Asia & Pacific

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics is pouring resources into its telecom network equipment business, aiming to capitalize on the security fears hobbling China's Huawei, according to company officials and other industry executives. Those ...

A Chinese international student who was arrested after throwing a tantrum inside a metro rail transit station in ...

WELLINGTON—China has postponed a major tourism campaign in New Zealand days before its launch, and Prime Minister Jacinda ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.—After 70 years of tension between North Korea and the United States, and two decades in ...

BANGKOK—A Thai court ordered the release of a refugee soccer player on Feb. 11, after prosecutors said they ...

WASHINGTON—Two U.S. warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Feb. 11, a ...

SYDNEY—Strong winds on Feb. 10 were expected to fan forest fires that have been burning for a week ...

Japanese companies that conduct much of their business in China, as well as about a third of the ...

BANGKOK, Thailand—The Thai princess whose stunning announcement she was running for prime minister was quickly opposed by her ...

ISLAMABAD—A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan has been transferred ...

BANGKOK—Thailand’s chaotic politics took two astonishing turns on Feb. 8 when the sister of the king made a ...

ALMATY—Human rights activists are urging Uzbekistan to deny a Chinese extradition request for an ethnic Kazakh citizen of ...

WASHINGTON—A protest across from the Royal Thai Embassy on Feb. 7 called for the release of Mr. Chiang ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Taiwan is actively working to pass new legislation protecting trade secrets and intellectual property, according to ...

WASHINGTON—Amid tensions between the United States and China, a group of Republican U.S. senators asked House of Representatives ...

A woman was rushed to hospital after her phone exploded in her face as she picked it up ...

BEIJING—Asia welcomed the Lunar Year of the Pig with visits to temples, family banquets and the world's biggest ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—An eruption of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes sent lava and searing gas clouds out the ...

Two Russians have been arrested in Malaysia over a street performance that involved swinging a baby by the ...

It started with a hug, at least in the public sphere.

TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen indirectly criticized China's lack of freedom in a message to mark the start of ...

A senior Abu Sayyaf operative and four members of the Islamic terrorist group believed to be behind the ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Police in Taiwan have broken up an alleged criminal operation with ties to China that sold counterfeit ...

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived at Incheon International Airport on Feb. 3 to meet ...

About six months ago, an orca carried the body of its dead calf for weeks, capturing the world’s ...

TOKYO—Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co.’s fiscal third-quarter profit fell 71 percent from a year earlier as growing incentives, ...

A deep-sea fish said to be a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis has stirred up fears in Japan ...