by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 7, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
Hundreds of thousands of protestors returned to the streets of Seoul Saturday (Jan 7), demanding impeached President Park Geun-Hye’s immediate removal and the salvaging of a sunken ferry which left more than 300 dead.
by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 6, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
A French background check of passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared in 2014, has found no cause for suspicion, concurring sources told AFP on Friday.
by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 6, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
Denmark said on Friday (Jan 6) that Seoul has sought the extradition of the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the heart of a scandal that led to the impeachment of the South Korean president.
by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 6, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
Thousands of North Koreans have rallied in Pyongyang, chanting communist slogans and vowing support for leader Kim Jong-Un, who in his New Year’s message announced plans to test-fire a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland.
by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 6, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
The hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks, Malaysia’s transport minister said on Friday, as relatives of passengers demanded authorities push on with the search.
by Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News | Jan 6, 2017 | AFP Asia Pacific, Asia
Victims of Nepal’s 2015 earthquake are at risk of slipping into debt as they face a second winter in temporary shelters, according to a monitoring group which says the government has been too slow to disperse reconstruction grants.