Archive for the ‘Asia-Pacific’ Category

Over 9,500 people are “unaccounted for” in just one town, Minamisanriku – roughly half the town’s population. This drives the potential casualty count well above the 2,500 already confirmed dead by Japanese officials. Sad as this is, the story gets worse, much worse: (more…)

Hundreds already confirmed dead as fear of a nuclear disaster grows. (more…)

The controversial government-backed Green Dam software project to filter internet content could be on the brink of collapse, reports say.

The ruling party of PM Naoto Kan has lost control of the upper house of parliament in Sunday's election, media forecasts say.

The ruling party of PM Naoto Kan will lose control of the upper house of parliament in Sunday's election, exit polls suggest.

Japan is voting in an upper house election seen as a referendum on 10 months of rule by the party of PM Naoto Kan.

New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune arrives home after being deported from Japan, but vows to continue his fight.

North Korea hailed as a "victory" a UN Security Council statement that condemns the sinking of a South Korean warship, but stops short of blaming it.

A Chinese-born US geologist is sentenced to eight years in jail in China for stealing state secrets, prompting US "dismay".

Security is stepped up in China's Xinjiang for the anniversary of the ethnic riots in Urumqi that left almost 200 people dead.

A Tibetan environmentalist becomes the third brother in his family to be jailed by a Chinese court, his lawyer says.

A bus falls from a bridge near the main international airport serving South Korea's capital Seoul, killing 12 passengers.

How dangerous is it to walk, talk and listen?

A South Korean professor faces fraud charges for selling a digital device he said could convert tap water into holy water.