Showing posts with label Asia Pacific. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia Pacific. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 January 2015



The UN human rights chief has called on Myanmar to condemn a Buddhist nationalist monk for calling a UN special envoy a "bitch" and a "whore".

Wednesday, 21 January 2015


The AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling, Indonesia's transport minister has said.
Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta that flight QZ8501 had ascended at a speed of 6,000ft (1,828m) per minute.

Sunday, 18 January 2015


TAIPEI: A 32-year-old Taiwanese man has died after a three-day gaming binge at an Internet cafe in the island's south, the second such case this year, a report said on Saturday (Jan 17).

Saturday, 17 January 2015


JAKARTA: Indonesia put to death five foreigners and one local woman convicted of drugs offences on Sunday (Jan 18), unleashing a diplomatic storm as Brazil and the Netherlands condemned the execution of their citizens.