Myanmar hopes to take significant steps towards ending its long-running armed conflicts this month as leaders will meet for a peace conference starting Wednesday in the capital city Naypyidaw. However, the battlefields are unlikely to quieten down any time soon.
Myanmarhopestotakesignificantstepstowardsendingitslong-runningarmedconflictsthismonthasleaderswillmeetforapeaceconferencestartingWednesdayinthecapitalcityNaypyi
The Airport Authority has come under fire again – this time from government environmental advisers – over plans to translocate just 5 per cent of rare and slow-growing coral colonies found near the construction site of its third runway.
An Air Koryo passenger plane, the national carrier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was forced to land in Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday.
One month after Taiwan's new leader Tsai Ing-wen assumed office, the island is not short of protests and disputes over policy reversals, and businessmen increasingly complain about the dawdling economy.
The banking regulator began a three-month consultation into the initiative on Tuesday, designed to ensure banks are ready to face online threats
Patients using emergency services at public hospitals could be asked to pay HK$200 – double the current fee – under a plan being considered by the Hospital Authority to address overcrowding caused by flu.
Chinese tourists will soon enjoy unprecedented convenience in traveling to Alberta as newnon-stop flight will be launched soon.
Beijing transit authorities are targeting illegal roadside parking in bicycle lanes, and plan to further increase cycling infrastructure by the end of this year.
Altogether 224 people are still in critical condition following a fire on June 27 at a water park in Taiwan, the island's health authority said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed several trade bills into law, including the legislation giving him the so-called fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals with other countries, injecting new momentum to the stalled Asia-Pacific trade talks.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday night asked Congress to grant the administration the so-called "fast track" authority to negotiate far-reaching trade deals with Asia-Pacific and European countries and speed them through Congress.
Taiwan's new chief administrator Mao Chi-kuo and other officials from the administrative authority were sworn in on Monday, pledging to deepen rapport with the public.
Taiwan's legislative authority passed new amendments to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation after a third reading on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed the transfer of authority early in the day from the African-led Mission to the UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic (CAR), saying that the move marks the beginning of the UN force's military and police action in the country
The Taiwan authority on Sunday afternoon agreed to halt the construction of the island's fourth nuclear power plant that triggered safety concerns.
Student protest leaders Monday announced that they would retreat from the chamber of Taiwan's legislative building at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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