S. Korea, US to deploy more anti-missile defenses
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States will deploy more of the anti-missile defenses hated by China in response to Sunday’s nuclear test...
Taiwan’s unpopular premier Lin resigns
TAIPEI -- Taiwan’s Premier Lin Chuan resigned on Monday in a move aimed at reviving dwindling public support for the government of President Tsai...
Pope visits Colombia to boost peace process after 50 years of war
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis travels to Colombia this week to encourage a fledgling peace process that ended half a century of war between...
Hong Kong scraps 24-hour BBC World Service radio channel from airwaves despite criticism
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) dropped a 24-hour BBC World Service channel from its airwaves on Monday,...
Myanmar urges Rohingya to help hunt insurgents
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH/YANGON -- Myanmar urged Muslims in the troubled northwest to cooperate in the search for insurgents, whose coordinated attacks on security posts...
China ‘strongly condemns’ Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test — foreign ministry
BEIJING -- China strongly condemned North Korea’s Sunday nuclear test, slamming Pyongyang for ignoring international condemnation of its atomic weapons program.
North Korea “has ignored...
N. Korea declares H-bomb test ‘a perfect success’
SEOUL -- North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on Sunday, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has...
US bombers fly over Korean peninsula in show of force
SEOUL/TOKYO -- South Korea said its air force conducted an exercise with two US nuclear-capable bombers above the Korean peninsula on Thursday, two days...
As US ban on travel to N. Korea kicks in, tourist says he’d return
BEIJING -- With beautiful scenery, great food and friendly locals, American tourist Nicholas Burkhead said he’d be happy to return to his latest holiday...
After Pyongyang missile, Britain and Japan agree closer security ties
TOKYO -- Britain and Japan said on Thursday they would cooperate in countering the threat posed by North Korea, two days after it fired...
Chinese cyber spies broaden attacks in Vietnam — FireEye
CYBER SPIES working for or on behalf of China’s government have broadened attacks against official and corporate targets in Vietnam at a time of...
North Korea says more missiles to come as UN condemns launch
SEOUL -- North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has promised more missile flights over Japan, insisting his nuclear-armed nation’s provocative launch was a mere “curtain-raiser,”...