December 10, 2015 Eight soldiers killed in Thai south blast A roadside bomb killed eight soldiers in Thailand's restive south, an army spokesman said, raising questions over the durability of a fragile peace process aiming to end the near-decade long insurgency.
December 10, 2015 Hirayama's widow 'concealed assets' The wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama concealed around $3 million worth of her husband's assets to avoid a hefty tax bill, reports said Saturday.
December 10, 2015 Flooded Philippine capital shuts down Heavy rain in the Philippine capital of Manila forced all schools, government offices and the stock exchange to close on Monday, as waist-deep water flooded parts of the city.
December 10, 2015 Arsenal cruise to victory in Vietnam Arsenal pummeled the Vietnamese national team into submission with a 7-1 romp on Wednesday at the 40,000-seat My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi.
December 10, 2015 Asian cage-fighter strikes blow for region's women A young Singaporean is hoping her fast hands and feet can strike a blow for Asian women when she joins the region's tiny ranks of female cage-fighters next month.
December 10, 2015 Singapore Airlines, India's Tata to establish new carrier Singapore Airlines and India's Tata conglomerate are to establish a new full-service carrier based in New Delhi, the two firms said in a joint statement Thursday.
December 10, 2015 Just like watching Brazil as Arsenal cruise Arsenal donned their new, Brazil-style away kit and played like five-time world champions as they blew away the Indonesia Dream Team 7-0 at the start of their Asian tour on Sunday.
December 10, 2015 Okinawa governor revokes approval for US air base relocation Okinawa's governor on Tuesday revoked approval for work needed to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the southern Japanese island to another, but the Tokyo government said it would still proceed with the plan.
December 10, 2015 Tokyo Electron shares soar on US merger deal Tokyo Electron shares soared around 14 percent Wednesday morning on news of a multi-billion dollar merger between the Japanese chip and panel giant and US-based Applied Materials.
December 10, 2015 Japan's Abe to visit Middle East in nuclear push The prime minister of energy-poor Japan heads to the oil-rich Middle East this weekend in his latest push to promote nuclear technology exports, a spokesman said Friday, despite growing problems at the crippled Fukushima plant.