December 4, 2015 Dream of reunification fades in S. Korea Sixty years after the end of a war which killed millions and sealed the Korean peninsula's division into communist North and capitalist South, the dream of reunification is fading in South Korea.
December 4, 2015 Philippines plans to give Muslims autonomous zone as part of peace proposal The president of the overwhelmingly Catholic Philippines proposed Wednesday to give Muslims in the south the ability to run their own government under their own flag, part of a peace plan aimed at ending a four-decade rebellion that has killed 150,000 people.
December 4, 2015 Japan's gaming market is a world apart The latest version of blockbuster videogame Grand Theft Auto may have stoked a worldwide buying frenzy, but the ultra-violent offering is likely to be a minnow in Japan's vast gaming market.
December 4, 2015 S.Korean court awards compensation over Japan forced labour A South Korean court on Wednesday ordered a Japanese steel giant to pay compensation over forced wartime labour in what was described as the first ruling of its kind, a report said.
December 4, 2015 India win toss, put Sri Lanka in to bat Returning Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat in the final of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen's Park Oval on Thursday.
December 4, 2015 Japanese table tennis prodigy, 12, eyes Olympics Twelve-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy Mima Ito has set her sights on challenging China's hegemony at the next Olympics after once again wowing audiences in Taiwan.
December 4, 2015 Taiwan urges sport sponsorship amid 'brawn drain' fear Taiwan called on more companies Tuesday to finance athletes amid concerns local tennis hero and Wimbledon women's doubles champion Hsieh Su-Wei might take up Chinese citizenship in exchange for a seven figure sponsorship deal.
December 4, 2015 Foot injury clouds Kim Yu-Na Sochi plans South Korea's two-time world figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na has sustained a foot injury that could keep her out of competition for two months, seriously disrupting her Olympic preparations.
December 4, 2015 More steam in Fukushima reactor building: TEPCO The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan said Tuesday steam had been spotted at the battered reactor for the second time in days, but levels of radioactivity had not risen.
December 4, 2015 US doctor returns arm bone to Vietnamese soldier An American doctor said Monday he had returned the carefully-preserved arm bone of a Viet Cong soldier to its owner more than forty years after he amputated it during the Vietnam War.