Новости по теме Asia Pacific

China urges US to cancel Dalai Lama meeting with Obama China on Friday urged US President Barack Obama to cancel a planned meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

21 February 2014

Global tax evasion under G20 scrutiny US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew described taxation reform as among the G20's most crucial initiatives Friday as the world's major economies look to close loopholes used by huge multinational firms.

21 February 2014

World's only captive leopard seal put down The world's only captive leopard seal, which washed up in Sydney with a shark bite to his abdomen seven years ago, has been put down at an Australian zoo.

21 February 2014

S. Koreans head for bittersweet family reunion in North A group of 82 elderly, frail South Koreans, two of them in ambulances, left for the North Korean border Thursday to attend the first reunion in more than three years for families divided by the Korean War.

20 February 2014

Exclusive Japan bar sues website for unwanted publicity An exclusive Japanese bar is suing a foodie website, arguing that unwanted publicity from a review is damaging its operational strategy of being little-known and hard to find.

20 February 2014

Japan public sceptical on death penalty: study Japan's public is less enthusiastic about capital punishment than government research shows, a new study has claimed, amid an acceleration in the rate of executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

20 February 2014

Australia PM 'won't be blackmailed' after bloody PNG riot Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday said he will not succumb to "moral blackmail" over an Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea, as graphic witness accounts of recent violence told of "blood everywhere".

20 February 2014

Laos dam plan threatens existence of rare dolphin: WWF A dam which Laos plans to build across the Mekong River could wipe out critically endangered dolphins in downstream Cambodia.

20 February 2014

100-tonne radioactive water leak at Fukushima: TEPCO A new leak of 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant's operator said Thursday after it revealed only one of nine thermometers in a crippled reactor was still working.

20 February 2014

First Malaysian dinosaur fossil found: researchers A Malaysian university unveiled on Wednesday what researchers called the first dinosaur fossil ever found in the country -- the tooth of a fish-eating predator estimated to be at least 75 million years old.

19 February 2014

Australia urges G20 to commit to faster growth targets Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said Wednesday it was "hugely important" that G20 leaders agree to faster global growth targets when they meet in Sydney this weekend.

19 February 2014

New Zealand court finds raid on Kim Dotcom was legal A New Zealand appeals court ruled Wednesday that police acted legally when armed officers raided Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's Auckland mansion as part of a US-led online piracy probe.

19 February 2014

Husband joins search in Bali for missing Japan diver The husband of a Japanese diver missing off Bali since last week joined the search for his wife Wednesday, following the dramatic rescue of five others in the group and the death of a sixth.

19 February 2014

S. Korean constructors win $6bn refinery deal in Iraq A consortium of four major South Korean construction companies has won a $6.04 billion deal to build an oil refinery in Iraq.

19 February 2014

China can prevent 13 million smoking deaths by 2050: study China can prevent nearly 13 million tobacco-related deaths by 2050 by fully implementing a set of neglected anti-smoking policies it had already agreed to.

19 February 2014

Ai Weiwei brushes off painter's smashing of $1m vase Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei shrugged off the smashing of a $1 million Han dynasty vase that was part of his exhibition at a Miami museum, saying his works often get broken.

19 February 2014

Thai PM to be charged with neglect of duty Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be charged with neglect of duty over a rice farm subsidy scheme and could be removed from office if found guilty.

19 February 2014

Malaysia tops survey of 'halal holidays' for Muslims Malaysia is the world's friendliest destination for Muslim travellers, according to a survey released Tuesday, but Japan has shown most improvement as it ramps up efforts to cash in on a growing market.

18 February 2014

Brainwashing, surveillance, fear: daily fare in N.Korea Brainwashed from birth, under constant surveillance, cowed by the all-embracing state and facing the spectre of disappearing forever in its vast network of camps if they step out of line.

18 February 2014

Philippine Supreme Court says law on online libel constitutional The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a controversial cybercrime law penalising online libel is constitutional, amid claims it is intended to curb Internet freedom in one of Asia's most freewheeling democracies.

18 February 2014

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