March 8, 2017 Singaporeans angry at 'too lenient' sentence for American child sex offender An American Mixed Martial Arts instructor who was jailed for four years last week for having sex with two teenage girls in Singapore will not face stronger penalties, according to the country's public prosecutor.
March 8, 2017 Kim Jong Nam's son apparently shows his face for first time since dad's murder Kim Jong Nam's son appeared to break his silence Tuesday in a video posted to YouTube, giving some of the first clues about the whereabouts of the victim's immediate family after the murder last month.
March 8, 2017 China: North Korea could halt nuke program if South, US stop military drills China on Wednesday proposed that North Korea could suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for a halt in joint military drills conducted by the U.S. and South Korea.
March 7, 2017 Bribery, corruption plague Asia Pacific region, survey shows Transparency International spoke to nearly 22,000 people about corruption in 16 Asian Pacific countries and concluded that over 900 million people within those countries are most likely experiencing bribery and corruption, according to a report that was published earlier today.
March 6, 2017 US moves part of missile defense system to South Korea U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defense system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan.
March 6, 2017 North Korea: Missile launches training for attack on US base, state media says The launches of four banned ballistic missiles by North Korea were training for an attack on a U.S. base in Japan, state media says.
March 6, 2017 North Korea fires four banned ballistic missiles, South Korea says North Korea fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew 620 miles into the ocean off its eastern coast, South Korean officials said Monday, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal.
March 6, 2017 Surgeons remove 915 coins swallowed by Thai sea turtle Tossing coins in a fountain for luck is a popular superstition, but a similar belief brought misery to a sea turtle in Thailand from whom doctors have removed 915 coins.
March 5, 2017 Flight MH370 victims’ families plan private search for airplane Grieving family members of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say they will raise funds to resume the hunt for the aircraft.
March 5, 2017 Russia: 1 dead, 3 detained in operation against ISIS sleeper cell Russian authorities say one person has been killed and three others detained in an operation to break up a sleeper cell of the Islamic State in the country's restive southern region of Dagestan.
