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Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange to repay owners $425 millionTomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesTokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck said on Sunday it would return about 46.3 billion yen ($425 million) of the virtual money it...In Japan, a crisis as loved ones with dementia go missing, some for yearsThousands of them wander off each year, alarming their families and stretching police resources. The programme Get Real looks at the obstacles involved.JAPAN: Stranded in...Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal released after reaching financial settlement A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement with the attorney general. (Photo: AFP)Prince Alwaleed, who is in...Nearly 100 dead in Kabul blast; Taliban claims responsibilityA bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew...Jung Chang calls Chinese history as she sees itJung Chang, author of the celebrated memoir Wild Swans (1991) recounting the suffering of her grandmother and parents during China’s Cultural Revolution, is two-thirds of...Heavy snow causes travel havoc in central, southern ChinaHeavy snow continued to affect parts of China on Saturday, closing highways, causing train and flight cancellations, and even interrupting a soccer match between Vietnam...Ambulance bomb kills 95, wounds 158 in KabulAfghan volunteers carry a body at the scene of a car bomb exploded in front of the old Ministry of Interior Affairs in Kabul on...China unveils vision for 'Polar Silk Road' across ArcticA polar bear in Repulse Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada.China on Friday outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road Initiative to...One China, two perspectivesTwo compelling Chinese female memoirists are now watching China from different sides of the world — and continuing to tell the Middle Kingdom’s story in...Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great GameTurkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan KosePresident Tayyip Erdogan's 'Olive Branch' operation appears to have...Philippines prepares for 3-month emergency around Mt MayonVolcanologists said there were seven more episodes of intense but sporadic lava fountaining at the crater lasting several minutes during a 21-hour period from Thursday...33 killed, over 70 injured in South Korean hospital fire Survivors were brought out wrapped in blankets, and firefighters picked their way through the blackened shell of the building after the blaze was extinguished. (Photo:...10 new offshore firms of Sharif family foundNawaz SharifIslamabad: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team has found more than 10 offshore companies owned by the Sharif family, officials said on Friday.The NAB...Sight of Chinese flags continues to rankle in TaiwanA Chinese flag is seen during a pro-unification rally in Taipei. A Republic of China (Taiwan) flag is seen on the right. Photo: Central News...Indian ICBM puts Beijing in range, may spur build-up in South AsiaIndia test-fires its Agni-V ICBM on January 18. Photo: The Times of India via Indian Defence MinistryNew Delhi's progress in developing a long-range missile may...A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a potential Thai canal through the country's Kra isthmus. Image: WikimediaGeneral...Suspicious N. Korea tanker spotted by JCGJapan has reported a suspected sanctions breach to the U.N. Security Council after observing an apparent cargo transfer between a Dominica-registered oil tanker and a...Seoul is 'going overboard' to accommodate North Korea, critics saySouth Korea's Olympic peace overture to its nuclear-armed northern neighbor is increasingly coming under fire.Hopes are high in some quarters that sports diplomacy could advance...Hang child rapists in public: Pak House panel Upset by the Kasur incident, there has been growing demand to hang the killer(s) of the innocent child in public. (Representational image)Code (CrPC) to punish...Beijing needs to tackle the ‘chronic disease’ infecting industryChina's Solar Panel industry has been hit by US trade tariffs. Photo: AFPOverproduction plagues a vast array of sectors and has a destabilizing impact on...Spurned by West, Myanmar’s Kachin look to ChinaRebel soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) manning rifles on a supply route from Laiza, a KIA-controlled stronghold in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on...How China's astronauts train for space missionsA still from one of the videos of an astronaut training. The Chinese authorities have released two videos to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding...Fighting rages amid Turkish push in Kurdish enclave in SyriaIntense fighting flared Monday as Turkish troops and their allies advanced on a Kurdish enclave in northwestern Syria, the third day of Ankara’s offensive to...The real reasons behind Hong Kong’s love of polygamous tycoonsThere’s an interesting phenomenon in Hong Kong that doesn’t happen a lot in comparable societies – and that is the practice of tycoons having multiple...Saudi coalition to give Yemen $1.5 bil. in aidSaudi Arabia on Monday announced $1.5 billion in new aid for Yemen, where nearly three years of conflict has devastated the local economy and pushed...Chinese navy gets new electronic warfare aircraft: reportsChina claims almost all of South China Sea and has also laid claims on the Senkaku islands under the control of Japan in East China...Vietnam lays down marker with conviction of ex-Politburo memberDinh La Thang (center) listens as the verdict is delivered on his case in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 22. Photo: VNA / Doan Tan via...Bangladesh pledges to coordinate with U.N. over Rohingya returnBangladesh on Sunday sought to reassure the international community that a planned repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to conflict-scarred western Myanmar would...Moon facing strong public opposition over Olympic dealDifficult times lie ahead for the administration of South Korean President Moon Jae In as it deals with U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and strong domestic...Why China wants to dominate green energyIf there is to be an effective response to climate change, it will probably emanate from China. The geopolitical motivations are clear.Renewable energy is increasingly...The Pakistan conundrumHarold Brown, the US defense secretary under President Jimmy Carter, was reported to have described the arms race between the United States and the Soviet...China's doorway to North Korea feels sanctions pinchDANDONG, China: Rows of sewing machines in one Chinese garment factory on the border with North Korea are now silent, unmanned after UN sanctions sent...Five killed in arson attack on Seoul motelSEOUL: Five people were killed and four others were hospitalised Saturday in an arson attack on a motel in downtown Seoul, police said.A 53-year-old man...China’s credit efficiency reaches ‘turning point’China is beginning to reap more rewards from its credit, reversing a trend over the past two years and signaling that its “credit cycle has...Chinese couples disappoint Beijing as birth rate dipsFollowing a jump in new births in 2016, last year saw China’s birth rate slide despite policy changes that hoped to bring about a sustained...India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missileThe long range ballistic Agni-V missile is displayed during the full dress rehearsal for the annual Republic Day parade 2013 at Rajpath on January 23,...Despite Trump, few Americans think China’s autocracy better than their democracyIn a comment about a controversial new book that questions Donald Trump’s fitness to hold America’s top office, China’s Global Times took a swipe at...Giant pandas in Malaysia have second cubKUALA LUMPUR: A giant panda cub has been born in a Malaysian zoo, the second offspring of a pair of giant pandas on loan from...Instagram users are promoting economic policy for paySingapore's government is hiring social media users to promote its 2018 budget, local newspaper The Straits Times reported on Wednesday.Hoping to generate youth interest in...Hong Kong pro-independence protest leader appears in court for 'rioting'HONG KONG: A young protest leader calling for Hong Kong's independence from China appeared in court on the rare charge of rioting on Thursday (Jan...Bullets and bombs on China’s high-speed rail networkChina will soon start rolling out its next-generation rail technology across the country, and it is likely the futuristic trains won’t only have passengers on...Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to finish Rohingya return in 2 yrsBangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to complete within two years the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled an army crackdown...N. Korea to send cheer squad of 230 / DPRK also eyes delegations for ParalympicsNorth Korea plans to send a 230-member cheering squad to South Korea as part of its delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics, Seoul officials said...Gold worth Rs 16 lakhs seized from two passengers in KochiGold weighing 547 gms and valued at 16 lakhs has been seized from two passengers who arrived at the international airport near here from the...Need to put curbs on social media to counter terror: Army chiefArmy Chief Bipin Rawat addressing the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, on Wednesday, said that it was...N Korean ICBM launch puts people of all nationalities at risk: TillersonThe Secretary of State also said that North Korea is not expected to be considerate of what comes in the way of one its missiles...U.S.-led coalition helps build Syrian force, angering TurkeyThe U.S.-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said Sunday, a...Abbas calls U.S. efforts ‘slap of the century’ Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts as the “slap of the century” at a key meeting Sunday on the White...China punishes officials for tampering with smog monitorChina has punished officials in the provinces of Jiangxi and Henan for tampering with pollution monitoring equipment in order to reduce smog readings, the environment...Burning Iranian tanker explodes and sinksAn Iranian oil tanker on fire for over a week in the East China Sea exploded and sank on Sunday, officials said, with little chance...Saudi women score right to watch soccer in stadiumFor years Areej al-Ghamdi could only cheer her favorite soccer team from home, but everything changed on Friday when Saudi Arabia allowed women into the...