster says Typhoon Mangkhut has left at least two people dead after the massive storm slammed into southern China’s Guangdong province. China Central Television also says the typhoon has triggered storm surges as high as 3 meters (10 feet). Fifteen people […]
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  • Typhoon Lashes South China After Killing 64 in Philippines
    Typhoon Lashes South China After Killing 64 in Philippines
    September 16, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG—Typhoon Mangkhut barreled into southern China on Sept. 16, after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 64 people dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide. More than 2.4 million people had been relocated in southern China’s Guangdong province to flee the massive typhoon on […]
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  • Typhoon Lashes South China After Killing 64 in Philippines
    Typhoon Lashes South China After Killing 64 in Philippines
    September 16, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    HONG KONG—Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sept. 16 as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 64 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines. Nearly half a million people had […]
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  • Super Typhoon Heads for Hong Kong, China
    Super Typhoon Heads for Hong Kong, China
    September 16, 2018 | By Reuters
    MANILA, HONG KONG–A super typhoon swirled towards Hong Kong and the Chinese coast on Sept. 16, gaining in strength over the South China Sea after hurtling through the Philippines, where it wreaked havoc that killed at least 28. Tropical cyclone Mangkhut is considered the strongest to hit the region this year, packing gale force winds of […]
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  • Typhoon Kills 12 in Philippines, Heads to Southern China
    Typhoon Kills 12 in Philippines, Heads to Southern China
    September 15, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    TUGUEGARAO, PHILIPPINES—Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the northern Philippines with destructive winds and heavy rain that set off landslides and destroyed homes on Sept. 15, leaving at least 12 people dead, as Hong Kong and other parts of southern China braced for the powerful storm. The most ferocious typhoon to hit the disaster-prone Philippines this year slammed […]
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  • Switching Sides: Defection in Afghanistan’s Conflict
    Switching Sides: Defection in Afghanistan’s Conflict
    September 15, 2018 | By Franz J. Marty
    Such switching of sides is anything but new to the conflict in Afghanistan, although it was more prolific during the earlier, more fluid chapters of the decades-old Afghan war.
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  • Ferocious Typhoon Plows Through Rain-Soaked Philippines
    Ferocious Typhoon Plows Through Rain-Soaked Philippines
    September 15, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    TUGUEGARAO—Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines’ northeastern coast early Sept. 15, its ferocious winds and blinding rain ripping off tin roof sheets and knocking out power, and plowed through the agricultural region at the start of the onslaught. The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the […]
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  • US Sanctions Chinese and Russian Tech Firms Over Funds for North Korea
    US Sanctions Chinese and Russian Tech Firms Over Funds for North Korea
    September 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON/SEOUL—The United States on Sept. 13 imposed sanctions on a China-based tech firm, its North Korean CEO, and a Russian subsidiary, accusing them of moving illicit funding to North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions. The new sanctions target China-based Yanbian Silverstar Network Technology Co., its North Korean chief executive Jong Song Hwa, and a […]
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  • South Korea’s Birth Rate at Record Low
    South Korea’s Birth Rate at Record Low
    September 14, 2018 | By Seungmock Oh
    South Korea’s birth rates hit record lows this year, with only seven newborn babies per one thousand people.
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  • Evacuation Underway as Huge Typhoon Nears Philippines, China
    Evacuation Underway as Huge Typhoon Nears Philippines, China
    September 14, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    MANILA, Philippines—Typhoon Mangkhut retained its ferocious strength and slightly shifted toward more densely populated coastal provinces on Sept. 14 as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway. More than 4 million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorizes as a super […]
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  • EU Passes Resolution Defending Taiwan Against China Threats
    EU Passes Resolution Defending Taiwan Against China Threats
    September 13, 2018 | By Frank Fang
    Taiwan’s diplomatic relations with the European Union got a boost on Sept. 12 when the European Parliament passed a resolution that, in part, seeks to discourage Beijing from “endangering peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.” The resolution, drafted by Bas Belder, a Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament, received 530 votes in […]
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  • US to Extend Ban on Citizens’ Travel to North Korea
    US to Extend Ban on Citizens’ Travel to North Korea
    September 13, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department said on Aug. 30 it had decided to extend by a year its ban on U.S. citizens’ travel to North Korea, citing continued concerns about the threat of arrest and long-term detention of U.S. nationals there. The two countries are involved in talks intended to ease tensions between them, and President […]
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  • World Stocks Rise on Report of US-China Trade Talks
    World Stocks Rise on Report of US-China Trade Talks
    September 13, 2018 | By AP
    SINGAPORE—Many global markets climbed on Sept. 13 following a report that the United States has proposed a new round of trade negotiations with China before going ahead with plans to slap tariffs on $200 billion or more in Chinese goods. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials recently proposed a new round of trade […]
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  • In US–China Trade War, Vietnam Stands to Benefit
    In US–China Trade War, Vietnam Stands to Benefit
    September 13, 2018 | By Sunny Chao
    As the United States considers imposing further tariffs on China amid ongoing trade tensions, foreign companies operating in China are shifting production to its southern neighbor, Vietnam. The disputes between the world’s two largest economies could prove a significant boon for the Vietnamese economy, which this year reached its highest rate of growth in the […]
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