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YY Changes Its Tune After Karaoke Is A Hit

5:44pm January 02, 2015

by Zoe Chace

Chinese social network site YY originally allowed customers to watch other people play video games, but users realized that the site had more potential. It could be a place to perform virtual karaoke.

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People watch a TV news program showing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, in November. She has reportedly married the son of the ruling party secretary.

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Kim Jong Un's Little Sister Reportedly Marries

5:29pm January 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Kim Yo Jong, who is said to have recently assumed a key leadership role, has reportedly married the son of the secretary of the ruling party.

A South Korean army soldier walks near a TV screen showing an advertisement of Sony Picture's The Interview, which sparked condemnation in North Korea, which allegedly hacked the studio.

Obama Authorizes New Sanctions On North Korea Over Sony Hack

2:52pm January 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The executive order targets three North Korean entities and accuses the Pyongyang regime of "destructive, coercive cyber-related actions."

Wynn Macau casino resort is one of several new glitzy hotel-casinos that have gone up in the former Portuguese colony since the gambling industry there was liberalized in 2002.

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Chinese Gamblers See Macau As Bad Bet Amid Corruption Crackdown

12:43pm January 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Gambling revenue in the former Portuguese territory has fallen for the first time in more than a decade as Chinese officials fear a conspicuous display of wealth.

Japanese babies â the number born last year was a new low.

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Japan's Population Declined In 2014 As Births Fell To A New Low

1:34pm January 01, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The country's aging and shrinking population has been an issue of concern and could have severe economic consequences.

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Fatal Stampede Dampens Shanghai's New Year Celebrations

7:48am January 01, 2015

Three dozen people were killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in Shanghai. Little is known about what triggered the chaos. Steve Inskeep talks to the BBC's John Sudworth.

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An Indonesian police officer in Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun carries part of a plane found floating on the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared on Sunday.

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A Break In Weather Allows Search For AirAsia Jet To Resume

1:34am January 01, 2015

by Martha Ann Overland

Blue skies and calmer seas mean divers can enter the water to look for bodies. Also a source close to the investigation says radar shows the jet climbed steeply before crashing into the Java Sea.

Indonesian soldiers carry a coffin containing a victim of AirAsia Flight 8501 upon arrival at Indonesian Military Air Force base in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

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Weather Hampers AirAsia Search; Sonar May Have Found Parts Of Plane

8:15am December 31, 2014

by Martha Ann Overland

Sonar may have located parts of the AirAsia flight that disappeared Sunday over the Java Sea with 162 people on board. Recovery teams have now pulled at least seven bodies from the choppy waters.

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2014 Got Off To A Tense Start For China

8:09am December 31, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

President Xi Jinping consolidated power in a manner not seen since the 1980s, making him China's most powerful leader in a long time. And, he waged an intensive anti-corruption drive.

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Cho Hyun-ah (center) leaves for a detention facility today following a court order. Cho served as head of in-flight service for Korean Airlines until earlier this month. Her conduct aboard an aircraft over a packet of improperly served macadamia nuts led

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Ex-Korean Air Executive Arrested Over 'Nut Rage' Incident

2:35pm December 30, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Cho Hyun-ah's conduct aboard an aircraft over a packet of improperly served macadamia nuts led to her resignation. She was arrested today for violating South Korea's aviation safety laws.