December 12, 2015 Activist says barred from Malaysian state The activist sister-in-law of former prime minister Gordon Brown has said she was deported from a Malaysian state whose powerful leader is widely accused of massive corruption.
December 12, 2015 US must change N. Korea policy before detainee is freed: paper Even a high-profile trip by a prominent US political figure will not secure the release of a Korean-American sentenced to hard labour in North Korea, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Wednesday.
December 12, 2015 Japan's Mt Fuji granted World Heritage status: UNESCO Japan's Mount Fuji, known for its perfectly cone-shaped volcano, was on Saturday granted World Heritage status, UNESCO said.
December 12, 2015 Briton admits he's an 'idiot' after N.Z. plunge A British man who miraculously survived a fall from a 15th-storey balcony in New Zealand while drunkenly trying to break into his apartment has labelled himself an "idiot".
December 12, 2015 Three gunned down in deadly week for Philippines press Three journalists have been gunned down in the Philippines in its worst spate of media killings in nearly four years, police and rights watchdogs said Friday.
December 12, 2015 HK's Sandy Lam wins top music awards in Taiwan Veteran Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam won top honours at the Golden Melody Awards for Asia's best Mandarin chart music in Taipei on Saturday.
December 12, 2015 Japan asks US to stop flying helicopters after Okinawa crash Japan asked the U.S. military not to fly its Japan-based HH-60 helicopters until it determines why one crashed at a U.S. base on the southern island of Okinawa, as the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday that it stopped searching for a missing crew member after finding remains.
December 12, 2015 S. Korea selects candidates for family reunions South Korea's Red Cross on Saturday announced a list of 500 potential candidates for reunions next month with their North Korean relatives separated for decades by the 1950-53 Korean War.
December 12, 2015 Miss World organisers say Bali final 'impossible' Miss World organisers said Tuesday it would be "impossible" to stage the final in Bali, vowing to petition Indonesian authorities to move the event back to Java after it was switched in the face of radical Muslim protests.
December 12, 2015 Indonesian court frees people-smuggler An Indonesian court Thursday rejected a request for the extradition of an alleged people-smuggling "kingpin" to Australia, instead freeing the Afghan from detention.