China is claiming sovereignty over a series of reefs also claimed by the Philippines in the latest in a series of territorial disputes in the South China Sea. A foreign ministry spokesman said in Beijing Thursday it is “entirely normal” for a Chinese enterprise to have unloaded building materials and erected marker posts in the […]
China Rebuffs Philippines Complaint, Claiming South China Sea Reefs
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
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US Senator Visits Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain is in Rangoon for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. McCain paid a visit earlier Thursday to the Rangoon headquarters of the Free Funeral Service Society. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. McCain’s […]
Sony Restores PlayStation Network to Much of Wired World
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Japanese entertainment giant Sony says it will restore service Thursday to its popular online gaming service in the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. The action comes more than a month after the service was shut down due to a cyberattack. Sony closed the global PlayStation Network on April 20 after hackers gained access to […]
German Chancellor Questions Burma’s Bid for ASEAN Chair
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for Burma to improve its human rights record before it is permitted to serve as chair of ASEAN. Speaking Thursday at an international forum in Singapore, Ms. Merkel said she is “a little bit concerned” about Burma’s bid to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2014. The […]
China, Google Clash Over Reported New Hacking Attack
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 5:25 am (UTC-5)
Google is once more in conflict with China, this time over a new hacker attack affecting the e-mail accounts of hundreds of people, including senior U.S. officials, journalists, and Chinese political activists. The Internet giant says the scheme to steal user passwords from G-Mail accounts originated in Jinan in eastern China. It gave no details […]
US Senator Expected in Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain was due in Rangoon Thursday for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. His visit to Rangoon follows meetings Wednesday in the administrative capital, Naypyidaw, with Vice President […]
Pyongyang Strips South Korean Firm of Tourist Mountain Monopoly
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
North Korea has unveiled a new law that would allow foreign investors to invest in a mountain resort once operated exclusively by a South Korean corporation. The law calls for transforming Mount Kumgang into a special zone for international tours. It also ends Hyundai Asan’s monopoly over the resort, which attracted scores of South Korean […]
Seoul Acknowledges Secret Beijing Meeting With North Korea
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has acknowledged its officials attended a secret meeting with North Korean officials in Beijing, but challenged details in Pyongyang’s account of the meeting. Unification Minister Hyun In-taek was questioned about the meeting in parliament Thursday, a day after the North’s official KCNA news agency provided an account of last month’s meeting. KCNA said […]
Chinese Crime Wave Reported After Pre-Universiade Crackdown
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
Chinese state media say residents are reporting increased crime in the southern city Dongguan, which has become a haven for thousands of people expelled from the nearby city of Shenzhen ahead of an international sporting event. The Communist Party-controlled Global Times said Tuesday that more than 80,000 “high-risk” people have been expelled from Shenzhen in […]
Kan Offers Future Resignation as Party Faces Possible Defeat
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offered to resign in the coming months, speaking hours before a parliamentary vote that failed to bring down his government. Mr. Kan said at a meeting of his Democratic Party of Japan Thursday that he would like to hand over power to a younger generation once the prospects for dealing […]
