Asia & Pacific

HONG KONG/LONDON—HSBC's shares in Hong Kong and Standard Chartered's in London fell on Monday to their lowest since at least 1998 after media reports that they and other banks, including ...

HONG KONG—Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month demanded ...

BANGKOK—Openly challenging the monarchy of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, thousands of protesters marched in Bangkok on Sunday to ...

TAIPEI—Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region ...

HONG KONG—Dozens of people in Hong Kong braved heavy rain on Friday evening to write postcards to 12 ...

MOSCOW—The Russian military on Friday accused the United States and its allies of provoking tensions in the Black ...

SEOUL—Analysts and security officials say they are watching for signs that North Korea may use an upcoming holiday ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—China’s military sent 18 planes including fighter jets over the Taiwan Strait in an unusually large show ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) has introduced legislation calling on the U.S. government to resume formal diplomatic ...

Li Hong, the host of “Cross the Strait” program of Beijing's official mouthpiece CCTV made a comment on ...

Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator “Bottle” Shiu Ka-chun established Wall-fare, an online community platform where people can voice their ...

The Australian government is looking to make the country a world leader in renewable energy with a billion-dollar ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. Under Secretary of State Keith Krach arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for the second visit by ...

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, which has been fighting against the Chinese Communist Party’s encroachment of the city’s liberties, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected Japan’s economy, crippling businesses, especially in the restaurant industry. Tse-Min Chin (also known ...

Taiwanese singer and actor Alien Huang has died at the age of 36. According to Taiwan's state Central ...

LONDON—Work on a major new nuclear power station in Britain will stop after Japanese company Hitachi pulled out ...

TOKYO—Japan's Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man. ...

The U.S. Treasury Department on Sept. 15 sanctioned a Chinese state-controlled firm for seizing land from Cambodians for ...

The Tibetan plateau, which serves as the source for 10 major rivers in Asia, provides water to hundreds ...

TOKYO—Former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly denied charges he helped former boss Carlos Ghosn hide income as the ...

Sydney's long-term hold on Qantas' headquarters is under threat as Australia's premier airline downsizes during the pandemic. Qantas ...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is urging the U.S. administration to extend a transaction ban to WeChat’s sister app, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Main streets were less crowded as Indonesia’s capital began 2 weeks of social restrictions on Monday to ...

HANOI—A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced four Vietnamese people to between 2-1/2 and 7-1/2 years in prison ...

A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and secretive intelligence arm has amassed the personal details of ...

TOKYO—Japan's Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...