Новости по теме Asia Pacific

Man in China tries to feed himself to tigers A man in China survived an unsuccessful attempt to feed himself to a pair of Bengal tigers and is being treated for depression.

18 February 2014

Student tragedy in S. Korea as building collapse kills 10 At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students collapsed at a resort near the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju.

18 February 2014

Defiant Thai protesters besiege government headquarters Thai opposition demonstrators besieged the seat of government Monday in defiance of authorities who have vowed to reclaim the zone this week so Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra can return to work at her headquarters.

17 February 2014

China to provide more baby safe havens China will provide safe havens for parents to abandon unwanted children across most of the country, despite debate on whether they could see more babies dumped.

17 February 2014

Philippine capital braces for traffic nightmare Residents of the Philippine capital got the first taste Monday of a traffic nightmare that will likely worsen and drag on for four years.

17 February 2014

Missing Nepal passenger plane found, no survivors: official Nepalese police discovered the wreckage of a plane carrying 18 people that had gone missing one day earlier in the country's mountainous west, but no survivors have been found.

17 February 2014

Pride and puzzlement as unreleased Chinese film wins in Berlin A top European prize for Chinese movie "Black Coal, Thin Ice" provoked curiosity and questioning Monday with the film not yet released at home and some asking whether political sensitivity might block it.

17 February 2014

Gay Bollywood director says 'I won't be invisible' Indian filmmaker Onir knows what it's like to be Bollywood's only openly gay director.

16 February 2014

Seven Japanese divers missing in Indonesia Seven Japanese tourists were missing after leaving for a scuba diving trip in waters off the Indonesian island of Bali.

15 February 2014

Tens of thousands in Philippine sect's walk for typhoon aid Tens of thousands of members of a Philippine sect took to the streets in Manila on Saturday in a charity walk to raise funds for survivors of the country's deadliest typhoon.

15 February 2014

Body found near site of Chinese tycoon's Bordeaux chopper crash A body was discovered Friday on the banks of the river into which a Chinese tycoon crashed his helicopter as he toured his newly-acquired Bordeaux wine estate in December.

15 February 2014

Toyota recalls 260,000 cars in US Two days after its huge global recall of Prius hybrids, Toyota recalled another 260,000 cars and pickup trucks in the United States Friday for electrical problems involving the brakes.

15 February 2014

Snow storm hits Japan again, grounds over 100 flights Two people were killed Friday when a fresh snow storm hit Japan, disrupting rail and road travel, grounding more than 100 flights and adding to the piles left behind by an earlier blanketing.

15 February 2014

China plans to build world's longest underwater tunnel China plans to build the world's longest underwater tunnel, an expert involved in the project told AFP Friday, a $36 billion shortcut between two northern port cities in an earthquake-prone region.

14 February 2014

Japan's Rakuten paying $900 mn for Cypriot app-maker Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, said Friday it would buy Cyprus-based application maker Viber Media for $900 million, as its expands an overseas empire that includes Canadian e-reader company Kobo.

14 February 2014

Mass Valentine wedding in Malaysia despite Muslim anger Malaysian Islamic authorities took their annual swipe at Valentine's Day Friday, calling it a threat to Muslim values, but 138 couples took part in a mass wedding to mark the date.

14 February 2014

China gay activists' message for Putin on Valentine's Day A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.

14 February 2014

Indonesia orders 200,000 to evacuate as volcano erupts Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians were ordered to evacuate and three international airports were closed Friday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted spectacularly, hurling red-hot ash and rocks.

14 February 2014

Humour trumps good looks in Philippines Ugly people with a sense of humour appear to trump their good-looking but dull peers in the Philippines' dating game.

13 February 2014

Shanghai surprise for lovers desperately seeking film tickets Couples looking to enjoy a romantic Valentine's Day at one Chinese cinema will be out of luck this Friday, thwarted by singles who bought up all the odd-numbered seats.

13 February 2014

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