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Chinese journalists suspended for typo
dpa, Published on 06/12/2015
» BEIJING - Four Chinese state-run news agency staff have been suspended for a typographical error suggesting President Xi Jinping had resigned, reports said on Sunday.
Rapprochement or sell-out? Taiwanese fear as presidents meet
dpa, Published on 05/11/2015
» There is a thin line between rapprochement and selling out. The first meeting between the presidents of China and Taiwan in six decades represents an historic breakthrough with the potential to reduce tensions between the two nations.
Hundreds in Taiwan protest Ma-Xi meeting
dpa, Published on 04/11/2015
» TAIPEI -- Hundreds of residents and students Wednesday protested outside Taiwan's parliament building, angry over a historic meeting planned between the leaders of Taiwan and China.
Dissident blogger released from prison
dpa, Published on 21/09/2015
» WASHINGTON - Vietnam dissident blogger Ta Phong Tan was released from Vietnamese prison and arrived Sunday in the United States, the US State Departmente confirmed.
Myanmar to send back 125 more boat people to Bangladesh
dpa, Published on 23/08/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar will repatriate at least 125 more Bangladeshi refugees who were rescued at sea by the navy in May, official said on Sunday.
Beijing to blacklist bad Chinese tourists
dpa, Published on 13/04/2015
» BEIJING – China will blacklist badly behaved Chinese tourists to try to save national face at home and abroad, state media reported.
Interpol opens digital crime centre in Singapore
dpa, Published on 13/04/2015
» SINGAPORE – Interpol's first digital crime centre officially opened in Singapore on Monday, local press reported.
Video shows staff hitting HIV-positive infants in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 07/04/2015
» HANOI — Five care workers at a state-run care centre for HIV-positive children in Ho Chi Minh City have been suspended after local media released an undercover video showing staff beating the infants, authorities said Tuesday.
Jakarta court says Budi not suspect
dpa, Published on 16/02/2015
» JAKARTA — An Indonesian court on Monday ruled invalid a decision by the country's anti-corruption agency to name the sole nominee for the post of police chief as a suspect in a graft case.
100 arrested for Myanmar logging
dpa, Published on 06/01/2015
» YANGON - More than 100 foreigners, most of them Chinese, were arrested in northern Myanmar in a crackdown on illegal logging, a media report said Tuesday.