North Korea warns of retaliation against US-South Korea military drills, Asia News,SEOUL – North Korea threatened on Wednesday (Nov 13) to retaliate if the United States goes ahead with scheduled military drills with South Korea, ramping up pressure on Washington to change course as a year-end North
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemns protest violence, rail station attacks, China News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong's leader on Monday (July 22) strongly condemned some anti-government protesters for an \”attack\” on China's main representative office in the city. On Sunday police fired r
Thailand ditches China-led plan to dredge Mekong river, Asia News,BANGKOK – Thailand has spiked Chinese-led plans to open up a key stretch of the Mekong river, in a rare victory for activists fighting to preserve South-east Asia's most important waterway. Beijing has long wanted to blast 97km o
Chinese fans miffed at NBA over Hong Kong comments, but not enough to skip a game, Asia News,SHENZHEN – Thousands of Chinese basketball fans cheered on the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets at an NBA exhibition game in the city of Shenzhen on Saturday (Oct 12) night – but some warned the organisa
