JITTERS IN TECH WORLD OVER NEW CHINESE SECURITY LAW

Segal added that one recourse would be to argue through the World Trade Organization that what China considers national security concerns are not valid... READ MORE›

N KOREA DETAINEES ARRIVE BACK IN US

Related Stories Two Americans who were released from detention in North Korea, Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae, have arrived back in the US... READ MORE›

AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE

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NORTH KOREA GOES ON WAR FOOTING AGAINST SOUTH KOREA AS DEADLINE LOOMS

North Korea launched four artillery shells into South Korea on Thursday, according to Seoul, in apparent protest against the broadcasts... READ MORE›

JOY AS N KOREA US PRISONERS RETURN

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he appreciated North Korea's decision to release the men and was relieved they were returning home... READ MORE›

TAIWAN POISED TO ELECT FEMALE PRESIDENT IN HISTORIC FIRST

Fell said I think the fact we have two female presidential candidates says something about the role of female politicians in Taiwanese politics... READ MORE›

LAW SUGGESTS BROADER CORE INTERESTS FOR CHINA

BEIJING After China enacted a sweeping national security law this week one official said the measure was intended to safeguard the country's core interests... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA'S NEW TIME ZONE IS PERFECTLY BIZARRE

Frankly, North Korea's proposed time zone change may be bizarre, but time zones all around the world are bizarre, so it fits in fine... READ MORE›

CHINA'S BEST OBAMA IMPERSONATOR LOOKS THE PART, BUT SPEAKS 'FAKE ENGLISH'

Chinese actor and President Obama impersonator Xiao Jiguo, 29, poses at a local hotel Wednesday in Beijing... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S ABE AND CHINA'S XI HOLD ICE-BREAKING MEETING AS APEC STARTS

Leaders of China and Japan meet for mini-summit after two years of mounting tension over disputed islands in East China Sea... READ MORE›

CHINA ENLISTS SQUAD OF TRAINED MONKEYS TO CLEAR SKIES DURING MEMORIAL PARADE

According to Wang Minghzi of China's air force Peoples Liberation Army monkeys have mastered the skills necessary to destroy birds nests... READ MORE›

'INFORMATION ISA THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AGAINST NORTH KOREA REGIME'

'Information isA the most powerful weapon against North Korea regime'... READ MORE›

CHINA'S JULY EXPORTS SLUMP 8 PERCENT, RAISES PRESSURE FOR MORE STIMULUS

Exports to the European Union fell 12.3 percent in July while those to the United States dropped 1.3 percent... READ MORE›

KENNY G HITS SOUR NOTE IN CHINA WITH HONG KONG VISIT

Sax and the City Kenny G hits sour note in China with Hong Kong visit... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA TO BAR TOURISTS OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

Other travel agents specialising in tours to North Korea confirmed the news, which they said came through official channels in Pyongyang and Beijing... READ MORE›

TAIWAN STANDS UP TO CHINA WITH WORLD WAR II MILITARY PARADE

Taiwan's Nationalist Party ruled all of China when Japan invaded parts of the country from 1931, forming a central stage of the Asian World War II theater... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREAN RHETORIC IS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY BUT DOESN'T QUITE SIGNIFY WAR

Every work unit and overseas North Korean business has been gathering gifts for the leadership and working strenuously to prepare for this event... READ MORE›

CHINA 'COVERTLY PROVIDING OIL TO NORTH KOREA'

Without China providing crude oil, the operation of many of North Korea's industrial facilities and vehicles would have been suspended, intelligence sources told Yonhap news agency... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA COMPLETES ROCKET LAUNCH SITE REVAMP, SAYS US THINKTANK

North Korea completes rocket launch site revamp, says US thinktank... READ MORE›

CIGARETTES OR SPARK SUSPECTED IN TAIWAN WATER PARK FIRE

Four victims were from Hong Kong, two from mainland China and one each from Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, a New Taipei City news official said... READ MORE›

NORTH, SOUTH KOREA TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS TO ADDRESS TENSIONS

Beijing South Korean officials said they would hold high-level talks with their North Korean counterparts in a bid to defuse tensions... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA ON HIGH ALERT AS NORTH KOREAN ATTACK DEADLINE LOOMS

Troop presence for the military exercises could reduce the risk of escalation by pressuring South Korea to exercise restraint, and deterring North Korea... READ MORE›

CHINA SAYS NOT BEGUN LEGAL PROCESS FOR DISGRACED SECURITY CHIEF

A senior Communist Party official said this week that Zhou's case was not discussed at last month's party meeting because he was no longer part of the central leadership... READ MORE›

WORLD REACTS TO N. KOREA'S HYDROGEN BOMB TEST CLAIM

Security Council resolutions and again call on North Korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments... READ MORE›

IS NORTH KOREA'S AIR KORYO THE WORLD'S WORST AIRLINE? IT MAY BE THE QUIRKIEST

PYONGYANG North Korea AP If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself... READ MORE›

U.S., CHINA AGREE ON NEED FOR NEW U.N. MEASURE ON NORTH KOREA

Security resolution targeting North Korea after its Jan. 6 nuclear test, though there were few signs of concrete progress... READ MORE›

JAPANESE GROUP HEADS FOR NORTH KOREA TO VISIT GRAVES OF KIN

The fact that so many Japanese died in North Korea should never be forgotten, said 83-year-old returnee Tomoya Sato... READ MORE›

Canadian consular officials visited every two weeks, Simeon Garratt said... READ MORE›

CHINA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED TODDLER OVER A PARKING SPACE

Han was sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for stealing a car but was released 2012 after the sentence was commuted, the reports said... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA FIRES ARTILLERY ROUNDS INTO NORTH KOREA IN RETALIATION FOR SUSPECTED ROCKET

State-run KBS News quoted a South Korean military official as saying that the North Korean military opened fire at 3.52pm local time on Thursday... READ MORE›