December 4, 2015 South Korea's Park takes lead in Japan South Korea's Park Sung-Joon of Korea shot a sublime three-under-par 68 in the third round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on Saturday, taking a two-shot lead into the last day.
December 4, 2015 Indonesia, Rudd back international talks on boat-people Indonesia's president and Australia's newly reinstated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday backed talks with originating countries to try to stem a tide of asylum-seeker boats staging perilous journeys to Australia.
December 4, 2015 Air N.Z. says love in the air for first gay wedding Air New Zealand announced plans to stage the country's first same-sex marriage at an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,000 metres), saying it wants to prove that love is truly in the air.
December 4, 2015 Japan's former premier sues PM Abe Japan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled.
December 4, 2015 Japan leader gambles on sales tax hike Japanese premier Shinzo Abe's long-awaited decision this week on whether to hike sales taxes is a major political gamble that proved career-ending for his predecessors, analysts say.
December 4, 2015 Singapore suspects held under special law Singapore confirmed Wednesday it was holding four alleged members of a global football match-fixing syndicate under a law allowing indefinite detention, while it builds a case against them.
December 4, 2015 Malaysian official won't rule out survivor 'miracle' as missing-jet search may be nearing black box The Malaysian defense minister said Monday that searchers have not ruled out the possibility of survivors among the 239 people missing after a Malaysia Airlines jet mysteriously disappeared after taking off from Kuala Lumpur 30 days ago.Â
December 4, 2015 Thai woman jailed for five years for insulting royals A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to five years in jail for breaching the kingdom's strict royal defamation laws in the the second such conviction in days.
December 4, 2015 Four Thais released after Nigeria kidnap ordeal Four Thais held in an apparent ransom kidnapping in Nigeria have been freed unharmed, a spokesman for the kingdom's foreign ministry in Bangkok said Saturday.
December 4, 2015 Indonesia's 'most wanted' militant urges jihad Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant has appeared in a video posted on the Internet delivering a tirade against the country's anti-terror police and urging "jihad", police said Wednesday.