Tag: Asia

US hails Indonesia democracy in turbulent SE Asia

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 7:11 am

A woman walks by sale signs at Seoul shopping district, South Korea, Thursday, July 24, 2014. South Korea's government unveiled stimulus plans Thursday after the shock of a deadly ferry sinking slowed economic growth to the lowest level in three quarters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea unveils stimulus after ferry sinking

Youkyung Lee · July 24, 2014 4:44 am

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, shakes hands with the main opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, left, of Cambodia National Rescue Party, as Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, center, smiles after their meeting in Senate headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 22, 2012. Hun Sen and opposition leader Rainsy said Tuesday that they had agreed upon a joint political solution to end the crisis. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian political rivals say agreement reached

Sopheng Cheang · July 22, 2014 11:21 am

In this photo taken Saturday, July 19, 2014, a woman looks at a tree uprooted by Typhoon Rammasun in Nanning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in four decades has killed more than a dozen people, the government said Sunday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Typhoon kills 11 in Vietnam; China deaths up to 33

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 1:12 am

A woman passes by 2014 Asian Games posters at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 18, 2014. North Korea threatened Friday to review its decision to enter the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea, a day after their talks on the games broke down. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

North Korea threatens to boycott Asian Games

HyungJin Kim · July 18, 2014 5:37 am

A labor leader uses a loudspeaker to address workers outside South Korean owned Master Sports Footwear factory that has been shut down without informing the workers four-weeks ago, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, July 17, 2014. About 700 workers who lost their jobs as the Korean owner shut the factory, marched to the South Korean embassy in Yangon shouting slogans, demanding wages and compensation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

700 protest S. Korean factory closure in Myanmar

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2014 2:42 pm

Japan wary as US, Europe up sanctions on Russia

Elaine Kurtenbach · July 17, 2014 8:15 am

US says Myanmar resorting to police-state tactics

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2014 7:16 am

FILE - In this May 7, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Haiyang Shiyou oil rig 981, the first deep-water drilling rig developed in China, is pictured at 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Hong Kong in the South China Sea. China on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 moved an oil rig that it had deployed in a section of the South China Sea, triggering a dispute with Vietnam. Beijing deployed the massive rig in early May close to the Paracel Islands, triggering a furious reaction in Hanoi and the most serious uptick in tensions in the waters in years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Liangkuai, File) NO SALES

Energy and Environment

China moves oil rig out of waters Vietnam claims

Chris Brummitt · July 16, 2014 7:49 pm

A Chinese government propaganda billboard showing the slogan which reads "China Strong, China Forward!", is displayed near the building of China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters in Beijing, China Tuesday, July 15, 2014. For months, Chinese state television has publicized a steady drumbeat of accusations of bribery and other abuses by a string of officials. Now, the national broadcaster faces allegations of graft in its own ranks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s state TV targeted in anti-corruption drive

Didi Tang · July 16, 2014 3:27 am

Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, wearing a red T-shirt in center, is stopped by security guards as he throws a plastic hammer towards Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, third from right, during a meeting on proposing electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The chief executive has submitted a report to the National People's Congress Standing Committee on political reform, saying that the majority of Hong Kong people are eager to have universal suffrage in the chief executive election in 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong asks Beijing for greater democracy

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:44 am

A TV news program reports missiles launch conducted by North Korea at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 13, 2014. North Korea launched two projectiles presumed to be ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, South Korea said, the latest in a series of test-firings seen as expressions of anger over its failure to win talks on receiving outside aid, and over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills. The letters at a screen read " Launched two missiles". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-oon)

2 Koreas to hold talks on Asian Games

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 2:46 am