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2020 Tokyo Olympic mascots unveiled

The Tokyo 2020 mascots, whose names will be decided by the same selection panel, will take the torch from their cuddly Pyeongchang Winter Games counterparts Soohorang, a white tiger, and Bandabi, a black bear.

Asia Pacific | 2018-03-01 11:01

Cryptocurrency exchange in Tokyo hacked

Coincheck, a cryptocurrency trading exchange in Tokyo, has been hacked and has lost about 58 billion yen ($532 million) worth of its holdings, local media reported Friday. The size of the cryptocurrency theft is the largest since the advent of bitcoin, the most well-known cryptocurrency in the world. Coincheck, one of Japan’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, said its NEM coins...

Asia Pacific | 2018-01-27 12:53

Japanese porn star Sora Aoi causes online buzz with marriage announcement

Retired Japanese porn star Sora Aoi has created an online buzz here with the surprising announcement of her marriage

Asia Pacific | 2018-01-02 15:02

Three South Koreans injured in Melbourne car attack

Three South Koreans, including a four-year-old boy, were seriously injured in an horrific car “attack” in Melbourne, Australia, according to local reports. They were among 20 people struck by an SUV that ploughed into pedestrians crossing Flinders Street in central Melbourne on Thursday afternoon (local time), according to The Age, a local news website.

Asia Pacific | 2017-12-24 12:19

Japan to buy missiles that can hit North Korea

Japan plans to buy air-to-surface missiles that can hit North Korea, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday. He said his ministry would ask for a special budget for the fiscal year starting April 2018 to buy the missiles, which are designed to be launched from military aircraft to hit targets on land or at sea.

Asia Pacific | 2017-12-10 13:32

Volcanic eruption imminent in Bali as Mt. Agung gushes fire, smoke

Mount Agung has been hurling clouds of white and dark gray ash about 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above its cone since the weekend and lava is welling in the crater, sometimes reflected as an orange-red glow in the ash plumes. Its explosions can be heard about 12 kilometers (7 1/2 miles) away.

Asia Pacific | 2017-11-28 11:47

Korean tourists stranded in Bali as volcano spews ash

Thai woman throws newborn baby to death after married Korean boyfriend dumps her

A Thai woman threw her newborn baby out of a 17th-story window after her married South Korean boyfriend dumped her, according to local reports. The boyfriend, 40, identified only by his surname Kim, was the baby’s father. According to reports, Netchanok Nokyungtong, 20, told police she had been in a relationship with the South Korean man for two years, but after she became pr...

Asia Pacific | 2017-11-12 13:30

Trump says he believes there is 'solution' to North Korea problem

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that there is a "solution" to North Korea's nuclear stalemate, foreign media reported.

Asia Pacific | 2017-11-09 14:52

'러시아 14세 모델, 중국서 일하다 사망…과로사 의혹'

러시아 출신 14세 모델이 중국에서 패션쇼에 오르다 사망해 과로사 의혹이 제기됐다고 러시아의 영자지인 시베리안 타임스 (The Siberian Times) 가 보도했다.

Asia Pacific | 2017-10-30 16:25

아동 性착취로 삭제 전세계 트위터 계정 38%는 일본 이용자

올해 상반기 전 세계에서 원조교제 등 아동의 성적 착취로 삭제된 트위터 계정 3개 중 1개 이상은 일본 이용자의 것이라는 조사 결과가 나왔다고 트위터 재팬이 밝혔다.

Asia Pacific | 2017-10-24 10:38

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