Новости по теме Asia Pacific

Kung fu tourism: foreigners learn at China school In the countryside outside the birthplace of the Chinese sage Confucius, 35 students battle the elements as well as exhaustion at a remote kung fu training academy.

21 August 2015

Turkey's risky offensive can weaken but won't destroy PKK: analysts Turkey's almost month-long campaign of air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkish southeast and northern Iraq will weaken but cannot destroy the Kurdish militant group.

21 August 2015

Kim Jong-Un orders frontline N. Korea troops onto war footing: KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from, as military tensions with South Korea soared.

21 August 2015

Kazakh currency falls 23 percent after switch to free-float Energy-rich Kazakhstan announced it was abandoning its currency band for a free-floating exchange rate, in a move that triggered a 23-percent fall in the value of the tenge against the US dollar.

20 August 2015

Bangkok bomb well planned, involved more than 10 people: police The deadly Bangkok bomb took over one month to plan and was executed by more than 10 people, as more details emerged of the suspected network behind an attack that killed 20 people.

20 August 2015

Tianjin blasts echo across economy The economic impact of the Tianjin explosions could reverberate for months.

19 August 2015

Sri Lankan PM warns against return to divisive politics Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urged Sri Lanka's parties to work together as he began forming a new government backed by minority Tamils.

19 August 2015

Bangkok bomb shrine reopens as police hunt suspect Thai monks led prayers for the reopening of a Bangkok shrine where a blast killed 20 people, as police hunted a man shown on security footage calmly planting what is believed to be the bomb.

19 August 2015

Turkey PM formally gives up on coalition as polls loom Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he had failed to form a coalition government, paving the way for new general elections just months after June polls.

19 August 2015

Pro-IS video urges Turks to rise up against 'traitor' Erdogan A pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.

19 August 2015

Victorious Sri Lanka PM urges unity after election Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe welcomed "the victory of the people" and appealed for unity after an election which seems certain to return his United National Party (UNP) to power.

18 August 2015

Hong Kong says avoid Bangkok, others urge caution after bombing Hong Kong warned its residents to avoid travel to Bangkok while other governments in Asia advised citizens to be extra vigilant, after a bomb attack in the Thai capital killed at least 20 people.

18 August 2015

BuzzFeed moves to Japan in Yahoo partnership BuzzFeed announced plans to launch a Japanese news website in a partnership with Yahoo Japan, the latest step in a global expansion push.

18 August 2015

Pakistan air strikes kill 50 militants in tribal area: military At least 50 militants were killed and their ammunition dump destroyed Monday in air strikes on hideouts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border.

18 August 2015

Turkey PM says all coalition options exhausted Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had exhausted all options to form a coalition government, leaving the country facing snap elections just months after the June 7 polls.

18 August 2015

Fate of nuclear deal still 'not clear': Iran's Khamenei The fate of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers is still not decided but it will not leave the country vulnerable to US influence, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.

17 August 2015

UN aid chief 'horrified' by attacks on civilians in Syria The UN's humanitarian chief fiercely condemned attacks against civilians in Syria at a press conference in Damascus on Monday.

17 August 2015

Indian premier discusses cooperation with UAE Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Sunday with Abu Dhabi's crown prince on bolstering cooperation with the United Arab Emirates at the start of a two-day visit.

17 August 2015

Chinese media lambast Tianjin officials over blast response Chinese state-run media lambasted officials in the port city of Tianjin for a lack of transparency over the massive explosions at an industrial site.

17 August 2015

Japan economy's contraction a blow for 'Abenomics' Japan's economy contracted last quarter, boosting speculation the central bank will be forced to unleash more stimulus as Tokyo's "Abenomics" growth blitz stumbles.

17 August 2015

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