Asia & Pacific

Chinese leaders appointed a new Communist Party chief at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on July 1, a surprise move that some experts say is a desperate attempt to ...

The Chinese Communist Party's announcement of new state controls that restrict exports of gallium and germanium on July ...

South Korea has recently raised its investment immigration threshold in response to an observed skewing of the proportion ...

A major petroleum and coal mining company has been spared prosecution for unlawfully using hundreds of millions of litres of ...

South Korea has successfully retrieved the wreckage of North Korea's spy satellite, which crashed into the sea on ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) stated on July 5 that two Chinese coast guard vessels had "followed, harassed, ...

Cambodia has barred Meta's Oversight Board members from entering the country after the board called for the suspension ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indonesian President Joko Widodo jointly denounced Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, noting its ...

Business travel for Indonesians to Australia will be made easier in a bid to boost the economic partnership ...

Japan's plans to release radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean are consistent ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A Polish climber has died after scaling Pakistan's Nanga Parbat, known as “killer mountain” for its dangerous ...

BEIJING—China’s defense minister reaffirmed the country's military relations with Russia during a meeting Monday with the head of ...

Commentary It seems that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is particularly sensitive to being described as a “dictator.” When ...

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing ...

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn inaugurated the opening of parliament on Monday, setting the stage for an attempt by ...

Moviegoers may be surprised to learn that the forthcoming "Barbie"—a movie based on the popular children's doll toy ...

Former U.S. president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump showed his tough attitude toward China in an interview, ...

South Korea's president has urged the Unification Ministry to change its approach toward North Korea and stop functioning ...

The Department of Defense recently updated a media production document, declaring that it won't work with film studios ...

A Taiwanese diving instructor reported a rare sighting of an “earthquake fish” in the shallow waters off the ...

TOKYO—An explosion tore through a building in downtown Tokyo on Monday, scattering debris across a busy intersection and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—An earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost province Monday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or ...

China's People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) reportedly sent its amphibious assault ship to the straits between the islands ...

News Analysis The devaluation of China’s currency, the yuan, has plummeted to its lowest point this year due ...

Short-lived as the Wagner rebellion was, its impact is rippling far beyond Russia's borders. It could even be ...

Two Russian frigates were spotted sailing off the waters near Taiwan and Japanese-controlled Okinawa islands between June 27 ...

The United Nations released a report on June 30 revealing a "massive" humanitarian crisis in Burma, also known ...