S.Korea&#39;s Ruling Party Head Resigns on Father&#39;s Past
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The chairman of South Korea&#39;s ruling Uri Party resigned on Thursday after saying his father had served as a military police officer during Japan&#39;s 1910-1945 colonial rule on the peninsula.
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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party admits his father worked for Japan's military, and resigns.
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The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party resigned Saturday after prosecutors indicted him on graft charges, while the island's vice president, facing similar charges, said she would fight the allegations.
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Scandal-tainted Lee Myung-bak set to become South Korea's next president, exit poll shows
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s interim Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain resigned today after a short stint of nearly two months, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s choice Shaukat Aziz to take over the top post on Saturday.
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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The head of the Asia Pacific region for Intercontinental Hotels quits after lies were discovered about his academic qualifications.
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri  Party resigned Thursday, an unexpected first casualty of  President Roh Moo-hyun's call for an inquiry into who benefited  from working with Korea's Japanese colonial rulers.
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The president of NHK television -- Japan's public broadcaster -- resigned on Tuesday following a series of scandals including allegations this month that top politicians had pressured the network to censor a program about the use of sex slaves by Japanese troops during World War II.
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The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party, Don Brash, quits after weeks of mounting speculation.
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Bosnia&#39;s Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic resigned Saturday in protest against what he called &quot;unconstitutional changes&quot; top peace overseer Paddy Ashdown intends to make.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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has moved out of the non-proliferation regime for over two years now,&quot; he said. the gravity of the (South Korea&#39;s) case,&quot; suspecting US influences behind its stance.
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The new head of the ruling political party in France has resigned his post as finance minister, one day after taking over the party.
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UK Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned over claims he helped speed up a visa application to his department by his former lover&#39;s Filipina nanny and remarks he made to a biographer about fellow ministers.