Indonesia temporarily stops sending students to Taiwan after reports of mistreatment
Indonesia will temporarily stop sending students to universities in Taiwan, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after it asked Taipei to investigate media reports that up to 300 students were being forced to work in factories.
Japan PM Abe says he plans to push for peace treaty with Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he intends to push forward towards a World War Two peace treaty with Russia, which has been stymied for decades by a territorial row, during a summit in Russia later this month.
Kim’s vision of a coal-fueled North Korean future may be tough to realize
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used his New Year speech to highlight coal as a “primary front” in developing the economy, he was making a case for what analysts see as a flawed but key resource on which his country increasingly relies.
Thousands of Thais seek shelter as first tropical storm in decades nears coast
Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades, packing winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph), is expected to make landfall on Friday evening, sending thousands of people flocking to shelter inland and shutting down two major airports.
India’s top court to name panel to weigh demand for temple on disputed site
India’s Supreme Court will name a panel on Thursday to hear arguments over a controversial plan to build a Hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque.
China warns pig trade against African swine fever cover-ups as Taiwan concerns grow
China has warned the country’s pork industry that covering up cases of African swine fever is a crime, days after a dead pig was found on a Taiwanese beach prompting Taipei to claim Beijing was not sharing accurate information on the disease.
Ecuador president demands probe into predecessor’s oil projects
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno on Thursday asked the country’s prosecutor to probe $4.9 billion of oil-related infrastructure projects, alleging that the OPEC nation’s money was looted during the decade-long tenure of his leftist predecessor.
Canada says 13 citizens detained in China since Huawei CFO arrest
Canada said on Thursday that 13 of its citizens have been detained in China since Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested last month in Vancouver at the request of the United States.
Salvadoran mother facing deportation finds sanctuary in Maryland church
A tearful Rosa Ines Gutierrez Lopez recalled the moment when she had to break the news to her three young children, one of whom has Down’s Syndrome, that authorities were deporting her to El Salvador after living in the United States for more than a de…
Not a baby factory: South Korea tries to fix demographic crisis with more gender equality
In just over a decade, South Korea has spent the equivalent of a small European economy trying to fix its demographic crisis, yet birthrates have dropped to the lowest in the world.
