Latest Asia Pacific News
RSS-
Chinese submarine sails underwater in contiguous zone Japan
A foreign submarine was found traveling underwater around the Minami-Daito island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa early Sunday morning, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. The submarine did not intrude into the Japanese waters, according to the ministry. Japan said the submarine may be from "China's navy" and may have demonstrated the navy's presence for its ...
-
Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapes
Bangladesh army soldiers, police personnel and firefighters gather at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure? collapse last month, in Savar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.(Photo:Agencies) Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers ...
-
DPRK reports bird flu outbreak
A new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus has been confirmed at a duck production unit in Pyongyang, resulting in the deaths of more than 164,000 ducks. This is according to the World Organisation for Animal Health who received notification from the Anti-Epizootic Department at the Ministry of Agriculture in Pyongyang yesterday. Ducks in one of the 20 cages showed clinical ...
More Asia Pacific News
RSS-
DPRK says jailed American tried to topple its govt
A spokesman for the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) gave answer to a question raised by KCNA Thursday about the alleged unreasonable legal action taken against American Pae Jun Ho who committed crimes against the DPRK, claiming that he was not tried in a transparent manner and it was trying to use this issue as a political bargaining chip. The spokesman ...
-
DPRK slams Parks U.S. trip as prelude to war Yonhap
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday denounced South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to the United States and summit with U.S. President Barack Obama as a prelude to war aimed at escalating conflict with her countrymen. Park was headed home Friday after wrapping up her five-day trip to the United States. The visit to Washington and her meeting with ...
-
Central China woos Latin American investors
/enpproperty--> Central China's Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China's economic slowdown. "We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign ...
-
Old-age care recommended for rural Chinas elderly
Sociologists believe the model, characterized with the elderly taking care of those even older should be recommended in China's rural areas where young workforce are migrating to large cities to make a ...
-
China start Sudirman title defence in style
Wang Yihan of China returns a shot against P.V. Sindhu of India during their match at the 2013 Sudirman Cup world team badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 19, 2013. ...
-
NZ meat exports to China at a standstill
NEW Zealand meat exports to China are at a standstill as the government tries to sort out problems that are holding up consignments. Up to $NZ100 million ($A83.93 million) worth of chilled and frozen meat is sitting on wharfs, unable to enter the country. New Zealand Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says progress is being made but won't say how long he thinks it will take to clear up ...
-
Taiwan’s Banks Flee Worst Margins to Capture Higher Asia Share
Asia since 2010 as they expand outside the island's saturated market to escape the worst margins in Asia-Pacific. Lenders in the region's seventh-biggest economy have helped arrange 10.1 percent of syndicated deals in Asia ...
-
Beijing seeks release of fishing crew held in North Korea
(52 mins ago) China says it is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicized the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom. Yu Xuejun, who was not aboard the boat, wrote on his microblog late Saturday that North Koreans seized his boat on May 5 in what he says were ...
-
Japan fleets to visit Myanmar in October
A fleet of three training ships carrying young officers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force will visit Myanmar in early October, Japan's Jiji press quoted informed sources as saying Monday. They will be the first MSDF ships to make a port visit in the Southeast Asian country, according to the sources. Myanmar is located in a strategically important area near a key sea lane leading ...
-
NewParadise voiced by Mike Tompkins
From recording, editing, cutting and filming the video, this piece of music video is made solely by the Canadian guy Mike Tompkins. Check out how awsome it ...
-
3 Chinese ships seen in Diaoyu waters Japan
Three Chinese government ships entered the waters of disputed Diaoyu Islands on Monday, Japan's coast guard said. Maritime surveillance vessels were spotted in the 12-nautical-mile zone off the Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea shortly after 9 a.m., Japanese coast guard said. It is the latest episode in a fraught few months that has seen repeated stand-offs between official ships from ...
-
Taiwanese fishing boat seized by Japan
Japan on Tuesday seized a Taiwanese fishing boat inside its exclusive economic zone, the first incident since Tokyo and Taipei signed a fishing rights accord for disputed waters, Japanese Fisheries Agency said. The Taiwanese fishing boat was spotted in waters near Taketomi island, part of Okinawa chain, the agency said. One of the agency's patrol ships seized the boat and arrested the ...
-
Japanese PMs adviser visits DPRK
An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday in a rare surprise visit to a country with which Japan has no diplomatic ties, but the purpose of the visit was not immediately known. The DPRK's state television showed the aide, Isao Iijima, arriving in Pyongyang. Japan's Kyodo news agency said he was met by ...
-
Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday Tokyo could mount a military response if foreign submarines enter its territorial waters while underwater, as Japan and China continue to squabble over islands. Abe's comment came after Japan's Defense Ministry said a submerged vessel was spotted in waters near one of Japan's Okinawa islands, from late Sunday to early Monday. The ...
-
Threatening letter sent to U.S. Embassy in S. Korea
An investigation has been launched into a threatening letter found at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korean police said Thursday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said the letter was delivered to the embassy in downtown Seoul on Monday that contained threats against American citizens in South Korea. ...
-
China halts imports of New Zealand meat
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ...
-
Chinas Ma beats Timo to enter semifinals at table tennis worlds
Second seed Ma Long of China fought off fierce challenge from fifth seed Timo Boll to enter the semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday. Ma, the World Cup winner and a member of China's winning team at the London Olympics, beat the German star 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 before a boisterous crowd at the Bercy Arena. He will next play compatriot and third ...
-
Japan to outperform Korea in GDP growth
Japan's economic growth rate is expected to surpass that of Korea for the first time in 15 years as the world's third-largest economy gains momentum based on the yen's rapid depreciation. Japan's economy has been recording unexpected growth over the last couple of years, while Korea has been performing below market expectations, according to data from central banks in Korea ...
-
Prime Minister Li Keqiang of China Arrives in India for Talks
NEW DELHI ...
-
Illicit drug report says Australia being targeted
Australia quoThe Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) annual illicit drug data report shows drug purity is on the rise and Australia is a target.The ACC handed down its 2011-12 report at Sydney's international mail centre this morning, as the report shows parcel post accounts for thelargest number of illicit drugborder ...
-
US university student killed by police during break-in
MINEOLA, NEW YORK: In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed early on Friday by ...
-
North Korea Seized Chinese Fishing Boat
HONG KONG ...
Osaka Digest
-
Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
News from around our Network
