South Korea’s former acting President Han Duck-soo said on Friday he would join the race to become the country’s next president after resigning the day before.
South Korea’s ‘sea women’ are genetically adapted for their tough trade
Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large spleens. Even Bajau people who don’t dive seem to share this trait, …
South Korea Lurches From One Political Crisis to Another
In five months, the country has had three acting presidents after the leader who imposed martial law was impeached. And now doubts cloud the coming election.
South Korea’s presidential race upended as front-runner returns to court
Democratic Party nominee Lee Jae-myung will be retried on electoral violation charges, while the acting president has resigned and is expected to enter the race.
Japan says no plan to threaten Treasuries sale in US trade talks
Japan has no plans to threaten to sell its $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasuries in trade talks with Washington, its finance minister said on Sunday, clarifying earlier remarks that the bond …
Bangladesh: ‘humanitarian corridor’ for Myanmar
Bangladesh: ‘humanitarian corridor’ for Myanmar Political parties from different shades of right, left, centrists, and Islamists are disturbed to hear …
China’s secret weapon in the trade war
A s China’s export machine sputters under the weight of 145% tariffs, jobs are at risk. Some 16m workers are involved in the production of goods bound for America, says Goldman Sachs, a bank. Nomura, another bank, projects a possible 5.7m job losses in the near term and 15.8m in the long run as the shock ripples through the economy.
China may make a ‘retaliatory’ move that could ‘hit’ US homeowners ‘hard.’ Here’s what Beijing’s saying
China may make a ‘retaliatory’ move that could ‘hit us hard’ — especially US homeowners. Here’s what Beijing’s saying, and how to pro
Vietnam’s apparatus restructuring, administrative reorganization to reduce nearly 130,000 civil servants
Vietnam’s administrative reorganization is expected to reduce the number of civil servants at all levels by nearly 130,000, officials said.
Cardinal who embraced Philippines’ gay Catholics could be the Francis continuity candidate for pope
On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of the Virgin Mary with fragrant lilies and pink carnations.