BANGKOK—Japan’s government vowed not to give in to terrorism after Islamic State militants released a videotaped threat to kill two Japanese citizens held hostage. A man clad in black and speaking with a British accent said, in a video posted online Tuesday, that unless $200 million is paid to his group, two Japanese men will […]
BANGKOK— The flight data recorder of AirAsia Flight 8501 has been retrieved from the Java Sea. Authorities said the cockpit voice recorder from the passenger jet that crashed on December 28 has also been located. Navy divers on Monday brought to the surface the flight data recorder of the Indonesia AirAsia flight, two weeks after […]
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and dozens of other political figures appear to have been detained after arriving for meetings with military leaders who took power in a coup this week.After being summoned by the army, Yingluck and others arrived at a military installation in Bangkok Friday. Military officials are quoted as confirming […]
SEOUL — In a farewell speech to the nation six days before leaving office, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday warned Pyongyang its missiles and weapons are taking the North “closer and closer to a dead-end.â€