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Blood on the streets
Violent anti-government protests in Thailand left two dead, more than 450 injured, and the country's democratic prospects in jeopardy as opposition leaders struck another blow to the government. The worst...
Read ArticleAbdullah calls time on leadership
Facing mounting pressure from within his own party, Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has decided not to defend his post in party elections in March 2009, reports The Associated Press...
Read Article- Thailand - Thai riot police used Chinese-made tear gas that contained explosives strong enough to rip...
- Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned of "armed clashes" if Thai troops trespass over the border...
- North Korea - North Korea has allowed inspectors from the UN atomic watchdog IAEA...
- Region - Asian financial markets have sharply risen, following Wall Street's...
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Has Ma fallen off his horse?
Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou is feeling the public's dissatisfaction after he "stumbled" over the issue of tainted milk products from mainland China and failed to deal with the "economic fallout from recent typhoons," says Cindy Sui in Asia Times Online. Ma's handling of the milk crisis "frustrated the public."
The Week to Come
Japan will celebrate Health and Sports Day, or Taiiku no hi, on October 13, a national holiday commemorating the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games
Shanghai gets ready to host the Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix, set to kick off on October 17
The 16th annual Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference will take place from October 13-18 in Aomori, Japan; the topic of thi
Read ArticleSad demise of ‘South Korea's Julia Roberts'
Korean actress Choi Jin-sil was "almost like family" to many ordinary Koreans and her suicide has "shocked society," writes the JoongAng Daily. Unlike many celebrities of her time, Choi's early incarnation as the "girl next door" and later reinvention as a hard-working housewife made her "accessible".....
Would you believe it?
Milking the property market - Faced with a sluggish housing market, developers in China are resorting to some bizarre tricks to lure buyers, including giving away free cows to new homeowners, says Today Online (Singapore). One developer in the southern city of Nanjing.......
Stressed pandas... Mao's plane
Stressed pandas: With a constant stream of people watching their every move, it's little wonder that Wuhan Zoo's two pandas have frazzled nerves. But their keepers have found that giving "Hope" and "Greatness" .....
A rough ride for Asia
Fasten your seatbelts, Asia - the worst is yet to come. Investors battened down the hatches as regional markets continued their freefall after the UK's $87.6 billion bank bailout package underscored the divided response in Europe to the global financial crisis. Asian investors remained jittery after Wall Street tanked and the International Monetary Fund predicted....
Read ArticleSkype and TOM Online: Privacy breach is nothing new
Recent reports that Skype's Chinese partner TOM Online has monitored, filtered and recorded its users' text conversations have "ripped open an old wound for US Internet companies," says the South China Morning Post's Zhuang Pinghui. Skype quickly said it has fixed the problem,....“
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