Asia Pacific – список последних новостей на крупнейшем информационном портале Казахстана. Читайте актуальную информацию про Asia Pacific на Tengrinews!

N. Korea fires two short-range rockets off coast North Korea fired two short-range rockets off its east coast, South Korea said, the latest in a series of missile tests ahead of a state visit to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

02 July 2014

Police arrest 500 after huge Hong Kong protest Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader.

02 July 2014

Thousands gather for Hong Kong pro-democracy march Carrying banners and chanting slogans, thousands of protesters gathered for a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong that organisers say could be the largest since the city was handed back to China.

02 July 2014

Landmark Swiss-China free-trade deal comes into force A watershed free-trade deal between China and Switzerland came into force on Tuesday, the first such accord between the Asian giant and a mainland European economy.

02 July 2014

Sri Lanka delays digging up suspected Muslim mass grave A magistrate has postponed Tuesday's scheduled start of an operation to exhume a suspected mass war grave on Sri Lanka's east coast after police said they needed more preparation time, an official said.

01 July 2014

Historic shift as Japan expands scope of military Japan loosened the bonds on its powerful military, proclaiming the right to go into battle in defence of allies, in a highly controversial shift in the nation's pacifist stance.

01 July 2014

Airbus, Boeing and Israel firm bid for S. Korea military deal South Korea said Tuesday it is considering offers from plane giants Airbus and Boeing as well as Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to provide air refuelling tankers in a deal estimated to be worth $1.38 billion.

01 July 2014

More survivors found in India disaster rubble Emergency workers pulled out three more survivors from the rubble of a collapsed building in southern India Tuesday as authorities said they expected to wrap up rescue efforts by the end of the day.

01 July 2014

China slams Hong Kong democracy poll despite 800,000 votes Organisers urged Hong Kong's government to take seriously an unofficial referendum on democratic reform after nearly 800,000 people voted in the Chinese city, but state media in Beijing dismissed the ballot as unpatriotic.

01 July 2014

Man shot dead in Thailand mosque attack: police Gunmen opened fire at a mosque in insurgency-hit southern Thailand, killing one man and injuring another a day after Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramadan, police said.

01 July 2014

China signs yuan accords with France, Luxembourg China's central bank said it has signed agreements for yuan clearing arrangements with France and Luxembourg, with the aim of promoting greater use of its currency overseas.

30 June 2014

Builders blamed as India collapse toll rises to 17 The confirmed death toll from India's latest building collapse rose to 17 as authorities blamed shoddy construction for the tragedy near the southern city of Chennai.

30 June 2014

S.Korea president apologises for army shooting South Korean President Park Geun-Hye apologised Monday for a deadly front-line shooting rampage by an army conscript and called for a close look at abuses in barracks.

30 June 2014

NY homeless angry at China tycoon's 'publicity stunt' A three-course lunch hosted by an eccentric Chinese millionaire for 250 homeless New Yorkers in a posh restaurant degenerated into fury Wednesday when guests were denied $300 cash handouts.

30 June 2014

Drug-smuggling Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam An Australian of Vietnamese origin has been sentenced to death after trying to smuggle four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of heroin out of the country, state media in the communist nation said.

28 June 2014

Gas pipeline blast kills 16 in southern India: minister A massive explosion Friday on a state-owned gas pipeline running through the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh killed at least 16 people and gutted scores of homes, a state minister said.

27 June 2014

Rinehart still Australia's richest despite losing Aus$2 bn Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$2.01 billion (US$1.89 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person, an annual rich list showed.

27 June 2014

Japan tax hike boosts inflation, hurts spending in May Inflation hit a three-decade high and unemployment dipped further in Japan, data showed Friday, as the government's bid to jumpstart the economy takes hold, even as analysts warned it was too early for celebrations.

27 June 2014

Nepal PM diagnosed with tuberculosis: party spokesman US doctors treating Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have ruled out lung cancer and diagnosed the 75-year-old with tuberculosis, a spokesman for the premier's Nepali Congress party said.

26 June 2014

S. Korea's Park keeps PM who resigned over ferry disaster After two failed attempts to appoint a new prime minister, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye announced Thursday her "agonised" decision to retain the incumbent who resigned over April's ferry disaster.

26 June 2014

site.news_by_theme Asia Pacific