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Asia Daily Wire bids readers farewell, invites them to new platform 1 Aug 2013 | 02:36 pm
After a couple of years bringing you easy-to-digest Asia Pacific news, the team behind Asia Daily Wire have decided to focus our strengths elsewhere. We have offices and editors in both Tokyo and Man...
South Korea to send aid to impoverished North 30 Jul 2013 | 03:11 pm
South Korea has announced plans to give $7.3 million worth of humanitarian aid to North Korea. About $6 million of the aid will be shipped to the North through UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, and t...
US Air Force mulls Osprey deployment in Tokyo 30 Jul 2013 | 11:30 am
The US Air Force in Japan said it was looking into plans to deploy CV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, Japanese broadcaster NHK reports. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, commander of the US ...
Cambodian opposition rejects Hun Sen’s party victory 30 Jul 2013 | 08:59 am
Cambodia’s main opposition has rejected the result of Sunday’s elections, which handed another win to longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party of Hun Sen claimed victory a...
Japan slams South Korean soccer fans for political stunt 30 Jul 2013 | 08:19 am
South Korean soccer supporters turned an otherwise adrenaline-charged match with Japan into a political flashpoint when they hoisting patriotic banners that hit a sensitive spot. Dozens of South Kore...
EU, China reach deal on solar panel dispute 29 Jul 2013 | 02:26 pm
The European Union and Chinese solar panel exporters have reached an agreement on an anti-dumping dispute following months of intense negotiations. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said it has re...
Thai navy scrambled to contain 50,000-liter oil spill 29 Jul 2013 | 02:08 pm
Thai navy vessels were scrambled early Sunday to contain hundreds of barrels of crude oil that spilled into the sea off the eastern province of Rayong. PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC) said roughly 50...
Doctors among dead in southern Philippine blast 29 Jul 2013 | 12:58 pm
The number of fatalities in a blast at a restaurant in the Philippines’ southern port city of Cagayan De Oro, where most victims were medical practitioners and representatives, has risen to eight afte...
Taiwan coastguard arrests Indonesian crew for murder 29 Jul 2013 | 12:01 pm
Nine Indonesian crew members of a fishing boat suspected of killing their captain and chief engineer have been arrested by Taiwan’s coastguard. Taiwanese coastguards intercepted the Te Hung Hsing nea...
Pet delivery death sparks outrage in South Korea 29 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
The booming pet delivery service in South Korea has been hit by controversy after an online report claimed that two cats had died while sealed inside a box. A picture of a polystyrene box in which th...
