Category Archives: Asia-Pacific
Two Taiwan military jets ‘crash’
Two Taiwanese fighter jets are thought to have crashed while on a training flight, reports from the island say.
N Korean refugees sail to Japan
Coast Guards find a boat carrying nine apparent North Korean refugees off Japan’s west coast, only the third group to arrive in the country.
Australia to hold media inquiry
Australia’s government says it is to set up a wide-ranging inquiry into the media, after the News of the World phone hacking scandal in the UK.
Executed Taiwan airman innocent
A Taiwanese airman executed 14 years ago for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl was innocent after all, a military court in Taiwan has ruled.
$1.2bn rugby boost for NZ economy
The Rugby World Cup will boost New Zealand’s economy by as much as $1.2bn (£756m), according to a report by MasterCard.
Japan PM in nuclear restart call
Yoshihiko Noda calls for nuclear plants halted after the Fukushima crisis to be restarted, but pledges a shift away from nuclear in the long term.
China police in cooking oil sting
Police in China arrested 32 people in a sting operation to prevent the sale of illegally reprocessed cooking oil, which is thought to cause cancer.
Gillard presents carbon tax bill
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduces her bill for a controversial carbon tax to parliament, amid cheers and howls.
Suzuki to end Volkswagen alliance
Suzuki seeks an end to its partnership with Volkswagen, after the German carmaker accuses Suzuki of breaking the terms of their agreement.
Filming sex ‘rife at Navy base’
An Australian Navy cadet who filmed himself with a mobile phone raping a female colleague as she slept wanted to be accepted by his peers, a court hears.
