Spies caught in website scandal embarrass SKorea
The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet ...
Nikkei up after Japan gets nod from G7 on stimulus
Japan's stock market jumped Monday to its highest close in more than five years after global finance leaders gave a seal of approval to the country's ...
North Korea replaces hard-line defense minister
North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what outside ...
HK transgender woman wins legal battle to marry
Hong Kong's top court granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend Monday in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex ...
China investigates top planning official for graft
Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a powerful economic planning official accused by a prominent journalist of corruption, the ...
'Django Unchained' back in Chinese movie theaters
Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge movie "Django Unchained" returned to Chinese theaters on Sunday, about a month after it was pulled on ...
Gates worries about escalation of Korean tension
A former Pentagon chief says he worries that North Korea's young leader and his generals don't realize there's been a "dramatic change" in public ...
Chinese air their cases by petitioning White House
The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive ...
G7 says Japan playing by currency rules
Finance leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrial economies say Japan's stimulus policies are directed at boosting its economy out of a ...
Sacked SKorea spokesman denies abuse allegations
A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President ...
Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot
The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its ...
Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years
The dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by aggressive credit-easing aimed at reviving Japan's ...
Japan's Nikkei gains as dollar tops 100-yen
Japanese stocks outperformed all others by a wide margin Friday after the dollar finally broke through the 100 yen mark. Markets elsewhere remained ...
NKorea nuke arsenal seen as matter of when, not if
For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been deflected by admonishments not to overestimate an impoverished ...
IMF says monetary easing could drive asset bubble
International Monetary Fund officials say they are watching carefully for signs that massive flows of cash unleashed in world markets by unprecedented ...
Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal
Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs. The move won't be ...
Panasonic reports big loss but forecasts profit
Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp. on Friday reported a near-record net loss of 754 billion yen ($7.5 billion) for the fiscal year ...
NKorea calls US-SKorea summit prelude to war
Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean ...
NKorea: Detained American smuggled in propaganda
North Korea delivered its most in-depth account yet of the case against a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, accusing him late ...
China's April auto sales rise 13 percent
China's auto sales rose 13 percent in April despite concern about a weak economic recovery and Japanese brands suffered less severe declines, an ...
Director Ang Lee touts diligence as key to success
Academy award-winning director Ang Lee says modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that were part ...
China investigates director alleged to have 7 kids
Authorities are investigating whether one of China's top film directors fathered seven children in violation of the country's strict family planning ...
Sony back in black on cheap yen, healthier sales
Sony Corp. is back in the black for its fiscal fourth quarter, recording a 93.9 billion yen ($948 million) profit, with big help from a weaker yen ...
Huawei founder gives first ever media interview
During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei has never once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist. Until Thursday
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