Dozens Missing After Ferry Sinking at Indonesia’s Lake Toba
Dozens of people are missing from a ferry that sank on Indonesia's Lake Toba, casting a tragic pall over holidays marking the end of the Muslim holy month.
Google to Invest US$550M in Alibaba Rival JD.com
Google said Monday that it will invest $550 million in Alibaba's main rival JD.com as the U.S. tech giant seeks to expand in fast-growing Asian e-commerce markets.
North and South Korea Discuss How to Cooperate in Asian Games
Sports officials from the rival Koreas met at a border village on Monday to discuss how to cooperate in the Asian Games being held in Indonesia in August
Vietnam Arrests 8 People After Economic Zone Law Protests
HANOI — Vietnamese police have arrested eight more people after protests a week ago over a ...
7-Meter Python Swallows Indonesian Woman
JAKARTA — A 7-meter-long python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.
American Detained in Vietnam After Joining Protests
HANOI — An American citizen of Vietnamese descent has been detained in Vietnam after joining a protest over a controversial draft law on special economic zones that protesters fear would favor Chinese investors.
Protesters Heckle, Disrupt Duterte’s Independence Day Speech
KAWIT, Philippines — A group of left-wing activists heckled and disrupted a televised Independence Day speech Tuesday by the Philippine president and called him a "traitor" amid criticism of his handling of territorial disputes with China.
Toyota Investing $1 Billion in Ride-Hailing Company Grab
TOKYO — Japan's top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is investing USD$1 billion (32 trillion baht) in Grab, the leading ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia.
Trump-Kim Summit Ends With Signing Unspecified Document
SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary summit Tuesday with lofty promises by the American president to take care of a "very dangerous problem" and Kim forecasting "major change for the world."
Elite Nepali Gurkhas Deployed to Secure Trump-Kim Summit
SINGAPORE — To protect one of the highest-profile diplomatic events so far this century, Singapore has enlisted the help of its fearsome Nepalese fighters whose large curved knives, according to custom, must "taste blood" whenever they're drawn.
