Category Archives: Asia-Pacific

Taiwan ‘grounds jets’ after crash

Taiwan reportedly grounds its F-5 jets as rescuers find bodies of three pilots killed when two fighters crashed into mountains on Tuesday.

Police in northern China are shocked to discover 66 school children crammed into a minivan.

Malaysia’s prime minister says he will repeal security laws that allow the government to detain people indefinitely without trial.

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao says China must change its system of absolute power and introduce more democracy.

Thousands of workers begin a month-long strike at one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines in the remote Indonesian province of Papua.

Chinese courts sentence four members of the Uighur minority to death over attacks in restive Xinjiang province, which left more than 30 people dead.

A top Chinese official says China will extend a helping hand to debt-burdened European nations, reinforcing a stance taken by Premier Wen Jiabao.

A man armed with an axe kills a young girl and three adults on a street in Gongyi in China’s central Henan province, media reports say.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the country cannot grow in isolation, and it will look to develop both global and domestic growth.

Ageing populations in Asian countries need to be properly managed, to ensure future growth says the Asian Development Bank (ADB).