AUCKLAND (New Zealand) – New Zealand and South Africa have played out a World Cup semi-final thriller at Eden Park, with the Black Caps claiming a place in the final with a dramatic... Read more »
First Launch of Netflix in Asia Pacific SYDNEY (Australia) – The world’s largest streaming film and television service went live in Australia and New Zealand for the first time on March 24.... Read more »
SINGAPORE – Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore and one of Asia’s most influential politicians, has died at age 91, according to the Singapore Prime Minister’s office. Lee Kuan... Read more »
By Martin Smith New Zealand opener breaks all kinds of records on his way to an amazing unbeaten 237 against West Indies in the World Cup quarter-final. New Zealand opener Martin Guptill... Read more »
New Zealand beats West Indies by 143 runs in second quarter final. Thus, it’s time to wave goodbye to the quarter-finals and to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and West Indies. Four titans remain:... Read more »
TOKYO, (Japan) – Foreign and defense officials from China and Japan kicked off a high-level security meeting on Thursday, the first one between the two sides in more than four years. The... Read more »
BEIJING (China) – On the subway in Beijing, as in most cities with underground Wi-Fi connections, commuters usually spend their rides mindlessly staring at their phones, scrolling through emails or playing games. But... Read more »
Australia’s foreign minister said on Thursday she had proposed a prisoner swap to her Indonesian counterpart in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers expected to... Read more »
China has dropped some of the world’s leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response to revelations... Read more »
Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean with contamination levels 50-70 times greater than the already-high status A fresh leak... Read more »
On Chinese New Year Festival, Sydney is hosting an enthralling three-week festival beginning from Feb. 13 and ending on March 1. The festival will feature more than 80 events and is... Read more »
Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is on a three-day visit to Japan Tokyo (JAPAN) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha agreed on Monday in Tokyo to further develop the strategic... Read more »
A Buddhist academic has said a 200-year-old mummified monk discovered in Mongolia may not be dead but in a “very deep meditation”. The preserved body was discovered covered in animal hide, last... Read more »
The Indonesian government has confirmed that two convicted Australian drug smugglers are to be put to death in the next round of executions By Colin Brown It now seems almost inevitable that... Read more »
Low unemployment (below 1% since 2011) due to low birth rate, lack of social insurance & informal sector with 64% of workforce (street vendors, motorbike taxis, self-employed) By Jon Fernquest Just 0.56%.... Read more »
Fiji PM says the new flag should reflect Fiji’s position in the world as a modern and truly independent nation state Fiji is to remove the UK’s union jack from its flag,... Read more »
Officials declare search for survivors over but underwater hunt for missing plane to continue Malaysia on Thursday has called off its search for survivors of Flight MH 370 and declared the disappearance... Read more »
TOKYO — According to a report by Japana Times a recent nationwide study conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the growth and development of children ranging... Read more »
More than 80 deep sea divers, several ships and aircrafts have been deployed to search for crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501. The search mission to find the bodies and flight data recorders from... Read more »
AirAsia flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people on board lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control at 7:24 local time on its journey from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore. The National Search and... Read more »
Jakarta – – The Indonesian Army’s primary weapons defense systems exhibition is being organized at the National Monument complex, Jakarta, on December 12-15, to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Indonesian Army’s... Read more »
Typhoon Hagupit began to lash the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain Saturday, knocking down trees and causing power outages and forcing half a million people to leave their homes.... Read more »
Air New Zealand has won the Airline of the Year Award for the second successive year Air New Zealand has been named ‘Airline of the Year’ by Airline Ratings for the second consecutive... Read more »
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Australia and China should support each other on APEC and G20 while meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in Beijing on Thursday. Wang noted that... Read more »