カテゴリー: Asia Pacific
Unseasonable weather has blighted agriculture across Japan, as well as sales of summer clothes Tokyo’s cloudiest few weeks in nearly 60 years has cast a shadow over the capital’s vegetable markets, forcing up the prices of some by 70%.Japan has been hi…
Beijing’s representatives abroad are harnessing social media to confront critics Chinese envoys are experimenting with a new kind of Trump-style public diplomacy – Twitter spats.Twitter is banned in China, but Chinese diplomats abroad, not traditionall…
Mayor of New Zealand city says a tweak to signage might be all that’s needed, while some living on Baldwin Street are relieved Street in Wales wins record for world’s steepestThe New Zealand city of Dunedin has sought to look on the bright side after l…
Platinum cards of former Malaysian prime minister used for spree at jeweller in Italy, say prosecutorsCredit cards belonging to the disgraced former prime minister of Malaysia were used to spend more than $800,000 at a jeweller in Italy in a single day…
Employees will stay home for two weeks as part of mass trial to take pressure off crowded public transport systemHundreds of thousands of employees in Tokyo will work from home for two weeks as part of a trial of measures designed to reduce congestion …
Abuse by those in power is so widespread that there is a word for it – ‘gabjil’New legislation has come into effect in South Korea that could see employers jailed if they unfairly dismiss employees harassed at work.Employees in South Korea have traditi…
The flightless birds were found huddling near the grills under the shop, where it was warm“Waddling vagrants” in the form of two little blue penguins have been released by police after they were detained for setting up home under a Wellington sushi out…
Beijing arrests Canadian citizen on drug-related charges amid diplomatic crisis, following detention of Meng WanzhouA Canadian citizen detained in China is being held on drug-related offences, Beijing said Monday, at a time of tense relations between t…
Surveys shed light on unusual habits of drivers who return cars with zero mileage on clockCar rental companies in Japan have figured out why some customers are returning their vehicles with barely a mile on the clock.Rather than travel from from A to B…
Officers dressed in riot gear have fought with demonstrators inside a shopping centre in the residential district of Sha Tin, as they tried to disperse tens of thousands of people rallying against an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sen…
Critics says Ji Sizun’s fate shows prison terms in China are increasingly becoming death sentencesIn June, Ji Sizun received the news that he had won a prestigious human rights distinction, the Cao Shunli Memorial Award, in honour of the veteran Chines…
Warring clans target women and children after tribe leader’s mother killed, police minister saysThe brutal deaths of about 30 women and children in Papua New Guinea’s highlands amount to the “worst payback killing” in the country’s history, the police …
The cost of keeping China out of the region is too great, we must build forces that could counter its operations insteadLet’s be honest: Australians have never had much time for our South Pacific neighbours.The island nations that lie to our north and …
Foreign affairs minister says use of detention camps a concern, and China had blocked attempts to offer consular assistance to dual citizens Australia remains “deeply concerned” about China’s treatment of the Uighur people, including use of forced labo…
Standoff in Sha Tin over extradition bill came one day after unrest in Sheung ShuiViolent clashes have erupted between Hong Kong police and protesters at the end of a peaceful demonstration against the controversial extradition bill. The incidents took…