China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
East Asia
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
MIZUHO CHAIRMAN, OTHERS RESIGN OVER MOB LOANS
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Mizuho Mizuho Financial Group President Yasuhiro Sato bows at the end of a press conference in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Mizuho said Monday the chairman of…
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS BO XILAI CONVICTION, LIFE TERM
By ARITZ PARRA and GILLIAN WONG A convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai head to Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court in Jinan, in eastern…
CHINA, INDIA SIGN BORDER COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.…
BEIJING ADOPTS NEW SMOG EMERGENCY MEASURES
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN A motorcyclist wearing a mask and other cyclists ride past vehicles clogged with heavy traffic in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Beijing is seeking to tame its…
UK COMMITS TO NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE FUKUSHIMA
By DANICA KIRKA From left: Britain’s Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, Britian’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF (Electricite de France) and Henri Proglio, CEO and…
CHINESE GROWTH REBOUND SHORES UP WORLD MARKETS
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm as Japan’s bench mark Nikkei 225 Index closed at 14,588.51 after gaining 119.37 points, or 0.83…