December 7, 2015 All Blacks opt for experience against Wallabies Inspirational skipper Richie McCaw returns to lead the All Blacks against Australia on Saturday, with New Zealand coach Steve Hansen selecting an experienced line-up to face the fired-up Wallabies.
December 7, 2015 Japan mob publishes magazine for gangsters: reports Japan's biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters' fishing diaries, reports said Wednesday.
December 7, 2015 S. Korea court orders US firms to pay up over Agent Orange South Korea's highest court on Friday upheld a ruling ordering two US Agent Orange makers to compensate 39 Vietnam War veterans, while sending another decision back to a lower court for review.
December 7, 2015 Panama says N. Korean crew could face six years in jail North Korean sailors whose dilapidated ship was halted near the Panama Canal and found to be carrying military equipment could face up to six years in jail, a prosecutor has said.
December 7, 2015 Asia's Premier League love affair grows It started as a crush in the 1980s and became a steady relationship -- but wild scenes show Asia's love for English football is not just passionate, it's getting stronger.
December 7, 2015 Backhoe man describes Philippine massacre burial A backhoe driver has described in chilling detail how he used the excavator to bury the 58 victims of the Philippines' worst political massacre, according to a video aired on Tuesday.
December 7, 2015 Japan nuclear rules to be world's best: watchdog Japan will have one of the world's best atomic power safety regimes, the new head of the industry's watchdog pledged Thursday, but he said the full restart of the nation's nuclear plants is some way off.
December 7, 2015 Hundreds gather for Philippine anti-graft rally About a thousand people staged a street protest in the Philippines on Wednesday in the second Internet-fuelled demonstration in three weeks against alleged large-scale corruption by members of parliament.
December 7, 2015 Cambodian boy dies from bird flu: WHO A nine-year-old boy has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th victim this year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, warning that the kingdom's deadliest outbreak of the virus could continue.
December 7, 2015 Singapore arrests 14 people in football match-fixing bust Fourteen people believed to be members of an organised crime ring involved in football match-fixing activities have been arrested in police raids across Singapore, authorities said Wednesday.