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Thu, September 19, 2019 | 00:33

US labels China a currency manipulator

The U.S. Treasury Department labeled China a currency manipulator Monday after Beijing pushed down the value of its yuan in a dramatic escalation of the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies. The decision, which came hours after President Donald Trump accused China of unfairly devaluing its currency, marks a reversal for Treasury: In May, it had declined to...

2019-08-06 09:17

US farmers suffer 'body blow' as China slams door on farm purchases

Japanese stocks tumble over US-China trade tensions

The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 496.29 points, or 2.35 per cent, at 20,590.87 at 11:30 a.m. at the end of the morning session. The broader Topix index was down 36.85 points, or 2.4 per cent, at 1,496.61.

2019-08-05 15:00

6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Fukushima

The quake occurred at 7.23 pm (1023 GMT) with an epicentre off the coast of Fukushima at a depth of 50 kilometres, the agency said.

2019-08-04 21:00

[EXCLUSIVE] Korea to restrict imports from Japan's Fukushima

Bombs rattle Bangkok during ASEAN summit, wounding four

Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a regional summit attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and leaving four people wounded but not disrupting the diplomatic event. Thailand, which has a grim history of political violence, remains deeply divided after a controversial March election returned a junta to power as ...

2019-08-02 16:41

Japan factory output slumps in June as trade war bites

Japan's factory output fell more than expected in June after two straight months of gains, adding to a slew of data suggesting that slowing global growth and the protracted U.S.-China trade war were taking a toll on the export-reliant economy. The data comes ahead of the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting that ends later on Tuesday, where the board is expected to scrutini...

2019-07-30 09:32

India's wild tiger population jumps to almost 3,000

India's wild tiger population has increased by more than 30 percent in the last four years, according to a new census released Monday, raising hopes for the survival of the endangered species. In what Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as a "historic achievement," the census found 2,967 tigers in the wild across the country, up from 2,226 four years ago. "We reaffirm our com...

2019-07-30 09:25

Roaring tiger [PHOTOS]

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, clear protesters by force

Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied warnings not to march in a neighborhood where last weekend a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. Protesters wearing all black streamed through the Yuen Long area, even though police refused to grant permission for the march...

2019-07-28 09:27

Korean gets 14 years' jail for armed robbery in Vietnam

A South Korean man, identified as Park Young-jun, was sentenced to 14 years' jail for armed robbery of a taxi driver in Vietnam, local media reported on Tuesday. The crime took place on Nov. 23 in a taxi traveling to Da Nang from Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-23 15:10

Abe's party fails to secure seats to propose constitutional revisions

NHK public television said shortly after midnight that Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito had won 69 seats in the upper house, with nine seats remaining. If Abe gained support from members of another conservative party and independents, it would make only 76 seats, short of 85 he would have needed, NHK said.

2019-07-22 11:13

Korean firms on edge over post-poll impact

Fukushima beach opens to swimmers eight years after nuclear disaster

Children were making a splash in the water and surfers catching a wave near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Saturday as a beach finally opened to them for the first time since the 2011 nuclear disaster. A cheering crowd came back to the Kitaizumi beach about 25 kilometres north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as the city of Minamisoma officially started...

2019-07-20 20:44

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