Asia & Pacific

More than 40 % of the target has been achieved—in contrast to only 15 % globally.

According to reports, most wanted Maoist commanders Shankar Rao and Lalita were among those killed during the confrontation, while three security personnel sustained injuries.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it would deal sternly with a festival planned for this weekend featuring Japanese adult film stars, including cutting off electricity to the venue.

A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping centre Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. Multiple people, including a small child, were also injured in the attack.

Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, is the first in the world to privately own the Hongqi L5, China’s most expensive luxury car.

Observers say with the Democratic Party and its allies likely to secure more than 151 seats, the administration and the conservative bloc would be unable to freely pursue their agenda over the next three years.

A Busan district office on Saturday announced the death of an 86-year-old woman who had recently donated 50 million won ($37,000) that she saved up while working as a housekeeper.

South Korean Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-kook stated that children in North Korea face grave human rights abuses, including receiving the death penalty for distributing South Korean dramas, during a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.

Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways were damaged and dozens of workers at quarries were stranded.

South Korea’s exports of cosmetics jumped around 22 % on-year to hit an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, amid the growing international popularity of Korean culture, government data showed Tuesday.

Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on April 3 and injured more than 900, while 50 hotel workers went missing en route to a national park, the authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety.

Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed seven people on Wednesday, injuring more than 700, with 77 trapped in tunnels and collapsed buildings, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to help some people descend to safety.

A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.