Dictator father looms over SKorea's new president
When Park Geun-hye last lived in the presidential Blue House more than 30 years ago, she was a young, stand-in first lady, serving after the ...
BP selling stake in big Chinese gas field
British oil company BP says it is selling its stake in a South China Sea gas field to Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company for $308 million ...
China is top dam builder, going where others won't
Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the ...
Asia stocks rise over US budget deal optimism
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after U.S. political leaders appeared to be closing in on a budget deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" by the year-end ...
APNewsBreak: $1 coin backers give to Harkin center
A South Korean businessman and his Iowa metals company gave $500,000 to a university institute honoring U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who is pushing for a ...
Police: 4 Koreans, 1 Nigerian kidnapped in Nigeria
Four South Koreans and a Nigerian working for a Korean company in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta have been abducted, Nigerian police said Tuesday, ...
China detains 500-plus people for doomsday rumors
Chinese police have detained more than 500 people from a fringe Christian group for spreading rumors about the world's impending end, state media ...
Century-old fight for Budweiser name hits new snag
They've been arguing about a name for 106 years. A small brewer in the Czech Republic and the world's biggest beer maker have been suing each other ...
SKoreans question chaebol power as vote nears
South Korea's presidential election campaign has highlighted discontent with the family-controlled industrial conglomerates that dominate the ...
NKorea may see few buyers despite rocket success
By successfully firing a rocket that put a satellite in space, North Korea let the far-flung buyers of its missiles know that it is still open for ...
Crippled NKorean probe could orbit for years
A North Korean satellite launched into space last week appears to be malfunctioning but could remain in orbit for several years, a leading expert in ...
AIG raises $6.4B from sale of remaining AIA stake
U.S. insurance company AIG sold its remaining stake in Asian life insurer AIA Group for $6.4 billion, the Hong Kong based-company said Tuesday.
N. Korea displays Kim Jong Il a year after death
North Korea unveiled the embalmed body of Kim Jong Il, still in his trademark khaki jumpsuit, on the anniversary of his death Monday as mourning mixed ...
Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88
Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light. The nurse at the Army hospital in Michigan ...
Apple sells 2M iPhone 5s in China in first 3 days
Apple said Monday that it sold more than 2 million iPhone 5s in China in their first three days of availability, setting a record for that market.
Oil below $87 as US fiscal concerns drag on
The price of oil hovered below $87 a barrel Monday as uncertainty over a deal on the U.S. budget overshadowed expectations of economic stimulus in ...
After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road
After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ...
Japan, China stocks higher on stimulus hopes
Stock markets in Japan and China, Asia's two biggest economies, rose Monday after Japanese conservatives who favor greater economic stimulus returned ...
Chinese leaders promise reform, spending if needed
China's new Communist Party leaders are promising reforms aimed at reducing reliance on exports and more spending if needed to prop up a shaky ...
North Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il 1 year later
North Koreans stopped in their tracks at midday to silently honor former ruler Kim Jong Il, whose death one year ago Monday swept his 20-something son ...
Corinthians beats Chelsea 1-0 for world club title
Brazil's Corinthians ended Europe's five-year winning streak at the Club World Cup, beating Chelsea 1-0 Sunday night behind Paolo Guerrero's goal off ...
Nationalist Shinzo Abe is likely Japan's next PM
The Liberal Democratic Party's victory in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday virtually ensures that Shinzo Abe, who resigned as prime minister for ...
Economic implications of Japan's election
Many in Japan are hoping that the landslide victory of the opposition Liberal Democrats and trouncing of the Democratic Party in Sunday's ...
Conservative party favored as Japanese vote
Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year ...
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