Tag: Asia

North Korea holds California man called shy, smart

SCOTT SMITHMATT HAMILTON · August 2, 2014 2:32 am

National Security

2 Americans detained in North Korea seek US help

Eric Talmadge · August 1, 2014 11:05 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Japan says it will give names to five uninhabited islands as part of a group in the East China Sea, Friday Aug. 1, 2014, a move likely to spark anger from other claimants China and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Japan names 5 disputed islets in East China Sea

Mari Yamaguchi · August 1, 2014 2:35 pm

Novice Buddhist monks walk to collect alms in the rain following a cleric's rule of no footwear nor use of umbrellas on a street of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Downpours during the monsoon season are intense, and often more than 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) of water falls in an hour resulting flash floods and traffic jams. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Image of Asia: Collecting alms in the rain

The Associated Press · August 1, 2014 12:07 pm

A Thai worker adjusts batches of dried silk thread after it was dyed in Bangkok on Thursday, July 31, 2014. A surge in silk yarn prices has attracted more silk farmers in the last two years, according to the Queen Sirikit Department of Sericulture. Most Thai silk is used in the domestic market but plans are afoot to increase production. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Image of Asia: Weaving silk in Thailand

The Associated Press · July 31, 2014 12:40 pm

Gay rights campaigners act out electric shock treatment to protest outside a court where the first court case in China involving so-called conversion therapy is held in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 31, 2014. A gay Chinese man said Thursday he was suing a psychological clinic for carrying out electric shocks intended to turn him straight, as well as the search engine giant Baidu for advertising the center. Words on banners from left read: "Gays, no need to be treated," "Support Haidian Court, Against twisted treatment," and "Ms. Baidu promotes gay treatment by Li Yanhong (Chairman of Baidu)." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese man brings gay conversion therapy lawsuit

Louise Watt · July 31, 2014 12:26 pm

HOLD FOR USE WITH CHINA ANATOMY OF A TAKEDOWN
In this photo taken Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012, Zhou Yongkang then Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of security, raises his hand to show approval for a work report during the closing ceremony for the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Chinaâs ruling Communist Party has announced July 29, 2014 an investigation into the former security chief Zhou Yongkang, a move that usually paves the way for criminal prosecution. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

How high-level Chinese officials are taken down

Gillian Wong · July 30, 2014 10:41 am

FILE - In this July 22, 2014 file photo, a pro-Russian rebel touches the MH17 wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Japan's top government spokesman said Monday, July 28 that the country is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. The sanctions include the freezing of assets held in Japan by individuals and groups supporting the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, as well as a ban on Crimean imports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The move follows the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Japan to step up sanctions against Russia

Mari Yamaguchi · July 28, 2014 1:08 pm

UN Myanmar envoy worried over displaced Muslims

UN Myanmar envoy worried over displaced Muslims

Esther Htusan · July 27, 2014 1:32 am

Lee Han-young, left, a head of Forensic Medicine Department of the National Forensic Service briefs to the media at the National Forensic Service in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 25, 2014. South Korea's state-run forensic lab said Friday it has failed to find out how a fugitive billionaire blamed for April's ferry disaster died. Police said Tuesday that a badly decomposed body found in a rural area last month was identified as Yoo Byung-eun. Police cited DNA and fingerprint tests taken by the National Forensic Service. Authorities had sought the 73-year-old, believing he owned the sunken ferry and that his alleged corruption may have contributed to the disaster. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Son of South Korean sunken ferry owner detained

HYUNG-JIN KIMYOUKYUNG LEE · July 25, 2014 11:45 am

In this July 8, 2014, residents play Chinese chess with the Lotte World Tower, center, under construction in the background near Seokchon Lake in Seoul, South Korea. Plans for the super-high tower first surfaced in 1995 and it took another 15 years to get a green light after the Air Force objected to it as a risk to a nearby military airport used for VIP flights. Now it faces new doubts as South Korea reels from the Sewol ferry sinking in April that killed hundreds of teenagers. The disaster provoked a scathing reassessment of an ethos of economic progress first, safety last that was largely unquestioned over several decades as the country rapidly industrialized. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Towering worry: Small holes cause big jitters

Youkyung Lee · July 25, 2014 8:27 am

HOLD FOR STORY CHINA LEFTOVER MONOLOGUES BY LOUISE WATT In this photo taken Sunday, July 20, 2014, Wang Anqi, center takes part in a game to warmup before rehearsing for "Leftover Monologues" at a cafe in Beijing, China. In the âLeftover Monologues,â a China-inspired version of âThe Vagina Monologues,â Chinese and foreign women and men will tell their own stories of searching for a partner, their observations of love and sex, and the frenzy the thought of becoming a leftover woman _ unmarried and over 27 _ sends new graduates into. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s love and dating scene laid out on stage

Louise Watt · July 24, 2014 7:20 am