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Taiwan independence protesters take to the street in Taipei

Thousands of Taiwan independence campaigners rallied in Taipei on Saturday demanding President Tsai Ing-wen allow a referendum to decide whether the self-ruled island should break from mainland China.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-21 13:23

Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries

The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as he operated a GPS device. More projectiles were tumbling down the hulk of ice that scientists say is one of the world's fastest melting glaciers. ``We should go,'' said the 30-year-old geologist. ``The first rule is safety.''

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-21 11:26

Heeding China's call, Hong Kong tightens grip on dissent

As Hong Kong's government hews closer to Beijing, officials are taking a tough line on perceived national security threats, even deploying an elite police unit for political monitoring and surveillance - a sharp escalation in rhetoric and action

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-19 11:40

Japan's Abe sends offering to controversial Tokyo war shrine

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday sent a ritual offering to a controversial shrine honouring World War II criminals that infuriates Asian neighbours China and South Korea

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-17 14:08

China says interning Muslims brings them into 'modern' world

China on Tuesday characterized its mass internment of Muslims as a push to bring into the ``modern, civilized'' world a destitute people who are easily led astray _ a depiction that analysts said bore troubling colonial overtones. The report is the ruling Communist Party's latest effort to defend its extrajudicial detention of Central Asian Muslim minorities against mounting ...

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-17 09:48

Australia considers moving embassy to Jerusalem

Australia's prime minister said Tuesday that he was open to shifting the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in line with President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the contested holy city as Israel's capital. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the idea was suggested to him by a former ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, who is a candidate for Morrison's conserva...

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-16 10:51

Kangaroo attacks couple in northeastern Australia, injures woman

Australian wildlife carers Jim and Linda Smith are lucky to be alive, an ambulance official said, after they were attacked by a kangaroo in northeastern Queensland state.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-16 09:42

Korean climbers' bodies recovered from Himalayas

Rescuers recovered the bodies of five Koreans and four Nepalese, Sunday, who died while climbing Mount Gurja, in the Himalayas, two days earlier. According to the Korean Embassy in Nepal, the accident happened about 70 kilometers northwest of Nepal's second-largest city Pokhara. Weather delayed the rescue work for about an hour.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-14 16:49

Bodies of Korean climbers killed on Nepal mountain recovered [PHOTOS]

The bodies of five South Korean climbers and four local guides have all been recovered, a day after they were found dead on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal, local embassy officials said Sunday. "At around 10:30 a.m. (local time), three out of the nine bodies were retrieved and transported to a nearby village," a South Korean embassy official said. "The recovery work was complet...

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-14 16:19

Body recovery efforts continue for Korean climbers killed on Himalayan mountain

The bodies of the nine people, including leader Kim Chang-ho, were found Saturday near their base camp located at an altitude of 3,500 meters on Mt. Gurja in western Nepal. A helicopter found their bodies but couldn't retrieve them on the spot because of its small size, bad weather conditions and tough terrain.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-14 13:47

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