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Taiwan pushes to make English an official language

Taiwan is pressing ahead with making English its second official language as early as next year to boost international competitiveness. According to local media Tuesday, the Ministry of Education will issue an official report in the next few weeks on its recommendations for adopting English as an official language alongside Mandarin.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-28 09:46

Korean man shot dead in Cebu

The man in his 20s suffered a total of eight gun shots to his head, body and hand in the second-floor hallway of a motel on the Filipino island on Sunday in the incident that occurred at around 6:17 p.m. (local time), according to the ministry.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-27 15:48

Culture group attacks Google for posts mocking Korean presidents

Google Japan has caricatures making fun of Korean presidents to distort Korean history, the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) said Monday.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-22 15:35

Japan fleet catches 177 whales in latest hunt

A fleet of Japanese whaling ships caught 177 minke and sei whales during a three-month tour of the northwestern Pacific, the government said Wednesday. The three-ship mission returned home as Tokyo prepares to make its case to resume commercial whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Brazil next month.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-22 15:03

Christian heartland opens window into fight for China's soul

The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true _ a brick house with a sunny courtyard and spacious hall with room for 200 believers. But in March, about a dozen police officers and local officials suddenly showed up at the church on his property and made the frightened congregants disperse. They order...

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-08 09:17

Boracay to reopen to visitors on Oct. 26

After six months' restoration, the island of Boracay is expected to reopen on Oct. 26, the Philippine government has announced. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said it would allow visitors to enjoy the beauty of Boracay again after a major clean-up effort and with an improved sewerage system.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-07 15:08

Death toll from Indonesian earthquake rises to 82, hundreds injured [VIDEO]

A powerful quake which struck the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok has killed 82 people and wounded hundreds, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said early Monday, with thousands of buildings damaged. The seven-magnitude tremor, which triggered panic among tourists and locals on Sunday evening, was also felt on the neighboring island of Bali, one of So...

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-06 09:35

No reports of Korean victims in Indonesia quake: foreign ministry

The foreign ministry said Monday that there are no reports yet of South Korean victims in the weekend's 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Indonesian resort island of Lombok and killed more than 80 people.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-06 09:29

Death toll from Indonesian earthquake rises to 82, hundreds injured [VIDEO]

Duterte says may deploy warship to save Filipino captives in Libya

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he might send the navy's most modern frigate to waters off Libya in a bid to "save" three Filipinos and a South Korean kidnapped last month from a water plant in the north African country.

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-04 14:11

China announces $60B of US goods for tariff retaliation

China on Friday announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its latest tariff threat. The Finance Ministry accused the Trump administration of damaging the global economy after it proposed increasing duties on $200 billion of Chinese goods in the second round of a dispute over techno...

Asia Pacific | 2018-08-04 09:28

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