Pyongyang ordeal

OTTAWA -- A Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea for more than two years returned home Saturday days after being released, officials said. Hyeon Soo...

Crown executive freed

SHANGHAI -- China on Saturday freed one of the last remaining Crown Resorts Ltd executives jailed for illegally promoting gambling, as a protracted saga...

N. Korea mocks Trump, hones Guam strike plans

SEOUL -- Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald J. Trump as “bereft of reason” Thursday, raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually...

Japan says ‘can never tolerate’ North Korea provocations

TOKYO -- The Japanese government said Thursday it “can never tolerate” provocations from North Korea after the country’s military said it was finalizing a...

Guam ‘well-equipped’ to handle Pyongyang threat — governor

HAGATNA -- Guam’s governor on Thursday said the US territory was “well-equipped” to handle any North Korean strike thanks to robust infrastructure that had...

China offers rocket launchers and radar system to Malaysia — reports

KUALA LUMPUR -- China will offer Malaysia advanced rocket launchers and a radar system to be based on the southern tip of the Southeast...

Demand for child webcam sex in Mekong ‘outstripping supply’

BANGKOK -- Demand for sex with children is an emerging cause of human trafficking in the Mekong region, the United Nations said on Thursday,...

Trump warns N. Korea of ‘fire and fury’

WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump issued an apocalyptic warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it faces “fire and fury” over its missile...

Nagasaki mayor pleads for end to nuclear threat on bomb anniversary

TOKYO -- Nagasaki must be the last place to suffer an atomic bombing, its mayor said Wednesday, marking 72 years since the devastating American...

Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19, injures 247

JIUZHAIGOU -- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including six tourists, and...

China, Vietnam meet canceled amid South China Sea tensions

MANILA -- A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam was canceled on the sidelines of a regional gathering, Chinese embassy...

Pentagon, S. Korea review missile size guidelines

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is working with South Korea to review guidelines governing the size of missile warheads Seoul can deploy, an official said...
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