March 29, 2017 Myanmar's armed Rohingya militants deny terrorist links An armed militant group fighting Myanmar's government on behalf of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority has issued a statement asserting its right to self-defense and denying links to any terrorist group.
March 29, 2017 South Korean ferry saga a tale of government blunders From a botched rescue job to severely wrong death counts, South Korea's government has been blamed for a series of egregious errors in its handling of the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry, which killed 304 people in one of the country's worst disasters.
March 29, 2017 Expeditions to send huge trash bags to clean Mount Everest Mountaineering expedition organizers in Nepal say they are sending huge trash bags with climbers on Mount Everest during the Spring season to collect trash that then can be lifted by helicopters back to the base camp.
March 29, 2017 Chinese military conducts training drill near Myanmar border China has conducted military exercises near its border with Myanmar, where fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic rebels has flared in recent months.
March 29, 2017 Nuke Testing 101: How, and why, North Korea tests its bombs Let's say you're North Korea and you have this nuclear device you really want to test.
March 29, 2017 Taiwan democracy activist said to be detained in China People close to a Taiwanese pro-democracy activist say he went missing nine days ago during a visit to the Chinese territory of Macau and appears to be in Chinese custody.
March 28, 2017 Nicaragua high court denies farmers' appeal of canal project Nicaragua's Supreme Court has rejected a farmer group's appeal seeking to block a proposed $50 billion interoceanic canal.
March 28, 2017 Thai authorities give ex-PM Thaksin $503 million tax bill Authorities in Thailand have escalated their effort to collect taxes they say are due from ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, posting a bill for 17.6 billion baht ($503 million) at the house where he lived before fleeing into exile in 2008 to avoid a prison term for conflict of interest.
March 28, 2017 China, Japan island fight reignites with population push According to Japanese officials, the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans next month to legally designate the Senkaku Islands – known in China as the Diaoyu Islands – as inhabited border territories.
March 28, 2017 Mall escalator in Hong Kong suddenly reverses, injuring several riders Two workers have been arrested in connection with a mall escalator that suddenly reversed injuring over a dozen people.
