Category: Asia

Severe Food Shortage In N Korea

Five American aid agencies report the food shortage in North Korea has become severe. They are appealing for quick

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Children Die Under Bulusan Ash

MANILA (AFP) – Philippine health authorities handed out face masks to thousands of residents around an erupting volcano on

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Mt. Bulusan Erupts – Hundreds Flee

Manila. Hundreds of villagers fled to safety Monday after a restive volcano belched ash and smoke into the sky

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6.2 Earthquake Hits Eastern Russia

NEW YORK – A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the east coast of Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula, the U.S. Geological

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“iPhone” Poisoned Factory Workers

Technology giant Apple has admitted that some of its workers in China have been poisoned and that many are

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6.1 Quake Strikes Indonesia

Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province was rocked by a 6.1 on the Richter scale earthquake on Tuesday. At this time

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South Korea Hit By “Snow Bomb”

Video Report: South Korea mobilized thousands of government workers and troops Monday. This time, the enemy was record snowfall

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China Swine Flu Claims 20 Lives

BEIJING (AFP) – At least 20 people have died of swine flu in China this year, the health ministry

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Rapid Deforestation In Malaysia

New satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, and

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Food Crisis For Flood-Hit Sri Lanka

A major food shortage is looming on Sri Lanka's east coast after heavy flooding. Thousands of hectares of farmland, 75,000

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