Japan’s Abe renews call on South Korea to keep promises as a chance to mend ties
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon agreed on Thursday on the need to cooperate on North Korea despite frigid...
South Korea’s top convenience store chain drops flavored liquid e-cigarettes
South Korea’s top convenience store chain GS25 has stopped selling flavored liquid e-cigarettes, the parent company GS Retail said on Thursday....
South Korea’s top convenience store chain stops selling flavored liquid e-cigarettes
South Korea’s top convenience store chain GS25 has stopped selling flavored liquid e-cigarettes, the parent company GS Retail said on Thursday....
Japan’s Abe, South Korean Prime Minister Lee meet amid bitter row over history, trade
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon began talks on Thursday with a handshake but no smiles amid a bitter...
Hong Kong protesters to rally in support of Catalan activists
Hong Kong protesters plan to rally on Thursday evening to show solidarity with people demonstrating in Spain’s wealthiest region of Catalonia over jail sentences handed...
Wife of South Korea’s former justice minister arrested in corruption scandal
South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at the center of a graft scandal and was a...
China winter smog targets not enough to offset last year’s surge – data
A new winter plan to curb emissions in northern China will not be enough to reverse last year’s sharp increase, official data shows, raising concerns...
Costa Rican finance minister steps down amid fiscal reform push
Costa Rican Finance Minister Rocio Aguilar resigned on Wednesday in the middle of a fiscal reform push aimed at avoiding problems with future debt payments,...
New Zealand Auckland convention centre blaze under control: SkyCity
A massive fire that ripped through a convention centre under construction in Auckland has been brought under control after nearly two days, owner SkyCity Entertainment...
GSK gets FDA nod for wider use of ovarian cancer drug Zejula
GlaxoSmithKline said U.S. regulators had approved its ovarian cancer treatment Zejula for wider use in some advanced cancers, in a boost to the British drugmaker’s...