January 16, 2017 North Korea cheered as pot paradise, but evidence is hazy North Korea has been getting some pretty high praise lately from the stoner world.
January 16, 2017 Kyrgyzstan Health Ministry says cargo plane crash kills 32 The Health Ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a cargo plane has crashed in a residential area just outside the Central Asian country's main airport, killing 32 people.
January 16, 2017 Shallow earthquake rattles Indonesia's third-largest city A shallow earthquake has rattled residents of Indonesia's third-largest city Medan.
January 16, 2017 Trump partner eyes Indonesia power, sees faults in democracy President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire business partner and possible political proxy in Indonesia nurses big leadership ambitions in the vast but perennially lagging Southeast Asian nation, which he says isn't developed enough to have a successful democracy and needs strong leadership.
January 16, 2017 In Hanoi, Abe says Japan will provide Vietnam patrol vessels Japan will provide Vietnam new patrol vessels, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday on the last stop of his four-nation tour to boost his country's trade and security engagements in Asia amid China's rising dominance.
January 16, 2017 SKorea's Samsung in rough patch with arrest request, recalls A request by South Korean prosecutors to arrest Lee Jae-yong, the 48-year-old vice chairman and de facto leader of Samsung Electronics, has added to the troubles for the country's most valuable company after a spate of recalls last year.
January 16, 2017 'One China principle' not negotiable, China tells Trump Responding to remarks by Donald Trump, China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said the country's "one-China principle" regarding Taiwan is not negotiable and any attempt to reconsider the issue would be self-defeating.
January 16, 2017 Philippines protests China's weapons installation on islands An official says the Philippines has filed a low-key diplomatic protest with China after a U.S. think thank reported that Beijing appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea.
January 16, 2017 Afghan government says IS militants kidnap 14 clerics An Afghan official says that Islamic state militants stormed a religious school in eastern Nangarhar province, kidnapping 14 clerics who were teaching at the school and two administrators.
January 16, 2017 A look at how Trump might shake things up in Asia Donald Trump has offered views on U.S. relations with Asia that could indicate radical shifts in long-standing policy toward the region.
