Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was indicted on Thursday on charges of inciting attacks against the military, a case stemming from deadly anti-
December 05, 2024
Taiwan hopes to reach a long-mooted tax agreement with the United States next year, Finance Minister Chuang Tsui-yun said on Wednesday, which both sides have said will foster more
October 25, 2023
Sake is perhaps even more Japanese than the world-famous sushi
December 04, 2024
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was indicted on Thursday by a court on charges of inciting his supporters to attack the country's military and its installations in
December 05, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday he spoke with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other U.S. congressional leaders during his visit to the
December 05, 2024
Sovereign and public funds managing $6.5 trillion are putting risk back on the menu as inflation fears fall from the list of top concerns, and are betting big on
December 05, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company owned by Warren Buffett, has sold 820,500 Hong Kong-listed shares of electric vehicle maker BYD Co for HK$201.73 million ($25.78
October 31, 2023
There have been 46 attempted self-coups since the end of World War II – 80% have succeeded. So what went wrong for South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol?
December 05, 2024
Drugmaker AstraZeneca names new China chief to replace detained executive
December 05, 2024
The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's flagship rocket.
December 05, 2024
Japan and the Philippines signed a 1.6 billion yen ($10.65 million) security assistance deal on Thursday to boost the Southeast Asian nation's maritime security and surveillance
December 05, 2024South Korean opposition lawmakers said on Thursday they would vote this weekend to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for his botched attempt to impose
December 04, 2024
South Korean politician who grabbed soldier’s gun says she was the ‘last line’ in protecting parliament during martial law
December 05, 2024
Philippine police officials say they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south
December 05, 2024South Korea’s president has replaced his defense minister as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning-but-brief imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul streets
December 05, 2024
Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese man sought by Beijing for allegedly helping transfer and laundering almost $18 million from a criminal online gambling group in China
December 05, 2024London set to host second official pro Sumo tournament ever outside of Japan
December 05, 2024
The United States will provide $12.5 million to Vietnam to enhance its maritime law enforcement capabilities and combat illegal fishing, the U.S. embassy in Hanoi said on Thursday.
December 05, 2024China's President Xi Jinping stressed the need to enforce discipline and fight corruption in the military, as well as boost information warfare capabilities, state broadcaster CCTV
December 05, 2024
A South Korean party spokesperson seen grappling with a rifle-wielding soldier in a video that went viral as a symbol of defiance against martial law
December 05, 2024
Procter & Gamble has overhauled its supply chain for the tiny, extra-thin strips of stainless steel in its Gillette razors to source from India
December 05, 2024
South Korean opposition leader thought martial law announcement was ‘a deepfake’
December 05, 2024
A Pakistani court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, in a graft case, local TV ARY News said, a move that could lead to
December 05, 2024
Jailed former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday mounted a fresh legal bid to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest, though court
December 05, 2024
The Philippines' foreign ministry said on Thursday it has filed a diplomatic protest against China over a Dec. 4 maritime incident in the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South
December 05, 2024
Tech giant Apple
China has decided to impose sanctions on 13 U.S. military firms from Thursday, in response to the sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan, the foreign ministry said after the United States
December 05, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is in discussions with Nvidia Corp to produce its Blackwell artificial intelligence chips at the
December 05, 2024
The wealth held by the world's billionaires jumped by about 17% over the past year, as significant gains among the super rich in the United States more than offset a decline in
December 05, 2024
Huawei's supply chain team is working overtime to meet demand for its new Mate 70 smartphones as supplies they had initially prepared were insufficient, an executive told the state
December 05, 2024
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Apple's biggest iPhone assembler, reported on Thursday revenue for November rose 3.47% year-on-year to reach the
December 05, 2024
A Malaysian royal commission of inquiry (RCI) recommended a criminal investigation into former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad over a decision to drop claims
December 05, 2024
What has happened in South Korea and what does martial law have to do with it?
December 04, 2024
Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an end-of-November deadline to register with the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade
December 05, 2024
Automakers in China are ramping up exports of hybrid vehicles to Europe and planning more models for the key market, exposing the limits of the European Union's electric vehicle
December 05, 2024
China is trying to set a "red line" for the incoming Trump administration and U.S. allies by stepping up military activities in the region, a senior Taiwan security
December 05, 2024
Members of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand later this month to discuss the crisis in member-nation Myanmar,
December 05, 2024
Malaysia said on Thursday any attempt by the incoming Trump administration to impose tariffs on BRICS countries for trying to create a new currency or use alternatives to the
December 05, 2024
Asian stocks were under selling pressure from foreign investors for a second consecutive month in November amid worries over potential U.S. tariff hikes on regional exports
December 05, 2024
South Korean prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol, his interior minister, and the now-former defence minister over their roles in an attempt to
December 05, 2024
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Thursday he had replaced two senior officials in an unexpected move that he said would maximise social and economic benefits and help the city "
December 05, 2024
Japan's government has no plans to revise a joint statement with the central bank that focused on pulling the economy out of deflation, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday
December 05, 2024
At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the
December 04, 2024
A North Korean diplomatic delegation is visiting China for talks on strengthening cooperation, North Korean state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang slowly opens its borders and
December 16, 2023
Australia's Woodside Energy Group said on Thursday it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with U.S. engineering firm Bechtel to develop the
December 05, 2024
Taiwan will not bow down to totalitarianism, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday in the U.S. territory of Guam, calling Taiwan and the United States "brothers".
December 05, 2024
It may seem that the wild scenes in Seoul, with hundreds of armed troops and frantic lawmakers storming South Korea's parliament building after the president suddenly declared martial law, came out of nowhere
December 04, 2024
South Korea martial law ‘a painful reminder of how easily democracy can be threatened,’ protesters say
December 04, 2024
North Korea, Russia and China watch on as crisis unfolds in key US ally South Korea
December 04, 2024It’s high season in Thailand. Avoid the crowds by visiting these lesser-known destinations
December 05, 2024
UNESCO recognized Japan's ancient process of sake brewing as an "intangible cultural heritage" on Wednesday, which producers hope will boost global interest in the traditional
December 05, 2024
In early October, Nissan Motor managers dialed in for a regular online meeting with boss Makoto Uchida only to hear a grim message:
December 05, 2024
Following a 30-year boy-to-girl birth rate imbalance, up to 800,000 ‘extra’ men born since the mid-1980s will be unable to find a South Korean woman to marry. That has big demographic consequences.
January 08, 2024
The United States shares the view that the weekend's elections in Bangladesh were not free and fair, the U.S.
January 08, 2024
A candidate from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party looks set to win the presidency despite Beijing’s pressure and rhetoric.
January 09, 2024
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours but has cast doubt on his ability to govern for the remaining 2 1/2 years of his term and whether he will abide by democratic principles
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and nominated the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk, as new defence
December 04, 2024
Philippine officials say Chinese coast guard vessels backed by navy ships have fired powerful water cannons and blocked and sideswiped a Philippine patrol vessel at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the nation in declaring martial law and calling in troops to secure the National Assembly building
December 04, 2024
South Korean president accepts defense minister’s resignation amid backlash over martial law move
December 05, 2024
Chip design software firm Synopsys on Wednesday forecast fiscal 2025 revenue below Wall Street expectations thanks in part to a slump in China sales
December 04, 2024
South Korea's economy grew 0.1% in the third quarter, revised central bank data showed on Thursday, unchanged from its advance estimates issued in October.
December 04, 2024
South Korea's Finance Ministry said on Thursday that the government will activate 40 trillion won ($28.35 billion) worth of market stabilization fund, after President Yoon Suk Yeol's
December 04, 2024
U.S.
December 04, 2024
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest
December 03, 2024
Western countries have used a regular U.N.-backed review of China's human rights record to press Beijing to do more to allow freedom of expression, protect the rights of ethnic minorities, repeal a national security law in Hong Kong and to implement other changes
January 23, 2024
The euro rose marginally against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, but came off session highs, after a widely expected collapse of the French government
December 04, 2024
U.S. stock indexes rose to more records after tech companies talked up how much artificial intelligence is boosting their results
December 04, 2024
Fonterra Co-operative reported a lower first-quarter profit after tax on Thursday, due to impacts from lower sales volume and higher milk prices, while raising its milk price outlook for
December 04, 2024
The United States was not aware that South Korea's president intended to declare martial law, U.S.
December 04, 2024
U.S. government agencies held a classified briefing for all senators on Wednesday on China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to burrow
December 04, 2024
Oil futures fell nearly 2% on Wednesday as investors awaited an imminent OPEC+ decision on production cuts, while a larger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude stockpiles
December 04, 2024
A U.S. tech stock rally and expectations of lower interest rates boosted global shares while the euro and dollar were steady on Wednesday despite political turmoil in
December 04, 2024
General Motors told shareholders on Wednesday that it would record two non-cash charges totaling more than $5 billion on its joint venture in China, one related to
December 04, 2024
Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has dismissed criticism from Ukraine of his appointment as president of the International Fencing Federation, but
December 04, 2024
Taiwan's parliament on Thursday elected a former presidential candidate for the largest opposition party as its new speaker, who will be responsible for hosting visiting foreign
February 01, 2024
As Indonesia votes this month to replace popular President Joko Widodo, all three candidates have all been aggressively seeking to win the votes of younger people, reaching out to them on the apps they use, through the K-pop music many love, and even video gaming events
February 08, 2024
Japan's Nippon Steel is committed to its $15 billion acquisition of U.S.
December 04, 2024
The poor performance of General Motors’ Chinese joint ventures is forcing the company to write down assets and take a restructuring charge totaling more than $5 billion in the fourth quarter of this year
December 04, 2024
Apple and Baidu are working to add AI features to iPhones sold in China, but are facing hurdles that could hurt the tech giant's phone sales in the country, The Information reported on
December 04, 2024
Twelve Vietnamese soldiers were killed in an apparently accidental explosion while in training in southern Vietnam, state media reported late on Wednesday.
December 04, 2024Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was in the U.S. territory of Guam on Wednesday, his second U.S. stopover in less than a week during a tour to reinforce ties with Pacific allies in the face of
December 04, 2024
South Korea’s opposition parties moved to impeach the president over the shocking and short-lived declaration of martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament
December 04, 2024
Three straight years of losses from Chinese markets and anti-Beijing rhetoric from Washington have not deterred some U.S. asset managers from introducing
February 20, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, saying the move was necessary to protect the country from "communist forces."
December 03, 2024
South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday proposed impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for his sudden decision to declare martial law, which he rescinded after a
December 04, 2024
The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports that the Taliban’s leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in Afghanistan
December 04, 2024
An internal investigation ordered by Pernod Ricard concluded that top executives at its India business violated the law by colluding with alcohol
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday for the first time in the country since 1980.
December 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A bizarre 24-hour period in which the world's 12th-biggest economy briefly introduced martial law left markets pondering geopolitical
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing the threat of impeachment, with opposition lawmakers accusing him of violating his constitutional duty and committing a crime akin to
December 04, 2024
Nepal has signed a framework agreement with China on the Belt and Road initiative, after an initial pact was signed seven years ago but no progress made since,
December 04, 2024
A group led by left-wing activists has filed a second impeachment complaint against the Philippine vice president over her alleged misuse of government funds and demanded that she be permanently barred from holding public office
December 04, 2024
Hong Kong's government on Friday unveiled its proposed national security bill, following a month-long public consultation that ended last week.
March 08, 2024
Ed Sheeran will be first-ever Western artist to perform in Bhutan
December 04, 2024
Health volunteers in Malaysia have been preparing for any surge in waterborne diseases following devastating floods that saw tens of thousands of people
December 04, 2024
China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the
December 04, 2024
A Japanese court sentenced an Australian woman who says she was tricked amphetamines into the country to six years in prison, despite accepting her testimony that she was the victim of an online romance scam
December 04, 2024
Asian stocks slumped on Friday, tracking tech-led declines on Wall Street overnight after hotter-than-forecast U.S. inflation knocked back bets for how soon and
March 15, 2024
Hyundai Motor's labour union plans to stage strikes for four hours each on Thursday and Friday, a union spokesperson said on Wednesday.
December 04, 2024
A gunman shot at a prominent Sikh politician outside the Golden Temple in northern India on Wednesday before police caught and arrested him, in a scare at the popular site that
December 04, 2024A second impeachment complaint was filed on Wednesday against Philippine vice-president Sara Duterte over her alleged misuse of public funds and refusal to defend her budget before
December 04, 2024
Russia is following events in South Korea with concern after the president briefly declared martial law, but there are no threats to Russian citizens there, Foreign Ministry
December 04, 2024
South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual on Wednesday with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law, vowing to eradicate "shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces" and restore order.
December 03, 2024
Thailand will extend a production timeframe for battery electric vehicles (BEV) and offer incentives for hybrid EVs to support the industry in Southeast Asia's automobile hub, its
December 04, 2024
Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto on Wednesday lifted its capital expenditure guidance for 2025 and forecast higher copper production, mostly on an anticipated 50% output surge
December 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who vowed to make his country a "global pivotal state", faced immediate international diplomatic fallout on Wednesday after his
December 04, 2024
Business sentiment among German companies in China is at an all-time low, a German business lobby group said on Wednesday, as they face rising Chinese competition and a slowing
December 04, 2024
Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korean shares declined on Wednesday after the nation's president declared martial law and then rescinded it hours later in the
December 04, 2024
Food authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of spicy instant noodle products imported from South Korea over possible risks for “acute poisoning.”
June 12, 2024
China's defence ministry warned the Philippines against "provocative" actions and said China would safeguard its territorial sovereignty on Sunday, a day after an incident in
April 26, 2024
China needs to "reinvent itself" with economic policies to speed resolution of its property market crisis and boost domestic consumption and
April 26, 2024
The bodies of three Rohingya refugees were found in the sea as the Indonesian authorities ended a search for survivors from a boat that capsized near Aceh province, the provincial search and rescue agency said Sunday
March 24, 2024
Evergrande liquidators said the company, SJ and Tianji filed documents with a U.S.
April 26, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a tank unit and called for stepping up its combat readiness including greater "ideological and mental power," state media KCNA said on
March 24, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
Asian shares inched higher on Monday as investors hoped U.S. inflation data this week would not derail the outlook for lower interest rates, while the risk of currency
April 26, 2024
The dollar was on the front foot on Monday and kept the yen pinned near a multi-decade low, though the threat of currency intervention from Japanese authorities
April 26, 2024
North Korea says Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
March 25, 2024
Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea plan to submit their resignations in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions
March 25, 2024
Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts
March 25, 2024
New Zealand said on Monday it will dispatch defence personnel, helicopters and a naval ship to the Solomon Islands to assist in a national election due next month,
March 25, 2024Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting
March 25, 2024
Nissan Motor said on Monday it would aim to sell 1 million more vehicles globally over the next three years, launching 30 new models by the fiscal year ending in March 2027.
April 26, 2024
The Philippines has lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and heavily damaged their boat in the disputed South China Sea
March 25, 2024
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices fell more than 2% on Monday after a report that China would limit the use of their chips and servers in government computers, potentially threatening
April 26, 2024
Britain’s government is expected to blame a string of cyberattacks targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers on hackers linked to the Chinese government
March 25, 2024
Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has overseen its transformation
July 02, 2024
A star South Korean soccer player who was detained and investigated in China for nearly a year over bribery allegations has been released and returned home
March 25, 2024
The four men charged with the massacre at a Moscow theater have been identified by the Russian government as citizens of Tajikistan
March 25, 2024
The troubled history of martial law, coups and toppled presidents many hoped South Korea had left behind
December 04, 2024Indonesia’s military says it has arrested 13 elite troops accused of involvement in a video showing the torture of an indigenous Papua man believed to be a member of a separatist group
March 25, 2024Officials say Pakistani security forces have killed four insurgents as they foiled an attack on a naval facility in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province
March 25, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II
March 25, 2024
Sunao Takao was the loyal interpreter at Shinzo Abe's side, helping Japan's then-leader to understand Donald Trump as they navigated contentious issues
July 02, 2024
Asian equities climbed on Tuesday but could not break this month's highs as mixed messages from U.S.
July 02, 2024
Asian shares were mixed in muted trading, as buying in some markets was soon erased by profit-taking
March 26, 2024
South Korea's foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed "grave concerns" over China's recent use of water cannons against Philippine ships, saying it stokes tension in
April 26, 2024
China has responded to hacking allegations by the United Kingdom stating that evidence the country provided was insufficient, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said
April 26, 2024
The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged Tuesday with offending the religious feelings of Muslims after socks printed with the word “Allah” were found for sale on its shelves
March 26, 2024
Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters to stop them from marching to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of their leader and top elected official of New Delhi arrested last week in a bribery case
March 26, 2024
North Korea said on Tuesday that having a summit with Japan is not in its interest and it will reject any further negotiations, state media KCNA said.
March 26, 2024Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand
March 26, 2024
New Zealand says hackers linked to the Chinese government targeted its Parliament in 2021
March 25, 2024
Hong Kong is seeking to revive its arts scene to become a regional cultural hub, but some art critics have said they were concerned that a new
April 26, 2024
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) on Tuesday said it was in contact with the U.S coastguard and the management company of a Singapore-registered ship involved in a
March 26, 2024Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show
March 26, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD reported an 18.6% rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, its slowest since the first quarter of 2022, as EV sales lost momentum in the world's
April 26, 2024
A World Trade Organization panel on Tuesday recommended that Australia bring its measures to conform with its obligations under the GATT 1996 and the Anti-Dumping Agreement in a
March 26, 2024Authorities in Pakistan say that a suicide bomber has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle in the northwest of the country
March 26, 2024
Vietnam hopes the United States will soon recognize it as a market economy, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said on Tuesday during remarks in
April 26, 2024
Shares of Australia's Lynas Rare Earths climbed to a near three-week high on Wednesday, a day after China banned exports of some critical mineral to the United States.
December 04, 2024
The Pacific island nation of Nauru is in talks with Australia on a migration and economic deal, a Nauru official said on Wednesday, as the world's third-smallest
December 04, 2024Global investors have always valued South Korea below other markets for reasons ranging from tensions with the North to the tight
December 04, 2024
Taiwan's capital will host a rare high level Chinese delegation later this month when a deputy mayor of Shanghai visits for an annual city forum, a trip that will be happening at a
December 04, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.8% this year, the top end of a previous forecast range of 2.6% to 2.8%, helped by stronger exports and government spending, a leading joint
December 04, 2024
China is not wedded to achieving specific GDP growth rates, and a pace of less than 5% for the economy is acceptable as there is no need for the "worship of speed", state newspaper
December 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
The United States and South Korea this week launched a new task force aimed at preventing North Korea from procuring illicit oil, as deadlock at the United Nations
April 26, 2024
Japanese stocks advanced amid a weakening yen on Wednesday while Chinese stocks slipped, with overall regional trading lacking strong direction in a holiday-
April 26, 2024
China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that began during a low point of bilateral relations between the countries
March 27, 2024
Indonesia’s top court is hearing appeals against the presidential election results lodged by two losing candidates who are alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls and demanding a revote
March 27, 2024
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender
March 27, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street slipped a bit further from its record highs
March 27, 2024
Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary
March 27, 2024
India has strongly objected to remarks made by the United States on the arrest of key opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the foreign ministry said on
April 26, 2024
A minor South Korean opposition party launched by disgraced former justice minister Cho Kuk has emerged as potentially the strongest spoiler to the chances of either
April 26, 2024
Republican legislators in Kansas have advanced proposals to limit the state's involvement with individuals and companies from China and other U.S. adversaries
March 27, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts joked that Shohei Ohtani may still owe him a new Porsche, which the Japanese superstar seemed to hint at early in 2024 season
December 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The yen dam has been breached, but hasn't burst. Not yet, anyway.
April 26, 2024
The yen languished near its weakest in decades on Thursday though the threat of intervention from Japanese authorities kept investors leery of pushing the currency to
March 28, 2024
Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Thursday it believes U.S. support will remain unchanged no matter who wins the presidential election, but it will stay on guard for Taiwan-China
March 28, 2024
Toyota Motor's global sales dropped 7% in February from a year earlier, hurt by a heavy decline in China due to Lunar Year holidays and a slump in Japan after a safety test scandal
April 26, 2024
Ukraine's foreign minister has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties between the two countries
March 28, 2024
India's bulging pipeline of large block trades and listings such as the $3 billion IPO of Hyundai Motor's unit will draw more funds to a market whose share of
April 26, 2024
Xiaomi, a well-known maker of smart consumer electronics in China, is joining the country’s booming but crowded market for electric cars
March 28, 2024
Asian shares have opened mixed after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close at a record
March 28, 2024
China says it will lift tariffs placed on Australian wine over three years ago, in a sign of improving ties between the two countries
March 28, 2024
Chinese companies are staring at the prospects of a drought of new equity capital as tougher domestic IPO rules and challenges in listing
July 02, 2024
The Philippine president says his government will enforce a “countermeasure package” in response to “aggressive and dangerous attacks” by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea
March 28, 2024
China's commerce minister will travel to Europe in April for discussions about the European Commission's investigation into whether China's electric vehicle industry has
April 26, 2024
Russia vetoed on Thursday the annual renewal of a panel of experts monitoring enforcement of longstanding United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons
March 28, 2024Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution, effectively abolishing the monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea by a panel of U.N. experts
March 28, 2024
China has initiated dispute consultations with the United States regarding tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the production of electric vehicles and renewable
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
March 28, 2024
A Filipino villager says he has signed up to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he says he will devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea
March 29, 2024
China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country's transformation from an impoverished nation to an economic powerhouse
March 29, 2024
Japanese automaker Mazda Motor and the energy unit of Panasonic Holdings said on Friday they have signed an automotive battery supply agreement.
July 02, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher in quiet, Good Friday holiday trading
March 29, 2024
China's government devoted the week to a red carpet welcome for foreign executives to try to halt a retreat in corporate investment from a market once seen as the
April 26, 2024
Forty-five people have been injured, five critically, when a train crashed into the side of a bus at a rail crossing in northwestern Cambodia
March 29, 2024The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia says its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms
March 29, 2024
Japan and the U.S. will announce closer cooperation in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) in a joint statement when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with
April 26, 2024
In Indonesia, environmental groups continue to point to deforestation and environmental degradation worsening the effects of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, drought and forest fires
March 30, 2024
Manufacturing in China expanded in March after contracting for five consecutive months
March 31, 2024
Japan says its experts have held talks with Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing's concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea
March 31, 2024Thousands of people have attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining democracy ahead of a national election next month
March 31, 2024
Nippon Steel intends to pursue its proposed acquisition of U.S.
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
China's SAIC Motor aims to cut thousands of jobs this year at its joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen and at an electric-car unit, two people with knowledge of the
April 26, 2024
Asian shares are mixed, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China
April 01, 2024
A group in Taiwan is focusing on seniors as it tries to combat fake news, one conversation at a time
April 01, 2024
South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions
April 01, 2024
Chinese shares led a rally around most of Asia on Monday amid a broadly optimistic global economic backdrop, but Japanese shares tumbled with the yen pinned near
April 26, 2024
The United States government is arranging a summit between President Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in July, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington
April 26, 2024
Taiwan's outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen plans to flee in a U.S. plane if war erupts with China, according to an unsubstantiated report first
April 26, 2024
With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play catch up
April 01, 2024
Japan’s imperial family has made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts, hoping to shake off their reclusive image and reach out to younger people on social media
April 01, 2024
Officials say a Pakistani appeals court has suspended a 14-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a corruption case
April 01, 2024
The French foreign minister has pressed China on trade issues and the war in Ukraine ahead of a planned visit to France by Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this spring
April 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
South Korea's military says North Korea test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, as it pushes to advance its weapons aimed at U.S. targets in the Pacific
April 01, 2024
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday and the dollar firmed, keeping the yen pinned near the 152-per-dollar levels that has traders worried about possible intervention,
April 26, 2024
Oil prices gained in early Asian trading on Tuesday, underpinned by signs of improved demand and escalating Middle East tensions that had sparked a rally in U.S.
April 26, 2024
The Philippines on Tuesday said its national security adviser and his U.S. counterpart have discussed China's "coercive, aggressive, and deceptive actions" in the South China Sea.
July 02, 2024
Hong Kong stocks are leading gains in Asian markets while investors evaluate economic data from South Korea and Australia
April 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Political turmoil moves to Europe as French lawmakers gear up to vote on no-confidence motions on Wednesday that could topple
December 04, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street retreated as surprisingly strong U.S. manufacturing data cast doubts over how soon the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates
April 02, 2024
South Korean shares fell on Wednesday amid the country's biggest political crisis in decades as lawmakers called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared
December 04, 2024
A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off Taiwan, and Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa
April 02, 2024
North Korea says it tested another new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants as it continues to expand its nuclear and missile program while tensions deepen with its neighbors and the United States
April 02, 2024
A crowd of people, some weeping, has gathered at an amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to a giant panda before her departure to China
April 03, 2024
Asian shares are mostly declining after Wall Street broke its record-breaking run-up
April 03, 2024
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on a visit to Japan that he wants to “further strengthen” relations between the countries
April 03, 2024
Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict
April 03, 2024
Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century
April 03, 2024
A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $3.87 billion in Indiana to build a semiconductor packaging plant and research and development center
April 03, 2024Rescuers are searching for dozens of people out of contact a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people
April 04, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading to a China that is determined to avoid open conflict with the United States
April 04, 2024
Senior finance and central bank officials from Southeast Asia and major economies are meeting in the scenic Laotian city of Luang Prabang to discuss ways to help the region build resilience against shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters brought on by climate change
April 04, 2024
Panicked passengers have jumped into the sea to escape a raging ferry fire in the Gulf of Thailand, and all 108 people on board are safe
April 04, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher after a firm finish on Wall Street, as expectations remained solid for U.S. interest rate cuts this year
April 04, 2024
South Korea’s president has met the leader of thousands of striking junior doctors and promised to respect their position during future talks over the government's contentious push to sharply increase medical school admissions
April 04, 2024
Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group says its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed the drones as they attacked
April 04, 2024
Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal with the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million
April 03, 2024
The U.N.’s leading human rights body has agreed to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and Iran, whose governments have been accused of using violence against their own people
April 04, 2024
As South Koreans prepare to vote for a new 300-member parliament next week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic topics as their most important election issues
April 05, 2024
Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan's biggest earthquake in 25 years
April 05, 2024
Crowds are gathering in Tokyo to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because of cold weather
April 05, 2024
India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a slide into autocracy as it laid out its campaign promises on Friday, two weeks before the start of a weeks-long, multi-phase general election
April 05, 2024
Taiwan residents endured harrowing experiences when the ground shook with the strongest earthquake to hit the island in 25 years
April 05, 2024
U.S. and Chinese defense officials are meeting for the first time in nearly two years to discuss unsafe and aggressive ship and aircraft incidents between the two militaries in the Pacific region
April 05, 2024
Two weeks after Hong Kong introduced a new national security law, life in the city appears unchanged
April 06, 2024
As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appeals to Chinese leaders to change their domestic manufacturing policies on the second day of an official visit, state media are receiving her message with skepticism, and anxiety about more U.S. tariffs on green energy products
April 06, 2024
Rescuers are planning to bring in heavy equipment to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years
April 06, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a new semiconductor plant for which his government has pledged more than 1 trillion yen ($7 billion) of support to secure a steady supply of chips on Saturday
April 06, 2024
The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday in the South China Sea where Beijing’s aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm
April 06, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and sent a message of mutual cooperation despite the nations’ differences
April 07, 2024
Police say two Papuan separatist leaders were killed in a shootout between security forces and their rebel group near one of the world’s largest gold mines in Indonesia’s restive Papua region
April 07, 2024China’s military says it has conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are under control
April 07, 2024
South Korea has launched its second military spy satellite into space, days after North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch multiple reconnaissance satellites this year
April 08, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher as investors looked ahead to earnings reports from top global companies and a consumer prices report that will be a gauge for U.S. inflation
April 08, 2024
The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted
April 08, 2024
A Malaysian shoe company has apologized and stopped selling some of its footwear after some Muslims said the logo resembled the Arabic writing for the word God
April 08, 2024
The new president of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu says its parent company will oversee model certification to regain trust after a safety testing scandal
April 08, 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs
April 08, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week
April 08, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine
April 08, 2024
As South Koreans head to the polls to elect a new 300-member parliament on this week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues
April 08, 2024
Sweden has expelled a Chinese journalist, saying the reporter was a threat to national security
April 08, 2024Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Janet Yellen has united Americans and Chinese in wanting to know what she will eat next
April 08, 2024
Guerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority are claiming to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand
April 08, 2024
Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site
April 09, 2024
The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training
April 09, 2024
Iran has released two conservationists who worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison on espionage charges
April 09, 2024
Asia stocks are mostly higher, with investors mainly focusing on a U.S. inflation report and what it means for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve
April 09, 2024
A top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week
April 09, 2024
Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law
April 09, 2024
The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says he is “very, very concerned” about China’s aggression toward Philippine forces near disputed islands in the South China Sea
April 09, 2024
South Koreans vote Wednesday for a new parliament in a hotly contested election that's seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 09, 2024
At least four people were killed and another 12 injured in a fire in a building in Hong Kong
April 10, 2024
Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stock indexes held at a near standstill ahead of some potentially market-moving reports
April 10, 2024
President Joe Biden is set to host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for talks on the delicate security situation in the Pacific and a glitzy state dinner
April 10, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949
April 10, 2024
Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest Monday calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan
April 08, 2024
Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea
April 11, 2024
South Korean media report that the prime minster and top presidential advisers have offered to resign in the wake of the parliamentary election defeat
April 11, 2024
Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing nothing more than protecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site from illegal squatters
April 11, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to Congress to address U.S. lawmakers on the importance of keeping a strong partnership between the two countries at a time of tension in the Asia-Pacific
April 11, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation is turning into a troubling trend
April 11, 2024
A Vietnam court has sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Thanh Nien said
April 11, 2024
China has sanctioned two U.S. companies over what it says is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory to be recovered by force if necessary
April 11, 2024
A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death in the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case, underlining an intensifying anti-corruption drive in the southeast Asian nation
April 11, 2024
Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.95% in November from a year earlier, driven by higher food and energy prices, after the previous month's annual increase of
December 04, 2024
Growth in India's dominant services sector remained strong in November despite the steepest rise in prices for over a decade, while consistent demand led to
December 04, 2024
South Korea's finance ministry said on Wednesday it was ready to deploy "unlimited" liquidity into financial markets after President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted a martial law
December 03, 2024
Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support
April 11, 2024
A subsidiary of Japanese-based Fujifilm Corp. plans to expand further a massive biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the state, even as the initial phase is yet complete
April 11, 2024The New York Philharmonic will give five concerts in China this summer in what it says will be first visit to the mainland by a U.S. orchestra since 2019
April 11, 2024A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt held a three-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea, as U.S. President Joe Biden pledged an ironclad defense commitment to leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House
April 12, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to tour different parts of North Carolina to spotlight his nation's title as the state's biggest foreign investor
April 12, 2024
South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 11, 2024
Asia stocks are mostly lower after gains for Big Tech shares helped U.S. stock indexes claw back much of their slide from the day before
April 12, 2024
Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents
April 12, 2024
The Biden administration is again reassuring the Philippines the U.S. commitment to the islands’ defense is steadfast amid increasing concerns about provocative Chinese actions in disputed areas of the South China Sea
April 12, 2024
Naomi Osaka put Japan a step away from reaching the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva
April 12, 2024
China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry
April 12, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida drew cheers and applause from U.S. lawmakers on Thursday when he announced a plan to donate 250 cherry trees to the U.S. capital to
April 26, 2024
The governments of the United States and Japan signalled support for a plan to build the first high-speed rail in the U.S. using Japanese bullet trains after their leaders
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
China summoned Japanese and Philippine diplomats on Friday to express dissatisfaction over negative comments about it aired during a summit of the leaders of the United States,
April 26, 2024
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko warned the Japanese ambassador on Friday that "dangerous trends" in Tokyo's military cooperation with the United States were posing a
April 26, 2024
The White House said on Friday there is no reason for China to see a U.S. summit this week with Japan and the Philippines as a threat.
April 26, 2024
South Korea, Japan and the United States staged long-planned joint naval exercises involving an American aircraft carrier to ensure readiness against nuclear and
April 12, 2024A national election in the Solomon Islands, the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a security pact with Beijing, will be watched next
April 26, 2024
Business deals that the Philippines secured at a summit with Japan and the United States will not affect China's investments in the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr
April 26, 2024
A cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand
April 26, 2024
Media reports say multiple people have been stabbed and that the police shot a person at a Sydney shopping center
April 13, 2024
A Pakistani police official says a search is underway for gunmen who killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest
April 12, 2024
Pakistan's central bank has repaid $1 billion in Eurobonds, it said on Saturday, a scheduled payment ahead of the South Asian nation seeking a long-term bailout
April 26, 2024
It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern
April 13, 2024
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will travel to China April 14-16, the State Department said on Saturday.
April 26, 2024
Chancellor Olaf Scholz kicked off a three-day tour of China on Sunday to shore up ties with Germany's top trade partner and address rifts
July 02, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio's founder called for openness in a rare speech in the United States, where politicians have been seeking to further restrict
April 26, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure and make India a global manufacturing hub as companies shift away from China
April 14, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
Oil prices fell at Asia's open on Monday, as market participants dialled back risk premiums following Iran's attack on Israel late on Saturday which the Israeli
April 26, 2024
Pakistani police are investigated the shooting death of a suspect in the killing of accused Indian spy Sarabjit Singh in prison in 2013
April 14, 2024
China's top official on Hong Kong affairs said the city should "tightly hold" onto the bottom line of national security to safeguard development, in
April 26, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party
April 15, 2024
Asia stocks are mostly lower as worries about potentially escalating tensions in the Middle East rattle financial markets
April 15, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the trilateral agreement signed between his country and the United States and Japan was not directed at anyone, but merely a
April 26, 2024
Microsoft backed artificial intelligence startup OpenAI made a pitch for business in Japan on Monday as it opened its first Asia office in Tokyo.
April 26, 2024
The country in which China has gained most influence in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, goes to the polls on Wednesday in an election that could shape the region’s future
April 15, 2024
U.S. electric carmaker Tesla is looking at potential showroom locations in New Delhi and Mumbai ahead of plans to begin sales in India later this
April 26, 2024
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his office on May 15 and hand the post to his deputy Lawrence Wong, his office said Monday
April 15, 2024
A civil lawsuit demanding damages for alleged racial discrimination by police in Japan has opened in Tokyo District Court
April 15, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for fair competition in trade relations with China while warning about dumping and overproduction as he spoke to students in Shanghai on Monday
April 15, 2024
China is backing Russia's war
April 26, 2024
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia discussed Middle East developments, the South China Sea and Taiwan issues with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, the State Department said on
April 15, 2024For decades, Vietnamese people often been relegated to the background in popular cinematic depictions of the Vietnam War
April 15, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
Asian stocks fell and the dollar climbed to more than five-month highs on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected U.S. retail sales for March further reinforced
July 02, 2024
China’s economy beat expectations in the first quarter of the year with help from policies and an increase in demand
April 16, 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub
April 16, 2024
A report from the website 38 North says that North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces in a technology-driven push to monitor its population even more closely
April 16, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says police have seized the largest haul of methamphetamine in the country in years without anybody being killed, in a subtle criticism of his predecessor’s notoriously deadly crackdown on illegal drugs
April 16, 2024
Tesla's global job cuts are hitting China, the automaker's biggest market after the United States, affecting staff in teams including sales, two sources briefed on the matter said
April 26, 2024
Asian shares have skidded following a slump on Wall Street after higher yields in the U.S. bond market cranked up pressure on stocks
April 16, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatens global security, in an apparent call for China to apply greater pressure on its neighbor to end the war
April 16, 2024
Intel will release two AI chips with reduced capabilities for the Chinese market, in order to comply with U.S. export controls and sanctions.
April 26, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific
April 16, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
Wu Huazhan's Chinese television factory used to impose minimum orders to manage production efficiently.
May 07, 2024
The Solomon Islands began voting in a national election on Wednesday, the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in 2022 struck a security pact with China and drew the Pacific
April 16, 2024China and the United States should explore ways for a pragmatic and cooperative relationship between their militaries, and "gradually accumulate mutual trust", the Chinese defence
April 26, 2024
Oil prices eased in early trade on Wednesday as worries about global demand due to weak economic momentum in China and fading hopes for U.S. interest rate cuts in
April 26, 2024
Voting has begun across the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck a secret security pact that has raised fears of the Chinese navy gaining a foothold in the region
April 17, 2024
Taiwan's homegrown submarine programme will remain on track, the defence minister said on Wednesday, after the head of the programme resigned due to what he said were unfair attacks
April 26, 2024
Morgan Stanley is cutting around 50 investment banking jobs in the Asia-Pacific region due to a deals slump, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
July 02, 2024
Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak
April 17, 2024
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest
April 17, 2024
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change
April 17, 2024
Australia will boost defence spending by A$50.3 billion ($32 billion) over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and
April 17, 2024The U.S., South Korea and Japan are pushing for a new multi-national panel of experts, possibly outside the U.N., to ensure sanctions enforcement against North Korea
April 26, 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” manufacturing in Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday
April 17, 2024
Asian shares are trading mixed after most U.S. stocks slipped on firmer expectations that the Fed is committed to its current rate practices
April 17, 2024
Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63
April 17, 2024
A Muslim community leader in Australia says the father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics saw no signs of his son’s extremism
April 17, 2024
The U.S. 7th Fleet says a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since Nov. 2022
April 17, 2024
Philippine and U.S. forces will simulate retaking enemy-occupied islands during joint military drills starting next week in areas facing Taiwan and the South China
April 17, 2024Japanese companies are increasingly hitching their growth plans to the United States, as concerns about Chinese demand and Beijing's influence over
April 26, 2024
Loss-making Chinese AI company SenseTime Group said on Tuesday it has completed a major organizational restructuring aimed at ramping up its shift toward generative AI technologies
December 04, 2024
Global investors are queueing up to invest in data centre operators in Asia Pacific either by buying stakes
December 04, 2024
Volkswagen AG said on Wednesday it has developed a new architecture for intelligent and electric cars with its Chinese partner Xpeng, which the German automaker said
April 26, 2024
Pakistan's interior ministry said on Wednesday it ordered the temporary blockage of social media platform X in February on national security concerns, confirming a long-suspected
April 17, 2024
China is urging colleges and universities to provide "love education" to emphasise positive views on marriage, love, fertility and family, in a bid to boost the country's
December 04, 2024
Electric aircraft maker Eve has signed a letter of intent with Japan's public helicopter charter service company AirX to sell up to 50 electric vertical take-off and landing (
April 26, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead toward a vote later this week on a package of Ukraine funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan
April 17, 2024
Asian countries probably don't want it and they certainly didn't cause it, but a 'beggar thy neighbor' wave of exchange rate depreciation may be about to
April 26, 2024
The Biden administration is expected to grant a request by South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to reverse a two-year-old trade exemption that has allowed
April 26, 2024
Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami alert after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high
April 17, 2024
President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the possibility that an uncle who served in the Pacific campaign during World War Two might have fallen victim to cannibals after his
May 07, 2024
Japan and the United States agreed to closely communicate on currency markets, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday after a meeting with
April 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
April 26, 2024
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai
April 17, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5% rise in first-quarter profit
April 26, 2024
The Philippines' decision to ramp up ties with Japan and the United States is a "sovereign choice", its foreign ministry said on Thursday, urging China to "reflect upon its own
April 18, 2024
America stands with Japan until all Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation
April 18, 2024
An editorial in a Chinese state-controlled newspaper on Thursday admonished "two-faced" Japan for inaccurately portraying it as a regional security threat while chasing more stable
April 26, 2024
Indonesian authorities closed an international airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano due to spreading ash, falling rocks and the possibility of a tsunami
April 18, 2024
The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians
April 18, 2024
Asian shares have advanced even after sinking technology stocks sent Wall Street lower again
April 18, 2024
Japanese authorities say that a strong earthquake that struck the country's southwest Japan has left nine people with minor injuries
April 18, 2024
Mexico's federal government, under pressure from the U.S., is keeping Chinese automakers at arm's length by refusing to offer such incentives as low-cost public
April 26, 2024
Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence
April 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 03, 2024
The Solomon Islands' pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his seat in the national election, local media reported late on Friday but it won't be known
May 04, 2024
North Korean officials met with a visiting Belarusian delegation and vowed deeper cooperation, as Pyongyang criticized the United States for trying to increase "lawless
May 03, 2024
TSMC's Taipei-listed shares tumbled 6.7% on Friday following the company's first-quarter earnings report in which it dialled back its expectations for chip sector growth and did not
May 03, 2024
Millions of Indians are voting in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi
April 19, 2024
Apple said on Friday it had removed Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China after being ordered to do so by the Chinese government, which
May 06, 2024
The Biden administration's threat to impose more tariffs on China is the latest election-year signal that frostier relations with China are likely to follow regardless
May 05, 2024
Five Japanese autoworkers have narrowly escaped an attack by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosive-laden vest near their vehicle in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi
April 19, 2024
Asian stocks have tumbled, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 2.4% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights
April 19, 2024
San Francisco is the latest U_S_ city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
April 19, 2024
An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression
April 19, 2024
More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island are being evacuated
April 19, 2024
The American envoy to the United Nations has called for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan
April 19, 2024
China on Friday slapped a levy on imports of an acid from the United States widely used in food, feed, pesticides and medical fields, amid heightened tensions with Washington over
May 04, 2024
Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China on Beijing’s orders
April 19, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must tread cautiously in raising interest rates, as some indicators of inflation expectations remain short of its 2% target, the
May 05, 2024
An attorney wants a federal court to overturn a Florida law that she says discriminates against Chinese citizens by barring their purchase of real estate in much of the state
April 19, 2024The success of Japan and South Korea at inserting language voicing concern over their currencies in a joint statement with the U.S. this week underscores the
May 06, 2024
A Bangkok-based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 violations of Iran sanctions
April 19, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday authorities would take appropriate action against excessive currency market moves, repeating his warning to investors
May 06, 2024
Officials in Thailand say about 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas
April 20, 2024
China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said the South Pacific region should not become an arena for major power rivalries and that its assistance to countries there is free
May 06, 2024
Japan’s Defense Minister says two Maritime Self Defense Force helicopters are believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during night-time training
April 20, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on a range of issue, from the Middle East to opioids
April 20, 2024
A Pakistani province has issued a flood alert because of glacial melting and is warning of a heavy loss of life if timely safety measures aren't undertaken
April 20, 2024
Revelations of nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers whose positive doping tests went unpunished have sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization
April 20, 2024
Taiwan's military said on Sunday it will discuss with the United States how to use funding for Taipei included in a $95 billion legislative package mostly providing
April 20, 2024
Two Japanese navy helicopters crashed into the sea during a training exercise, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board, the defence minister said on Sunday.
April 21, 2024
South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance
April 21, 2024Maldivians are voting in parliamentary elections, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly watched by India and China as they vie for influence in the archipelago nation
April 21, 2024
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Cambodia for a three-day official visit to reaffirm ties with Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia
April 21, 2024
Officials say a race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others
April 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 06, 2024
The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S.
May 06, 2024
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says his nation does not deserve to be labelled cannibals, and urged the U.S. to clear up the remnants of World War Two
July 02, 2024
Nearly 17,000 Filipino and American troops kicked off a three-week joint combat training exercise in the Philippines on Monday that includes maritime drills in the South China Sea
April 21, 2024
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy
April 22, 2024
China's data-driven quant trading funds are briskly expanding overseas as competition heats up at home and regulators tighten scrutiny of
May 07, 2024
Markets in Asia apart from Shanghai’s are broadly higher, shrugging off the blues on Wall Street after big technology stocks logged their worst week since the COVID crash in 2020
April 22, 2024
Japan's defense ministry says an initial analysis of flight data recorders recovered from the crash of two Japanese navy helicopters showed no sign of mechanical problems, indicating likely human error
April 22, 2024
Voters at some polling places in a northeastern Indian state went back to the polls amid tight security on Monday after violence disrupted the vote last week
April 22, 2024
The Solomon Islands election, watched by China and the U.S. for its impact on regional security, is shaping up as a tight race with opposition parties gaining seats and
May 07, 2024
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast
April 22, 2024
One of China’s top military leaders has taken a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China that the country would strike back with force if its interests came under threat
April 22, 2024
Indonesian authorities reopened an international airport near a volcano that erupted last week as they lowered warnings
April 22, 2024
American and Filipino forces have launched their largest combat exercises in years in a show of allied firepower that will include joint sails with the French navy and a ship-sinking drill near the disputed South China Sea that has alarmed Beijing
April 22, 2024
Just a few years ago, lucrative business prospects in China on the back of a booming economy led to a scramble among Western financial firms, from
July 02, 2024
Three Germans have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technology that could be used for military
May 07, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose less than expected in March, but the government said it expected surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications to fuel future demand for
May 07, 2024
Indonesia’s top court has rejected appeals by two losing presidential candidates who demanded a revote, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud in the February polls
April 22, 2024
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed on Monday to boost trade between the neighbouring nations to $10 billion a year, as Raisi
May 07, 2024
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication
April 22, 2024
In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s investigations and intelligence unit
April 22, 2024
Beijing is continuing to commit genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang province, U.S.
May 07, 2024
A cluster of earthquakes has struck Taiwan, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude
April 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 07, 2024
Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a
May 08, 2024
Elon Musk lashed out at Australia's prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X take down footage of an alleged terrorist
July 02, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to his belligerent testing activities and threats that have raised tensions in the region
April 22, 2024
Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday last week's trilateral meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts likely laid the groundwork for Tokyo to take
May 07, 2024
A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China
April 23, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week
April 23, 2024
Malaysia’s navy says two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people on board
April 23, 2024
India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” and used some of his most incendiary rhetoric to date about the minority faith
April 23, 2024
Vietnam's top tech firm FPT plans to build a $200 million artificial intelligence (AI) factory using Nvidia's graphics chips and software, the two firms said on Tuesday.
May 07, 2024
Asian benchmarks are mostly higher after U.S. stocks clawed back some of their losses from last week
April 23, 2024
The increase in China's defence spending is concerning given its economy is "failing", the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday.
May 07, 2024
A top U.S. arms control official said on Tuesday the country was likely, although not guaranteed, to meet a new deadline to finalise trade exemptions for the AUKUS
May 07, 2024
Japan's service activity swung back to growth in November as improving demand supported new business, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday.
December 04, 2024China's services activity expanded at a slower pace in November, pressured by easing new business growth, including in exports, a private sector survey showed, as the economy
December 04, 2024
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Chinese navy and coast guard vessels had taken "aggressive actions" against a routine patrol by it and the fisheries bureau near the contested
December 04, 2024Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has postponed his scheduled visit to South Korea this week, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
December 04, 2024
Taiwan's top China policymaker on Wednesday said Chinese military threats would only drive the two sides further apart, as state media in the island's
December 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 08, 2024
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the country will continue to build overwhelming and the strongest military power to protect its sovereignty
May 08, 2024
By most measures, the last thing China needs is more electric cars crowding a market with more losers than winners, driving down prices at the expense of profit and taking the
May 08, 2024
Chinese-backed Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar Automotive is accelerating efforts to produce more vehicles outside China in view of rising geopolitical tensions, its
May 09, 2024
Asian shares have tracked Wall Street's rally, led by a 2.4% advance for Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index
April 24, 2024
China blasted the latest package of U_S_ military assistance to Taiwan, saying such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.”
April 24, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -– all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing
April 24, 2024
Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years
April 24, 2024
Korean Air is in talks over the purchase of at least 10 Boeing 777X jetliners in a potential tilt back towards its traditional U.S. supplier
May 08, 2024
Japan Airlines will continue using both Airbus and Boeing aircraft, President Mitsuko Tottori said on Wednesday.
May 08, 2024
Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense
April 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 09, 2024
North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official
April 24, 2024
Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (PEA) is reorganising its teams in the region as its current chief executive of Asia Chin Chou is retiring, according to an internal
May 09, 2024
China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new
July 02, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his first full day of meetings in China by talking with local government officials in Shanghai
April 25, 2024
China defended the veracity of its economic numbers and asserted its military spending was "transparent and reasonable", while dismissing as "typical double standards"
May 09, 2024
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co warned on Thursday of intensifying competition and uncertain global economic conditions after posting a 2.4%
May 09, 2024
China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to
May 09, 2024
A trial of a former government official charged with killing his wife has riveted Kazakhstan with lurid video of the attack, sparking a national conversation about domestic violence and leading to the government enacting a tougher law on spousal abuse
April 25, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower as investors look ahead to a flood of global earnings reports, including from U_S_ companies known as the “Magnificent Seven.”
April 25, 2024
China's largest auto show opened in Beijing on Thursday with the biggest names showing off their latest electric vehicles (EVs
May 10, 2024
Global automakers and EV startups are unveiling new models and concept cars at China’s largest auto show, with a focus on the nation’s transformation into a major market and production base for digitally connected, new-energy vehicles
April 25, 2024
Republican China hardliners Marco Rubio and Elise Stefanik are calling on the Biden administration to block all sales to Huawei after the sanctioned Chinese
May 10, 2024
Senior Chinese military officials held separate meetings with U.S. and Russian naval counterparts during a Western Pacific naval symposium in Qingdao this week, a
May 10, 2024
The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospects
April 25, 2024
A group of Chinese chip companies led by Huawei Technologies and backed by the country's government aims to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors, a key component in AI chips
May 10, 2024
The Biden administration is not taking any options off the table to respond to China's excess industrial capacity, which is a top concern
July 02, 2024
TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight
May 12, 2024
The South Korean leader seeks to strengthen ties with the US and Japan. But he might be hamstrung by domestic concerns.
April 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 10, 2024
Beijing city authorities have announced subsidies for firms that purchase domestically produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as China seeks to develop its semiconductor
May 11, 2024
Millions of Indians are voting in the second round of multi-phase national elections with some big names in the contest
April 26, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and globally
April 26, 2024
China’s vision of the future of the automobile — electrified and digitally connected — is on display at the ongoing Beijing auto show
April 26, 2024
Russia and its allies in Asia should expand joint military exercises as they face a direct threat from attempts by the United States to expand its security influence in the region,
May 12, 2024
Philippine forces have killed an Abu Sayyaf militant who had been implicated in past beheadings including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese
April 26, 2024
South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone
April 26, 2024
Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned
April 26, 2024
The U.S. and Taiwan will hold another round of negotiations toward their "21st Century" trade agreement starting on Monday in Taipei, the U.S.
May 13, 2024
China will host Palestinian unity talks between Islamist militant group Hamas and its rivals Fatah, the two groups and a Beijing-based
May 13, 2024
Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity near the island on Saturday with 12 aircraft crossing the
May 13, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been promoting for three days
April 27, 2024
Cambodia’s prime minister says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of the country
April 27, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to
July 02, 2024
Security is tight around a military base in southwestern Cambodia, a day after a huge explosion there killed 20 soldiers, wounded others and damaged nearby houses
April 28, 2024
Nepal is hosting an investment summit, hoping to attract much-needed foreign investment
April 28, 2024Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has arrived in the Chinese capital, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show
April 28, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party appears to have lost all three seats in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections
April 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 14, 2024
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry.
April 28, 2024A data analysis shows Indonesia had a 27% increase in primary forest loss in 2023
April 29, 2024
Elon Musk made progress towards rolling out Tesla's advanced driver-assistance package in China on a whirlwind weekend trip to Beijing, sending the
May 14, 2024
Asian shares are higher amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall Street, although eyes are on the Federal Reserve policy meeting set for later this week
April 29, 2024
China will send a robotic spacecraft in coming days on a round trip to the moon's far side in the first of three technically demanding missions that
May 14, 2024
Baidu, China's major internet search company, reached an agreement with Tesla to grant the car company access to its mapping license for data collection on China's public roads, two
May 14, 2024
A Hong Kong transgender activist has received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community
April 29, 2024
Chinese shoppers are spending a little more on diapers and some Colgate toothpastes, according to executives at the makers of these products, even as consumers
May 14, 2024
Meetings with Joe Biden and Donald Trump suggest Japan is hedging over the outcome of the US election.
April 29, 2024
The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for a moment on Monday it took 160 yen to equal $1
April 29, 2024
Congress has given one of its highest final tributes, a lying in honor ceremony at the Capitol, to Medal of Honor Recipient Ralph Puckett Jr. He led an outnumbered company in battle during the Korean War and was the last surviving veteran of that war to receive the Medal of Honor
April 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 14, 2024
Manasseh Sogavare, the Solomon Islands prime minister who drew his nation close to China, sharpening the United States' focus on the strategic importance of the
May 15, 2024
Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years into expanding cloud services and artificial intelligence in Indonesia, including building data
May 15, 2024
Australia's food safety agency is collecting information on the possible contamination of spice mixes sold by Indian companies MDH and
May 15, 2024
If Tesla succeeds in bringing its "Full Self-Driving" system to China, the world's largest car market, the U.S. electric-car pioneer will be shifting into the fast lane of
May 15, 2024
Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has erupted for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris
April 30, 2024
Asian stocks fall with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday after U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September
April 30, 2024
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility
April 30, 2024
Elon Musk's surprise visit to China this week won concessions for Tesla but left India feeling spurned after he cancelled a scheduled trip there for earlier this
July 02, 2024
A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with three astronauts who lived for six months on the country’s space station
April 30, 2024
A Bank of Korea official on Wednesday said the bank's monetary policy board will convene an extraordinary board meeting at around 9 a.m.
December 03, 2024
Netflix's subscribers passed 10 million in Japan in the first half of this year with the streaming firm's Japanese-language programming grabbing attention in the
December 03, 2024
Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense territorial conflict
April 30, 2024
Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are "no longer safe" and buy locally instead, four of the country's top industry
December 03, 2024
Severe floods caused by monsoon rains have killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, with both countries preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anticipation of more heavy rain
December 03, 2024
Rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have expressed the will to seek reconciliation through dialogue at unity talks in Beijing,
May 15, 2024
The Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists
April 30, 2024
International companies cannot responsibly operate in Xinjiang and should leave the western Chinese region due to forced labor concerns, a U.S.
May 15, 2024
Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit
May 16, 2024
Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they targeted the MSC Orion container ship in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean as part of their ongoing
May 15, 2024
Gunmen attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan on Monday night during prayer time, killing at least five people, a spokesperson for
April 30, 2024North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose a 25% tariff on three graphite products sourced from China in order to counter Beijing's
May 15, 2024
U.S. officials are urging telecommunication companies to boost network security following a Chinese hacking operation that gave officials in Beijing access to the private texts and phone conversations of Americans
December 03, 2024China Evergrande Group flagged a delay in publishing its annual results as its liquidators are taking time to "ascertain the current state of affairs" of the embattled property developer.
May 15, 2024
When Jacky Yu, 48, opened his Japanese gift shop in Hong Kong more than a decade ago, the tourist and shopping district of Mong Kok was
May 15, 2024
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava as lightning flashes lit up its crater, prompting authorities to raise the alert status and evacuate more than 12,000
July 02, 2024
Japan stands ready to deal with foreign exchange matters around the clock, top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, as money market
May 15, 2024
The Philippines on Tuesday accused China's coast guard of harassment and of damaging two of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, rejecting Beijing's position
May 15, 2024
Half of the Chinese cities targeted by the government for air quality improvements have missed their targets as the country prioritised strengthening the economy
May 15, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan World markets stalled on Tuesday as another heavy earnings week for megacap stocks cranked up, with renewed slippage in Japan's yen
May 15, 2024
Cases of negative equity in Hong Kong's residential mortgage loans rose 27% in the first quarter from the previous one to the highest in 20 years, the city's de facto central
May 15, 2024
The Chinese Communist Party's central committee will gather in July for a key meeting known as a plenum, the third since the body of elite decision makers was elected in 2022,
May 15, 2024
Growth slowed in China's manufacturing and services sectors in April, official surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting a loss of momentum for the world's
May 15, 2024
China Vanke's first public commercial real estate investment products closed flat on their debut on Tuesday, reflecting caution towards China's second-largest developer amid a
May 15, 2024
Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to people of Indonesian descent to entice more skilled workers into the country, a senior cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
May 15, 2024
Relatively lower inflation in Asia means the region's central banks can focus more on domestic conditions and less on what the U.S.
May 15, 2024
Embattled Chinese property developer Fantasia said on Monday it has entered into a new agreement with its ad hoc group of bondholders to restructure its $4 billion
May 15, 2024
China's manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in 14 months in April, driven by a solid uptick in new export orders, a private survey showed on Tuesday, an encouraging
May 15, 2024
U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has bought a stake in Sumitomo Corp worth several tens of billions of yen, a person familiar with the situation said on
May 15, 2024
China's non-manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace in April, an official survey showed on Tuesday, likely due to disruption caused to construction and services businesses
May 15, 2024
Japan's factory output grew more than expected in March, government data showed on Tuesday, thanks largely to automakers resuming production after safety scandals.
May 15, 2024
The former vice minister of China's Ministry of Justice is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the
April 30, 2024Japan's yen saw a sudden jump on Monday, suggesting the country's authorities may have finally followed through on the FX market intervention warnings they have be
May 15, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in March was unchanged at 2.6% compared to February, government data showed on Tuesday.
May 15, 2024
Amy Wang was counting on a 100,000 yuan ($13,800) subsidy promised by authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Weifang to fit and
May 15, 2024
South Korea's factory output fell in March by the most in 15 months, government data showed on Tuesday, missing market expectations.
May 15, 2024
India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were
May 15, 2024
The Peruvian government is looking to avoid an international arbitration process which could be filed by Chinese port operator Cosco Shipping over a legal dispute regarding
May 14, 2024
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved $1.1 billion in funding for Pakistan on Monday, the agency said in a statement, amid discussions for a new loan.
May 14, 2024
Japan's currency surged as much as 5 yen against the dollar from a fresh 34-year low hit earlier on Monday, with traders citing yen-
May 14, 2024
Bangladesh again closed all primary schools across the country and educational institutions in almost half of districts including the capital as a severe heatwave saw
May 14, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD posted its weakest quarterly profit growth since 2022 on Monday while its revenue growth slowed to the lowest level in nearly four years, hit
May 14, 2024
Margins at China's Big Five lenders shrank during the first quarter as banks came under pressure to support cash-starved property developers while loan demand remained weak
May 14, 2024
Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa is the top candidate to become Thailand's new foreign minister, multiple sources said on Monday, after the previous holder of the post
April 29, 2024The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for
May 14, 2024
India's southern state of Karnataka will investigate a lawmaker whose party is a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on suspicion of sexual
April 29, 2024South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met opposition leader Lee Jae-myung for talks on Monday after a crushing election defeat for the president's ruling party led to
May 14, 2024
China's manufacturing activity in April likely expanded at a slower pace, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, indicating the country's sprawling factory sector may have lost some
May 14, 2024
A Thai court sentenced a prominent jailed activist lawyer on Monday to a further two years in prison for royal insults relating to a speech he made at a 2021 protest, his lawyer
May 14, 2024
An appliance maker in southern China is finding it hard to ship its products to Russia, not because of any problems with the gadgets but because China's big banks are throttling payments
May 14, 2024
Japan's yen hit a three-decade low on Monday before rebounding in a move currency traders suspected was official intervention.
May 14, 2024
Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Monday on speculation more stimulus measures are likely to be unveiled this week aimed at clearing
May 14, 2024
Three people, including a two-year-old boy, died after a Huawei-backed Aito M7 SUV burst into flames following a collision with a truck on a highway in the Chinese city of Yuncheng
April 29, 2024South Korea's exports are expected to have risen at a faster pace in April, extending gains for a seventh straight month on strong chip sales, a Reuters poll showed on
May 14, 2024
The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities to boost the currency that is languishing near 34-year lows.
May 14, 2024
Japan's yen strengthened sharply on Monday in a move market participants said pointed to yen-buying intervention from Japanese authorities to stabilise the sliding currency.
May 14, 2024
China International Capital Corp (CICC) is cutting the base pay of onshore investment bankers by as much as 25%, three sources said, in a major
May 14, 2024
Taiwan's trade-dependent economy likely grew faster in the first quarter, supported by a rebound in exports amid upbeat demand for the technology that powers artificial intelligence
May 14, 2024
The export controls proposed by Japan related to semiconductors will seriously affect normal trade between Chinese and Japanese enterprises, China's commerce ministry said on
May 14, 2024
Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that are
May 14, 2024
Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production,
May 14, 2024
A tornado that struck the city of Guangzhou in southern China killed five people and left 33 injured, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing local authorities.
May 14, 2024
China's industrial profits fell in March and slowed gains for the quarter compared to the first two months, official data showed on Saturday, raising
May 14, 2024
Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group on Monday posted a 31% rise in its first-quarter value of new business (VONB) on a constant exchange currency basis helped by strong performance across
May 14, 2024
Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has resigned, the government said on Sunday, after being removed from the post of deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle, at a
May 14, 2024
Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asian nation, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius (104
May 14, 2024
China's coast guard confronted Japanese lawmakers in waters claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, China's embassy in Tokyo and Japanese media said on Sunday, the
May 14, 2024
Hong Kong's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% for the first quarter, maintaining moderate growth for a fifth consecutive quarter, the city's
May 14, 2024
Thai former energy executive Pichai Chunhavajira was named the country's finance minister on Sunday, facing a tough task to revive Southeast Asia's second-
May 14, 2024
South Korea said on Saturday it will consult with Naver, after media reported that the domestic internet company was under pressure from Japan to
May 13, 2024
The two major opposition parties in the Solomon Islands struck a coalition deal on Saturday as they vie with former Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's party to form a
May 13, 2024
The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over an escalating maritime dispute in the South China Sea, calling the claim
April 27, 2024
North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of politicizing human rights in the East Asian country, denouncing what it called political provocation and conspiracy.
May 13, 2024
A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead
May 01, 2024
Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
April 26, 2024India held the second phase of the world's biggest election on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals
May 13, 2024
Renault held talks this week with China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on electric and intelligent vehicle technologies, the French carmaker said on Friday, opening the door to potential
May 13, 2024
Hospitals in South Korea's smaller cities are struggling with a lack of physicians, as a nationwide strike of trainee doctors enters its
May 13, 2024
The chairman of Vietnam's parliament Vuong Dinh Hue resigned over unspecified "violations and shortcomings", the ruling Communist Party said on Friday,
May 13, 2024
Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its
April 26, 2024
Nomura Holdings, Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Friday a 670% jump in quarterly net profit compared to a year earlier as its retail and
May 12, 2024
CITIC Securities Co, China's biggest brokerage, reported on Friday that first-quarter net profit fell 8.5%, hit by the sluggish investment banking environment.
May 12, 2024
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit its target of 2% in coming
May 12, 2024
China's Bank of Communications Co Ltd (BoCom), reported a 1.44% rise in first-quarter net profit amid a slowing economy.
May 12, 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani security guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack, in
April 26, 2024Sri Lanka will hand over management of its $209 million Chinese-built airport to two Indian and Russian companies, a cabinet statement said on Friday, as the island nation attempts
April 26, 2024A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied allegations that she was trying to break her label away from HYBE, home to
May 12, 2024
Pakistan's economic indicators are showing positive signs, with an agenda of painful reforms and privatization on track, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on
May 12, 2024
Japan's factory output likely staged a strong rebound in March from the previous month's decline, with retail sales probably holding firm on booming inbound tourism and easing worry
May 12, 2024
Amundi, Europe's biggest fund manager, posted better-than-expected first-quarter inflows on Friday thanks to its joint ventures in Asia and continued appetite for risk-averse
May 11, 2024
Vietnam will delay the launch of the much-expected new stock trading system initially slated for next week, its State Securities Commission (SSC) said.
May 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision to keep interest rates around zero didn't come as a surprise, and focus now turns to Governor
May 11, 2024
Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost
May 11, 2024
Hong Kong's private home prices reversed a 10-month falling streak in March, climbing 1.1% from February, after the financial city lifted curbs to boost the ailing property
May 11, 2024
Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a sustained depreciation in the yen, as traders drive down the currency on expectations that any further
March 28, 2024South Korea's public finances are no longer a strength for its sovereign credit rating but are now a neutral factor requiring near-term efforts to contain the rise in
May 11, 2024
As the yen plumbs three-decade lows and pressure grows on Japan to intervene or make monetary policy changes, traders figure there is not much Tokyo can do to reverse
May 11, 2024
It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the nation
May 01, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday inspected the test-firing of 240 mm multiple launch rockets manufactured by a newly established defence industry unit, the North's KCNA
May 10, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday he would lift a surprise martial law declaration he had imposed just hours before, backing down in a
December 03, 2024
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight after saying it would evacuate civilians from the southern Gazan city and launch an all-out assault despite allies
May 10, 2024
Toyota launched a public transport pilot on Thursday with nine fully electric Hilux Revo pickup trucks in Thailand, a key Southeast Asian
May 10, 2024
Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, driven by gains in financial and industrial stocks.
May 10, 2024
Mercedes-Benz executives said on Thursday the company would continue to invest in tie-ups with Chinese partners including automaker BAIC Group, underscoring the
May 10, 2024
Indonesian president elect Prabowo Subianto received a boost on Thursday after a prominent political party that backed another candidate pledged its support for his administration,
April 25, 2024
Chinese spies hacked the laptop of Els Van Hoof, the chairperson of the Belgian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in federal Parliament, back in 2021, she told public
April 25, 2024Birkin bag maker Hermes reported a 17% surge in first-quarter sales on Thursday, sustaining a rapid growth rate from the previous quarter including in China, and
May 10, 2024
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is among individuals being investigated in connection with a graft probe involving his sons, the head of Malaysia's Anti-
May 09, 2024
Japan's Toyota Motor will pair up with China's Tencent while Nissan will team up with Baidu, the companies said on Thursday, cross-border partnerships that
May 09, 2024
Daiwa Securities Group, Japan's second largest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Thursday a 131% year-on-year jump in quarterly net profit, helped by a record
April 25, 2024Three South Korean low-cost carriers are currently in the race to buy Asiana Airlines' cargo business, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
May 09, 2024
Asian markets are wobbling in early trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates
May 01, 2024
India's Election Commission said on Thursday it has sought responses from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress on alleged violations of poll rules
May 09, 2024
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has locked in 75,723 orders for its sporty SU7 electric sedan as of April 24, and aims to deliver over 10,000 units in June, founder Lei Jun said on
May 09, 2024
Nissan Motor and Mazda Motor unveiled new cars tailored for Chinese drivers on Thursday, signalling a fresh push by Japanese automakers to regain ground in the
May 09, 2024
The South Korean economy grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in the first quarter beating all estimates with a pick-up in domestic
May 09, 2024
Russian tourist swept to her death by massive wave at Thai island viewpoint
December 04, 2024Toyota Motor said on Thursday its global sales and production hit record highs in the year ended March 31, supported by robust demand and the absence of semiconductor supply
May 09, 2024
South Korean flat-screen maker LG Display returned to an operating loss in the first quarter, hit by weakening demand for large display panels for TVs and small panels
May 09, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD unveiled the U7, its third ultra-luxury model under the Yangwang brand, on Thursday, as it makes a push upmarket to increase profitability amid
May 09, 2024
Chinese EV maker BYD will showcase its premium brand's first sedan at the Beijing auto show from Thursday, in a challenge to the likes of Germany's Mercedes-Benz which three years
May 09, 2024
Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch a luxury electric van for the Chinese market based on its VAN.EA platform, the head of the carmaker's vans division told German magazine
May 09, 2024
South Korea's financial market watchdog said on Thursday it was checking the effectiveness of a new monitoring system designed to detect illegal short-selling of domestic stocks
May 09, 2024
Singapore's Keppel said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit excluding the effects of legacy offshore and marine assets was higher, boosted by strong performance in the global asset
May 09, 2024
The European Union and United Nations abruptly rescheduled the launch of an anti-human trafficking program this week after being confronted with questions on the choice of venue: a Phnom Penh hotel owned by a Cambodian tycoon who has another property that has been used by human traffickers
May 01, 2024
Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.
May 01, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday allegations that the aide to a prominent far-right politician had been spying for China were "
May 09, 2024
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund will meet on April 29 to discuss the approval of $1.1 billion funding for Pakistan, the fund
May 09, 2024
The yen fell on Wednesday to its weakest levels against the dollar since 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up their currency.
May 08, 2024
An armed ethnic group in Myanmar has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by the ruling junta from whom rebel fighters wrested the key trading
May 08, 2024
Iran is ready to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka and other Asian countries, its president, Ebrahim Raisi, said on Wednesday, during a short visit to the island
April 24, 2024
Indonesia's central bank delivered a surprise rate hike on Wednesday, stepping up efforts to support the rupiah currency which has fallen to
May 08, 2024
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S.
May 08, 2024
Chinese firm Ant Group's Alipay+ has not formally requested a permit for operations in Indonesia, central bank deputy governor Filianingsih Hendarta told a news conference on
May 08, 2024
Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden said it has won bondholders' approval to further delay payments on three onshore bonds to September, in order to give it more time to
May 08, 2024
Japan's ruling party is not yet in active discussion on what yen levels would be deemed worth intervening in the market, though the currency's
May 08, 2024
Asahi Kasei plans to spend about 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build a battery component factory in Canada, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday.
May 08, 2024
South Korea is considering easing real-time reporting requirements for investors in the nation's $1.8 trillion bond market as it seeks inclusion into FTSE Russell’s
April 24, 2024Scandal-hit Toyota Motor subsidiary Daihatsu aims to fully resume developing vehicles by as early as the end of this year, the president of the compact carmaker told
May 08, 2024
Capital A's Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday he has agreed to put aside retirement plans and has signed a new five-year contract to continue as chief executive
May 08, 2024
Japan's trade and finance ministries said on Wednesday they will initiate an anti-dumping investigation into graphite electrodes from China.
April 24, 2024Standard Chartered has cut its forecast for Vietnam's economic growth this year to 6.0% from 6.7%, the bank said on Wednesday, citing lower-than-expected growth in the first quarter
May 08, 2024
Thailand's economy is projected to grow at a faster pace in 2024 than 2023 supported by private consumption and tourism, but uncertainties remain, minutes of the Bank of Thailand's
April 24, 2024
Australian miner Lynas posted a slump in third-quarter sales revenue on Wednesday, missing analyst expectations on the back of a plunge in prices for rare earths, while it flagged
April 23, 2024Japan's annual business-to-business service inflation accelerated for the second month to hit 2.3% in March, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting firms continued to pass on rising
April 23, 2024
A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange
April 23, 2024
Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear
April 23, 2024
JPMorgan Chase & Co appoints Lu Fang to chair the board of its China securities arm, replacing former chair Park Pu, according to a company memo reviewed by Reuters
April 23, 2024
A senior Chinese central bank official suggested on Tuesday that the bank's buying and selling of treasury bonds in the secondary market could be used for liquidity management and
April 23, 2024Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew members aboard, the navy said in a statement.
May 08, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party have begun attacking opposition rivals, saying they favour minority Muslims, in
May 07, 2024
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to select a new slate of senators who will no longer be allowed to vote on who becomes prime minister, removing what has effectively
April 23, 2024
Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and
April 22, 2024
Chinese regulators are inspecting the use of a cross-border mechanism to invest in debt-laden local governments' offshore bonds, two sources said, indicating a ramping
May 08, 2024
Japanese electric motor maker Nidec on Tuesday posted an unexpected operating loss for the January to March quarter, hit by the costs of restructuring steps taken to deal with fierce
May 07, 2024
The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again if trend inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as expected, governor Kazuo Ueda said, keeping alive market
May 07, 2024
Thailand's 500 billion baht ($13.51 billion) "digital wallet" stimulus policy gained cabinet approval on Tuesday, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, clearing another hurdle for
May 07, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said last week's meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts has laid the groundwork for Tokyo to
May 07, 2024
Major North Korean hacking groups have mounted "all-out" cyber attacks against South Korean defence companies for more than a year, breaching the firms' internal networks
May 07, 2024
Japanese authorities could intervene in the currency market any time as recent yen declines are excessive and out of line with fundamentals, ruling party
May 07, 2024
China will revise its statistics law in a bid to fight persistent data fraud, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday, amid scepticism about the reliability of data in the
April 23, 2024Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms causing the highest
May 07, 2024
India's business activity expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 14 years this month thanks to robust demand, according to a survey released on Tuesday that also
May 07, 2024
Indonesia President Joko Widodo and his son, incoming vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka, are no longer members of the country's largest party after they
May 07, 2024
A key measure of Japan's trend inflation slowed to 1.3% in March, marking the smallest year-on-year increase in 11 months, data showed on Tuesday.
May 07, 2024
Vietnam's gross domestic product is seen growing 5.5% this year, the World Bank said on Tuesday, faster than an expansion of 5.05% last year.
May 07, 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday said he had asked the country's four largest lenders to lower interest rates to help small businesses and the economy.
April 23, 2024
The Bank of Japan is expected to project inflation will stay around its 2% target for the next three years in new forecasts due on Friday, signalling
May 07, 2024
South Korea's economy likely grew 0.6% last quarter, maintaining the same pace of expansion as in the previous three months, as improving exports
May 07, 2024
Japan's factory activity contracted but approached the break-even point in April, a business survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the key sector is finally picking up after months of
April 22, 2024
More than 80 earthquakes, the strongest of 6.3 magnitude, struck Taiwan's east coast starting Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday and some caused shaking of buildings in
April 22, 2024
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party earned a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, local media reported on Monday, a result set to move the Indian Ocean
May 07, 2024
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Tuesday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
April 22, 2024The yen weakened on Monday to its weakest levels against the dollar since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up the yen.
May 07, 2024
The United States said on Tuesday it was watching events in ally South Korea with "grave concern" after South Korean
December 03, 2024
As companies around the country roll out plans to honor May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a new report out Wednesday suggests members of those communities are paying more attention than ever to representation
May 01, 2024Floods swamped cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries
May 07, 2024
An Indonesian court on Monday rejected challenges from both losing candidates seeking a re-run of February's presidential election and the
May 07, 2024
Thailand's central bank, under pressure from the government to cut interest rates, could adjust monetary policy if the outlook
May 07, 2024
North Korea fired "several" short-range ballistic missiles on Monday toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, drawing a swift condemnation from
May 07, 2024
Indonesia reported a $4.47 billion trade surplus in March, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday, larger than a forecast surplus of $1.13 billion in a Reuters poll as
May 07, 2024
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate dropped to 2.5% in March from 5.1% in February, official data showed on Monday, as the impact of a higher sales tax needed to meet targets
May 07, 2024
China's fiscal revenue in the first quarter fell 2.3% from a year earlier, as some special factors including previous tax cut policies weighed, the finance ministry said on Monday.
May 07, 2024
China expressed strong opposition on Monday to a ritual offering made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that China and South Korea view as
May 07, 2024
Chinese state fund Central Huijin Investment bought blue-chips worth at least $41 billion in the first quarter in a bid to shore up the sliding stock market, funds' latest
May 07, 2024
Police in Vietnam have arrested Pham Thai Ha, an assistant of the country's National Assembly chairman, on an accusation of power abuse, the Ministry of Public Security said on
April 22, 2024On a visit to China this week, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said his focus will be on increasing agri-food exports to the world's second largest
April 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland The relief rally spreading through Asian markets is set to sweep into Europe at the open, with the FTSE in particular set for
April 22, 2024
Vietnam is readying the launch next week of a new stocks trading system that would speed up settlement of transactions, as part of reforms
April 22, 2024
China remains committed to resolving maritime disputes with other countries through dialogue but will not allow itself to be "abused," a top military official
April 22, 2024
Malaysia plans to build Southeast Asia's largest integrated circuit design park and will offer incentives including tax breaks, subsidies and visa exemption fees to attract
April 22, 2024
China's exports of gallium and germanium products in March declined from year-ago levels, customs data showed on Saturday, underlining the impact of export controls in place since
April 20, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD said on Monday its electric pickup truck will be called BYD Shark and will feature a plug-in hybrid system called Dual Mode Off-Road (DMO),
April 22, 2024
The Maldives' ruling party is set to win a two-thirds majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, local media said, a result likely to push the Indian Ocean island
April 21, 2024
Chinese ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu, who has served since 2019, has left his post and returned to China, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday, with the
April 21, 2024
Major rivers, waterways and reservoirs in China's Guangdong province are threatening to unleash dangerous floods, forcing the government on Sunday to
April 21, 2024
Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, following the killing of five other customs officials in
April 21, 2024Corporate Japan is starting to wonder if the weak yen has become too much of a good thing.
May 16, 2024
National Australia Bank posted a double-digit drop in first-half earnings on Thursday but talked up the strength of the economy and said a margin-
May 16, 2024
The yen soared against the U.S dollar late on Wednesday, as market participants suspected Japan's monetary
May 16, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia gets back up toward full speed on Thursday after many markets were closed for the May Day holiday, with the U.S.
May 16, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's shocking late-night declaration of martial law brought years of clashes with domestic opponents, the media and even his own
December 03, 2024
Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while
May 16, 2024
- A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as
May 16, 2024
Estee Lauder lowered its annual organic sales estimate on persistent softness in mainland China's prestige beauty space, even as a demand rebound for its pricey
May 16, 2024
Eastern India experienced its hottest April on record as a heatwave scorched parts of the country amid a general election, killing at least nine people, and the
May 16, 2024
By Pratima Desai and Siyi Liu LONDON/BEIJING - China's copper producers are planning to export up to 100,000 metric tons of metal, the largest volume in 12 years, aiming to cool a rally that has
May 16, 2024
Solomon Islands lawmakers will select a new prime minister in a secret ballot on Thursday, choosing between foreign minister Jeremiah Manele and opposition leader Matthew
May 16, 2024
The Philippines on Wednesday accused China's coast guard of elevating tensions in the South China Sea after two vessels suffered damage from water cannon use by Beijing, an official
May 01, 2024
Taiwan is on alert for China to carry out military exercises after the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te this month, the island's top security official
May 16, 2024
New Zealand’s government is continuing "information gathering discussions" on future cooperation with the AUKUS security pact but is "a long way" from being able
May 16, 2024
Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was
May 01, 2024Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is examining the possibility of introducing measures to provide tax breaks for companies converting foreign profits
May 16, 2024
South Korea has held talks about joining part of the AUKUS defence deal between the U.S., Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said on Wednesday,
May 16, 2024
Malaysia will boost salaries for civil servants by more than 13% from December, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday, amid rising prices, a weak ringgit currency,
May 16, 2024
Vietnam's parliament is set to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss personnel issues, the office of the country's lawmaking body said on Wednesday, five days after its chairman,
May 16, 2024
China on Wednesday launched sea trials for the Fujian, its third and most advanced aircraft carrier, state media reported.
May 01, 2024Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa has been endorsed as the country's new foreign minister by Thailand's king, the official Royal Gazette said on Wednesday.
May 01, 2024South Korea's exports rose for a seventh straight month in April, trade data showed on Wednesday, as strong demand for chips continued to lead growth while automobile sales and U.S.
May 15, 2024
Japan's factory activity shrank at a slower pace in April as declines in output and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday.
May 15, 2024
Solomon Islands lawmakers have elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China
May 02, 2024
Misinformation about India's election is surging online as the world's most populous country votes
May 02, 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Malaysia
May 02, 2024
Cambodia's Defense Ministry says a huge explosion at a military base in the southwest that killed 20 soldiers and injured many others was an accident caused by a “technical issue” from the old and degraded ammunition that was being moved
May 02, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of a report on the U.S. jobs market
May 02, 2024
The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China has climbed to 48 as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area
May 02, 2024
A festival celebrating Asian American literary works that was suddenly canceled last year by the Smithsonian Institution is getting resurrected
May 02, 2024President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countries’ economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration
May 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 17, 2024
Pakistan will push back the deadline for companies to express interest in buying national carrier Pakistan International Airlines to May 18, the country's privatisation minister
May 17, 2024
The yen gained on Thursday, following a sudden rally late on Wednesday that traders and analysts attributed to intervention by Japanese authorities, while the
May 17, 2024
South Korea's National Assembly voted on Thursday to approve a bill backed by the ruling and opposition parties to launch a fresh investigation into a
May 16, 2024
U.S. law firm Mayer Brown said on Thursday that it plans to separate from its current Hong Kong operations, as many international law firms rethink or reduce their presence
May 17, 2024
Travel by rail and car across China surged on
May 16, 2024
Officials in a Japanese town are erecting a 2.5-meter (8.2 ft) high barrier to block a view of Mount Fuji and obstruct a photo spot that has been
May 16, 2024
Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp reported net profit for the fiscal year ended in March fell 31.7% from a year earlier to 386.4 billion yen ($2.5 billion), missing estimates, as
May 16, 2024
Vietnam's legislature approved on Thursday the resignation of its chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, it said in a statement, the latest top official to
May 16, 2024
India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a 2021 military coup, a top state minister said, following
May 16, 2024
Taiwan's defence ministry on Thursday said that China had carried out a "joint combat readiness patrol" near the island for the second time in a week.
May 16, 2024
It will be hard for Taiwan to attend this year's World Health Organization annual assembly, and it hopes more countries will support its presence, the island's
May 16, 2024
The death toll from the collapse of an expressway section in China's Guangdong province that caused vehicles to tumble down a slope has risen to 48, with rescue work hampered by mudslides,
May 02, 2024Japanese officials may have spent some 3.66 trillion yen ($23.59 billion) on Wednesday in the latest attempt to pull the yen back from near 34-year lows, Bank of
May 16, 2024
Hong Kong's economic grew 2.7% in the first quarter on the year, official advance estimates showed on Thursday, driven by an increase in visitor arrivals and private consumption.
May 16, 2024
The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build a logistics hub in western Afghanistan aimed at making the war-torn
May 16, 2024
A lower turnout so far in India’s long general election has rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign managers, raising into question whether
May 16, 2024
Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash
December 03, 2024
South Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday raised the terrorism alert level for five diplomatic offices in the region citing intelligence that North Korea may attempt
May 16, 2024
Short bets on most Asian currencies firmed to touch multi-month highs as growing expectations of U.S. interest rates staying higher for longer dampened appetite for
May 16, 2024
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), manager of the world's third-largest public pension fund, will allocate 65% of its assets in risky assets under new long-term asset
May 02, 2024Thailand's government plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($10.84) from October, a spokesperson said on Thursday, a policy that could help lift consumption in
May 16, 2024
The yen surged against the dollar on what traders suspect was another round of intervention by Japanese authorities to stem the currency's sharp
May 16, 2024
Indonesia's annual inflation rate cooled slightly in April as pressure from some food prices eased as the harvest season began, the
May 16, 2024
South Korea's financial regulator on Thursday proposed detailed guidelines for companies if they choose to participate in the government's reform programme aimed at enhancing
May 16, 2024
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) kept its base rate charged through the overnight discount window unchanged at 5.75% on Thursday, tracking a decision by the U.S.
May 16, 2024
The Philippines summoned a Chinese diplomat on Thursday to protest Beijing's use of water cannon against Filipino vessels at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, describing it
May 02, 2024
Many Bank of Japan board members agreed the country's long-term interest rates should be set by markets, with some saying the central bank should at some point slow
May 16, 2024
South Korea's factory activity contracted again in April, but manufacturers' optimism climbed to the highest level in nearly two years as output and orders managed to
May 16, 2024
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that "xenophobia" from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has been good for
May 16, 2024
In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation’s entertainment industry
May 03, 2024
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports on Saturday that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but it accepted the country's
July 02, 2024
The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a show of military diplomacy that will
May 06, 2024
A North Korean delegation led by a high-ranking agricultural official is visiting Russia, the North's official KCNA news agency said on Sunday, in the latest exchange by Moscow and
May 06, 2024
Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, both governments said, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee as rebels fought to flush out Myanmar junta troops holed up
April 20, 2024
The first of India's almost one billion voters cast ballots on Friday in the country's multi-day election, as
May 06, 2024
North Korea conducted a cruise missile warhead test and test launch of its new anti-aircraft missile in the West Sea of Korea on Friday, the North's KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
April 19, 2024South Korea's government announced a compromise in its medical reform plans on Friday in a bid to end a two-month walkout by doctors, and also said President Yoon Suk
May 06, 2024
Five Japanese nationals in Pakistan escaped when a suicide bomber detonated their device on Friday, and police shot dead a gunman accompanying the bomber,
May 05, 2024
North Korea has released a new song praising leader Kim Jong Un for being a "friendly father" and a "great leader", in a move that appears to be part of a propaganda drive to enhance
May 07, 2024
The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again in 2024, according to two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters, but there was no clear consensus on when
May 04, 2024
Kazakhstan braced on Friday for levels on the Ural River to rise sharply, something that could threaten two of its western regions and key oil infrastructure, while
May 04, 2024
Taiwan said on Friday China's decision to open new air routes that run close to two Taiwanese-controlled islands was a flight safety risk taken
May 04, 2024
Nissan Motor slashed its annual operating profit estimate by 14.5% on Friday, citing lower-than-expected vehicle sales and other factors.
May 03, 2024
China is widely expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, as encouraging first quarter economic data reduces the urgency for further
May 03, 2024
China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID shots and idle manufacturing plants are pursuing new targets for the novel messenger RNA
April 19, 2024
Thousands of Muslims gathered in mosques across Sydney for regular prayers on Friday despite concerns about retaliatory attacks after police charged a
May 07, 2024
Cryptocurrencies fell heavily and bitcoin broke below $60,000 on Friday in a rush out of risky assets following reports of an Israeli missile strike on Iran.
May 03, 2024
Pakistan hopes to agree the contours of a new International Monetary Fund loan in May, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters, and has kicked off
May 03, 2024
South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday that authorities would take immediate and decisive action if it became necessary to respond to excessive volatility in the foreign
May 03, 2024
Vietnam's central bank said on Friday it had continued providing support to Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), which it put under special supervision in October 2022 after a
May 03, 2024
Indonesia's trade surplus is estimated to have widened in March as imports were seen easing from a seasonally high demand in the prior month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
May 03, 2024
South Korea's LG Electronics has raised $800 million through a dollar bond deal, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters.
May 03, 2024
The U.S. fund in a buyout battle for a niche market Japanese printer company said it would consider selling to rival bidder Brother Industries if it
May 03, 2024India has been holding the world's biggest election since April 19, with nearly 1 billion people eligible to vote.
June 14, 2024
Nearly 1 billion Indians will be eligible to vote in the world's biggest election starting this month.
May 03, 2024
India, with nearly a billion eligible voters, set off on the world's largest electoral exercise on Friday.
May 03, 2024
Any national-security review of the deal for Japan's Nippon Steel to acquire U.S.
May 03, 2024
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Friday he looked forward to visits by China's foreign minister and Australia's prime minister in the coming days that
May 03, 2024
The International Monetary Fund urged Asian central banks on Thursday to focus on domestic inflation and avoid tying their policy decisions too closely to
May 03, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank may raise interest rates again if the yen's declines significantly push up inflation,
May 03, 2024
Japan appears to have bought some time and respite for a tumbling yen through its latest bursts of suspected , yet it has also set itself up for a
May 18, 2024
Damage to Philippine vessels and injuries to their crew in the South China Sea is "irresponsible behaviour" in disregard of international law, U.S.
May 18, 2024
Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel,
May 19, 2024
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the general election from the family bastion in the north, his Congress party
May 03, 2024
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday it had detected a renewed incursion by Chinese military aircraft across the sensitive Taiwan Strait, as China reported its
May 03, 2024Global hedge funds that use an equities long-short strategy are growing increasingly bullish on China, evidenced by the heavy pick-up in their purchases of Hong
May 18, 2024
Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after
May 19, 2024
Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, giving residents a rare
May 03, 2024
Australia's central bank will hold its key policy rate at 4.35% for a fourth straight meeting on Tuesday and at least until end-September, according to a
May 18, 2024
New Zealand's foreign minister on Friday described the country's relationship with China as "complex," and called out the hardening rhetoric across the Taiwan
May 17, 2024
Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino
May 03, 2024
The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a fraud case
May 03, 2024South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claims in a new book to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress
May 03, 2024
Canadian police on Friday arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and said
May 03, 2024
The chief of staff to exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring with him to carry out a massive scheme that defrauded thousands of
July 02, 2024
China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first
May 20, 2024
Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla has sued an Indian battery maker for infringing its trademark by using the brand name "Tesla Power" to promote its
May 20, 2024
Global equity funds experienced renewed interest from investors in the seven days through May 1, buoyed by a surge in inflows to Asia amid optimism about an economic recovery in the region
July 02, 2024
The politician daughter of Thailand's influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday said the central bank's independence was an "obstacle" in resolving economic problems,
May 19, 2024
Top Indian Olympic wrestlers have criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party for fielding the son of their former federation chief in
May 19, 2024
China told the top U.N. court on Tuesday that existing U.N. treaties should provide the basis for its advisory opinion on states' legal obligations to fight global warming and
December 03, 2024
The Indonesian government will permanently relocate almost 10,000 residents after a series of explosive eruptions of the Ruang volcano has raised concerns about the dangers of
July 02, 2024
Hong Kong's March retail sales fell 7% from a year earlier, partly due to a high base of comparison for visitor spending and the Easter holidays, government data showed on Friday
May 19, 2024
A bus veered into a ravine in Pakistan's far north early on Friday, a local government spokesman said, killing 20 passengers, while 21 injured were rescued and
May 03, 2024A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, as authorities warned of damage and aftershocks from
December 03, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
December 03, 2024
Oil prices rose more than 2% on Tuesday as Israel threatened to attack the Lebanese state if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and as investors positioned for OPEC
December 03, 2024
Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
May 04, 2024
An Afghan diplomat in India who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and says she was the only woman in the country’s diplomatic service has resigned
May 04, 2024An asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, producing a fireball before likely burning up in the atmosphere, officials and scientists
December 03, 2024
China's Ping An Insurance Group Co the biggest Asian investor in HSBC PLC did not support reappointing chief executive Noel Quinn as a director to the banks board at the
May 21, 2024
Martial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise decree sent shockwaves
December 03, 2024
Police in Vietnam have arrested the former head of the government office, Mai Tien Dung, on suspicion of abuse of power, the Ministry of Public Security said on Saturday, amid a
May 04, 2024A former U.S. ambassador appointed by Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed the former president would again support Taiwan if he wins back the White House.
May 20, 2024
President Xi Jinping lauded China's ties with France as an international model on Sunday as he arrived in Paris for a rare visit against a backdrop of
May 04, 2024
Manipulated videos are taking centre stage as campaigning heats up in India's election, with fake clips involving
May 05, 2024
Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism.
May 05, 2024An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender said on Sunday ahead of Islamabad beginning
May 20, 2024
Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in
July 02, 2024
A court in Bangladesh has rescheduled a bail hearing for a prominent Hindu leader who was detained after leading large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups
December 03, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 20, 2024
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the Philippines would not use water cannons or any offensive weapons in the South China Sea, and the last thing it wanted was to raise
May 21, 2024
China's services activity expansion slowed a touch amid rising costs, but growth in new orders accelerated and business sentiment rose solidly in a boost to hopes of a sustained
May 20, 2024
South Korea's market watchdog said on Monday it had found breaches of short-selling rules by seven more banks in the domestic stock market as part of a full-scale investigation into
May 06, 2024For the first time since leader Kim Jong Un took power in 2011, North Koreans were asked to take loyalty oaths on his birthday, a South Korean research
May 20, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has put trade disputes and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts at the top of the agenda for talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 06, 2024
Asian markets are mostly higher, although Chinese shares faltered
May 06, 2024
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in western Australia had been in a deradicalization program for two years but had no ties to an alleged network of teen extremists in Sydney
May 06, 2024
Cost-conscious Chinese tourists have replaced many of the cash-rich mainland travellers who once flocked to Hong Kong, with some only interested in
May 06, 2024
U.S. and Philippine armed forces fired missiles and artillery to thwart a simulated invasion in the Philippines' northern waters facing Taiwan on
July 02, 2024
Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter beat expectations, buoyed by high public spending for the country's elections, but
May 20, 2024
Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan ($23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, a rise of 13.5% from pre-
May 21, 2024
China's average daily home sales during the major May Day public holiday sank 47% from a year earlier, and were down around 30% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019 for the same
May 21, 2024
Workers at Australian state-owned submarine builder ASC Ltd began on Monday a campaign of strikes for higher wages that could disrupt maintenance for Australia's
May 06, 2024China's National Health Commission said it was investigating a hospital in the southwest megacity of Chongqing for its alleged involvement in surrogacy, which is illegal in China
July 02, 2024
Taiwan is grateful for continued U.S. security assistance but must invest in building its own "strengths" first and show the world its support for the island is worth it, Vice
May 21, 2024
A Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an "unsafe" and "unacceptable" confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia said on Monday.
May 21, 2024
Chinese provinces are urging companies to offer women flexible job roles called "Mama's Posts" that make it easier to balance work and childcare, the official Xinhua news agency
May 21, 2024
China's premium electric vehicle maker Nio is on track to unveil a new model under a mass-market brand by the end of this month and a second smaller EV to be sold
May 21, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he does not oppose Islam or Muslims and wants the community to think about their future growth as they vote in an
May 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 21, 2024
South Korea's foreign exchange reserves dropped in April by the biggest amount in 19 months as authorities intervened in the currency market to curb weakness in the won currency.
May 21, 2024
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will leave its key interest rate at 3.00% and keep it unchanged at least until 2026, despite a weakening currency and a
May 21, 2024
U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills on the Philippines’ northernmost island along the strategic Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry
May 06, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted early on Tuesday as India held the third phase of a massive general election, when seats in
July 02, 2024
War veterans, party leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu province on Tuesday for an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's victory over French
May 07, 2024China said on Tuesday its military took steps to warn and alert an Australian aircraft after Australia blamed a Chinese fighter jet for endangering one of its military
July 02, 2024
Japanese service sector activity grew at the fastest pace in eight months in April thanks to solid business and consumer spending, a private survey showed on Tuesday, results that
May 21, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exercised near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region
May 07, 2024
Millions of Indians across 93 constituencies are voting as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric against Muslims
May 07, 2024
China is investigating a former senior executive of China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, for suspected "serious disciplinary violations", the country's anti-graft
May 21, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street
May 07, 2024
A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China has killed two people and injured 21 others
May 07, 2024The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital's streets this year, organisers of South Korea's annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, after the city
May 07, 2024
The United States sees Iran's capacity to move its oil as reliant on service providers based in Malaysia, with oil being transferred near Singapore and throughout
May 21, 2024
Cambodia plans to cut shipping through Vietnamese ports by 70% as a result of a $1.7 billion China-funded upgrade of a canal
May 07, 2024BEIJING (REUTERS) - China lifted the risk alert warning on bird flu in Serbia, the General Administration of Customs announced on Tuesday.
May 21, 2024
China electric vehicle maker Nio has struck a deal with larger rival BYD to source batteries for an EV brand priced at a lower range that aims to compete with Tesla, three sources
May 21, 2024
Pakistan's military said on Tuesday that a suicide bomb attack that killed five Chinese engineers was planned in neighbouring Afghanistan, and that the bomber was
May 07, 2024Chinese President Xi Jinping left France on Tuesday after a two-day trip during which he offered no major concessions
July 02, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called on China to play a bigger role in helping poor countries with their debt burdens and said that he raised the issue with Chinese
May 21, 2024
Germany sent two warships to the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday in a bid to strengthen its military presence in the region amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the
May 21, 2024
U.S. automaker Tesla sold 62,167 China-made electric vehicles in April, down 18% from a year earlier, lagging the broader market's surge, China Passenger Car Association (CPCA)
May 22, 2024
An Indian city court extended on Tuesday the pre-trial detention of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until May 20, legal news website
May 21, 2024
Two people were killed and 21 wounded in a knife attack at a hospital in southwest China's Yunnan province on Tuesday, media reported, citing police.
May 07, 2024The Philippines' largest telecommunications group PLDT is in talks to sell up to 49% of its data centre business to Japan's
May 21, 2024
In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar's Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country's ruling junta to try to
May 21, 2024
Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request
May 21, 2024
China's COMAC is expanding production facilities for its homegrown C919 jets in Shanghai, according to one of the project contractors, as the state-owned planemaker ramps up
May 21, 2024
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have quelled protests in a northern province over security forces' attempts to eradicate opium poppy cultivation which generates income for
May 22, 2024
Nissan is committed to staying in China but the company must change its strategy in the country, Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida told a business conference hosted by the Financial Times in
May 22, 2024
A massive tree fell across one of Kuala Lumpur's busiest roads on Tuesday, killing a man, hurting two others, disrupting monorail services and damaging more than a dozen cars,
May 22, 2024
China and Serbia on Wednesday agreed to follow a "shared future" as President Xi Jinping visited the Balkan country as part of his bid to
July 02, 2024
India's Election Commission directed social media platform X on Tuesday to take down a video post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party after an opposition complaint that it
May 22, 2024
Some Chinese carmakers are looking to set up manufacturing and assembly plants in Europe as they aim to ramp up sales of lower-cost cars in the region to rival their European competitors
May 25, 2024
Chinese automaker Geely and Israeli auto safety technology startup Foretellix formed a strategic partnership to accelerate safe large-scale development of self-driving vehicles,
May 22, 2024
Two Chinese companies and JPMorgan have become the latest banking groups to cut jobs in China as a slow recovery in listing and dealmaking activities force them to ramp up cost
May 22, 2024
US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
May 07, 2024
The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed
May 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 22, 2024
North Korea says Kim Ki Nam, the propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94
May 08, 2024
U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, have unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing
May 08, 2024
The Bank of Japan may take monetary policy action if yen falls affect prices significantly, governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, offering the
May 22, 2024
Global private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and
May 22, 2024
Perpetual said on Wednesday that buyout giant KKR & Co would acquire its wealth management and corporate trust businesses for A$2.18 billion ($1.43 billion), sending the Australian
May 22, 2024
Taiwan's military is prepared for any moves China may make around the time President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office later this month, the island's deputy defence minister said on
May 22, 2024
Elon Musk proposed testing Tesla's advanced driver-assistance package in China by deploying it in robotaxis, during his recent visit to the country, the state-backed China Daily
May 22, 2024
After three decades selling homemade buns on the streets of the Chinese city of Xian, 67-year-old Hu Dexi would have
May 22, 2024
Chinese regulators are scrutinising old business deals and even the personal bank accounts of senior executives as they ramp up inspections of IPO hopefuls to slow the
May 22, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank may take monetary policy action if yen moves have a big impact on inflation, escalating his
May 22, 2024
Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the
July 02, 2024
An appeals court has granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city
May 08, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street’s lull stretched into a second day
May 08, 2024
A Singapore Air Force F-16 plane crashed at Tengah Air Base on Wednesday at 12:35 p.m. (0435 GMT), Singapore's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
May 08, 2024Cash-strapped China Vanke is selling a large Shenzhen land plot at a reserve price of 2.24 billion yuan ($310 million) via auction, the developer's latest move to raise funds to
May 22, 2024
Toyota Motor forecast a 20% profit decline in the current financial year on Wednesday, citing looming investment in both its suppliers and strategy after it
July 02, 2024
A court in Pakistan granted a request on Wednesday by the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be moved to jail, her lawyer said, instead of the house
May 22, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has drawn up new targets to boost farmer incomes as he seeks to secure his legacy of
May 22, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.2% to 2.7% this year, down from a previous forecast of 2.8% to 3.3% due to a slow export recovery, a leading joint business group said on
May 22, 2024
China's exports likely returned to growth in April after contracting sharply in March, but the expansion is expected to be modest as factory owners wrestle with weak
May 22, 2024
The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan's allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the neighbouring nations sour
May 08, 2024Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said on Tuesday, in a stunning U-turn just two years after
July 02, 2024
The president of South Korea has lifted the martial law he imposed on the country, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule
December 03, 2024
Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted an application by the government to ban a protest anthem called "Glory to Hong Kong", overturning a lower court
May 22, 2024
Taiwan's exports rose less than expected in April, hurt by weak demand from China although robust demand for artificial intelligence-related products had shipments to the United
May 22, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will raise interest rates if trend inflation accelerates in line with the bank's current projections.
May 22, 2024
An emergency text message alerting residents of a rural South Korean town to watch out for 70 ferocious dogs on the loose had to be quickly withdrawn after it turned out only three
May 08, 2024Cambodia’s Defense Ministry is insisting that the months-long presence of two Chinese warships at a strategically important naval base that is being expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military in the country
May 08, 2024
Oil giant Shell said on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its Bukom refinery in Singapore - one of the world's largest oil refining and trading centres - to a
May 22, 2024
The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes
May 08, 2024
The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, the communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday.
May 22, 2024
Sri Lanka's security forces abducted men and women from the ethnic Tamil minority and tortured them in custody long after the end of a bloody civil war in the
May 08, 2024Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius on Wednesday spoke against imposing restrictions on trade with China, stressing that the country remains the group's most important
May 22, 2024
Singapore's defence ministry said it was temporarily suspending training for its F-16 aircraft fleet after an F-16 crashed during a routine training on Wednesday.
May 08, 2024China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiously moves forward with commercial growing of genetically modified food crops.
May 22, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and election rival Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi traded barbs about campaign funding on Wednesday, with both sides
May 22, 2024
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday she expects rules to implement U.S. outbound investment restrictions on China will be completed by the end of
May 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street stocks are grinding out new records as U.S. growth continues to outperform, interest rate cut optimism has been rekindled
December 03, 2024
The Philippines' military chief accused China of a "malign influence effort" on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to
May 22, 2024
Three Taliban security personnel were killed when a motorcycle carrying an explosive device blew up near a military vehicle in northern Afghanistan being used
May 08, 2024North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed "firm support and solidarity" for Russia in his congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin over Victory Day, which marks
May 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 22, 2024
U.S. officials confronted the Chinese government in Beijing last month about a sweeping cyber espionage campaign through which Chinese hackers have broken in
May 22, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol conceded on Thursday that his ruling party's crushing election defeat last month reflected the
July 02, 2024
Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting with some seeing the chance of interest rates rising faster than anticipated, a
May 22, 2024
A U.S. warship sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, less than two weeks before Taiwan's new president takes office, prompting an angry denunciation from
May 22, 2024Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in March fell 2.5% from a year earlier, marking declines for two straight years, labour ministry data showed on Thursday.
May 22, 2024
China's military is accusing the U.S. of playing up for maximum political effect its warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait
May 09, 2024
Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body
May 22, 2024
China and Hungary will embark on a "golden voyage" in bilateral relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said after meeting Hungarian Prime
May 24, 2024
China's exports and imports returned to growth in April after contracting in the previous month, signalling an encouraging improvement in demand at home and overseas as
May 24, 2024
The Philippine economy accelerated less than expected in the first quarter as weaker consumer spending restrained growth, reinforcing
May 22, 2024
China's April exports grew 1.5% year-on-year, while imports increased 8.4%, customs data showed on Thursday, suggesting demand at home and abroad may be slowly returning in a boost
May 22, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya
May 22, 2024
It's time for a reality check about decarbonising Asia's vast and growing steel sector.
May 24, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank will scrutinise the yen's recent declines in guiding monetary policy.
May 22, 2024
India's consumer price inflation is likely to have eased to 4.80% in April, just shy of March's rate as food inflation remains sticky, according to economists
May 22, 2024
Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation
May 09, 2024
The energy unit of Japan's Panasonic Holdings missed its operating profit guidance for the past business year due to lower electric-vehicle battery production in
May 22, 2024
Myanmar's military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen in talks this week, a senior official said, even as the ruling junta faces
May 23, 2024
China will send two warships to Cambodia and East Timor from the first half of May to mid-June, its defence ministry said, potentially further unnerving the United States over
May 22, 2024Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden said it was unable to pay two onshore coupons due on Thursday, but China Bond Insurance Co would do so on its
May 22, 2024
Police in Vietnam have arrested a senior official involved in talks with international organisations on labour reforms, state media said on Thursday, adding that the action was linked
May 24, 2024Two Chinese provincial capitals lifted all home purchase restrictions on
May 24, 2024
Stocks in Asia are mixed after a rally on Wall Street that pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record
May 09, 2024
Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automaker’s sales grew in all major global markets except China
May 09, 2024
Air Vanuatu has cancelled international flights for four days and is considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned carrier
May 09, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely dropped sharply in April from March due mainly to seasonal factors, a Reuters poll showed, even as the central bank keeps policy support for the
May 24, 2024Japan's Nissan Motor expects to beat analyst estimates with a 5.5% rise in operating profit this fiscal year on higher global sales, it said on Thursday, while
May 24, 2024
An evacuation was ordered for communities near a fire at a chemical storage tank terminal that killed one person in Thailand's eastern Rayong province, as the blaze was likely to
May 22, 2024Gunmen shot and killed seven labourers near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar port early on Thursday, police said.
May 22, 2024Chinese automaker BYD will consider building a second assembly plant in Europe in 2025, its European managing director Michael Shu said on Thursday.
May 24, 2024
Sony Group and other parties are considering buying online comic store operator Infocom Corp in a deal worth up to 200 billion yen ($1.28 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday
May 24, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called for tax incentives to encourage corporate participation in the government's reform programme as well as detailed measures to improve
May 24, 2024
India says Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime
May 09, 2024
Meta's oversight board upheld a decision to remove two Facebook posts calling for Australians to vote multiple times in an indigenous rights referendum, but noted the
May 24, 2024
The senior U.S. official for North Korea discussed the country with her Chinese counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday, and expressed concerns about the forcible repatriation of North
May 24, 2024
India has replaced some 80 soldiers on the Maldives with civilians after a demand by President Mohamed Muizzu who has pivoted the archipelago's ties towards
May 24, 2024Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally
May 09, 2024
The Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV
May 09, 2024
The Biden administration added 37 Chinese entities to a trade restriction list on Thursday, including some for allegedly supporting the spy
May 24, 2024
The U.S. is satisfied so far with India's moves to ensure accountability in alleged assassination plots against Sikh activists, but many steps are still needed, the U.S.
May 24, 2024
Police say suspected militants bombed a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure
May 09, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 24, 2024
Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) posted on Friday a better-than-expected 5% rise in first-quarter profit
May 24, 2024
Japan's consumer spending fell for the 13th straight month in March, creating challenges for policymakers who are seeking to drive stronger
May 24, 2024
Currency markets are reading subtle signals from Chinese authorities as an indication they are slowly nudging the yuan lower to regain export competitiveness, but analysts say
May 24, 2024
A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu has apologized after she made comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of overwork
May 09, 2024
The Philippines said on Friday it aimed to add three more processing plants in the effort to develop a downstream industry for its abundant nickel
May 25, 2024
Erratic rainfall in China's southwest is frustrating a multibillion-dollar push to green an aluminium industry that accounts for almost 60% of global output and, by some estimates,
May 27, 2024
SoftBank CEO Junichi Miyakawa said on Thursday that the Japanese telecommunications firm is in talks with South Korea's Naver over control of LY
May 24, 2024
The Philippines' national security adviser called on Friday for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in
July 02, 2024
The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again as early as July and keep hiking borrowing costs next year and beyond if the economy
May 24, 2024
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Friday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
May 25, 2024South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul will visit China between Monday and Tuesday next week at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Seoul's foreign ministry said
May 25, 2024
China's military closely monitored and "drove away" USS Halsey that entered the territorial waters of Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on May 10, the Southern Theater Command
May 25, 2024
An escalating diplomatic row and recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines have made the highly strategic South China Sea a flashpoint.
May 25, 2024Japanese technology
May 27, 2024
India's top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing
July 02, 2024
Opposition leaders in India's troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration of denying or cancelling permissions to
May 25, 2024
China's car exports surged to a record high in April, data showed on Friday, as domestic sales slipped 5.8% from a year earlier amid intensifying price
May 25, 2024
Japan's economy likely contracted an annualised 1.5% in the January-March quarter as all key drivers of growth slumped due to an uncertain outlook, a Reuters poll
May 27, 2024
China firmly opposes the abuse of export control tools such as the U.S. entity list, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, after the U.S. added 37 Chinese firms to a
May 25, 2024
South Korea has vowed to protect its companies operating in other markets after Japanese regulators told LY Corp., which runs the popular chat app Line, to reduce its dependence on Naver, the Korean partner in the venture
May 10, 2024
A top Indian opposition leader has been freed from jail on interim bail by the Supreme Court nearly seven weeks after his arrest in a bribery case
May 10, 2024
Citigroup analysts upgraded India to "overweight" from "neutral" in their emerging markets allocation on Friday, citing strong earnings and economic growth
May 25, 2024
Private-sector members of a key government panel on Friday urged the Bank of Japan to be vigilant to the risk of sharp declines in the yen
May 25, 2024
Japan’s defense chief has called for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after a drone footage posted on a Chinese social media site showed a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted navy port west of Tokyo
May 10, 2024
At least 50 people have died, and more than 100 were injured in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a spokesman for the
May 26, 2024A Delhi court on Friday informed the ex-chief of India's wrestling federation, a powerful member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, of
May 26, 2024
Indian security forces killed at least 12 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in central India on Friday, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh state said, the third major encounter in
May 26, 2024A Taliban official says that flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people
May 10, 2024
A court in Vietnam has upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some $11 billion
December 03, 2024
The United States and China discussed Chinese overcapacity in solar and battery manufacturing, steel production and coal power during two days of bilateral
May 26, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday inspected the country's artillery weapon system and attended the test-firing of such weapons, the North's state media KCNA news agency
May 27, 2024
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II have received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict
May 11, 2024
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the country's support for a Palestinian bid to become a full United Nations member was part of building momentum to secure
May 27, 2024
India's opposition said the nation's election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue "unchecked and brazen" violations by not taking
May 27, 2024
The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three
May 27, 2024
Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden said in a statement on Saturday it had repaid two onshore bond coupons before the expiry of a five-day grace period, following
May 27, 2024
The U.N. food agency says more than 300 Afghans have died in flash floods that also destroyed more than 1,000 houses in the northern province of Baghlan
May 11, 2024
The Philippines said on Saturday it has deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused China of building "an artificial island" in an escalating maritime
May 27, 2024
Eight more Chinese cities have joined a scheme allowing their residents to travel to Hong Kong on their own, rather than as part of a tour group, as part of efforts to boost Hong
May 27, 2024
The South Korean won came off a more than two-year low against the dollar on Tuesday, while exchange traded funds linked to South Korean stocks
December 03, 2024
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China said it would issue 30 billion yuan ($4.15 billion) worth of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) bonds on May 15, marking the first
May 27, 2024
South Korea is readying plans for a support package for chip investments and research worth more than 10 trillion won ($7.30 billion), the finance minister said on Sunday, after
May 27, 2024
Indonesian officials say a bus slammed into cars and motorbikes after its brakes apparently malfunctioned in West Java province, killing at least 11 people, mostly students, and injuring dozens of others
May 12, 2024
Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have triggered flash floods
May 12, 2024
Flash floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people and injuring more than
May 27, 2024
Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia's province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities said on Sunday.
May 27, 2024A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday
July 02, 2024
A surprise declaration of martial law in Korea that had sent the won plummeting and gave U.S.
December 03, 2024
As Indonesia’s president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive stance in foreign policy, saying that diplomacy,
May 27, 2024
Victims of the devastating floods in northern Afghanistan are burying the dead and looking for the loved ones still missing
May 12, 2024
U.S. stocks tiptoed to more records after a quiet day of trading
December 03, 2024
Buddha's birthday is an important holiday in several countries in Asia where there are large Buddhist populations
May 12, 2024
The euro rose modestly against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, as political turmoil in France sent traders scrambling for hedging protection against further
December 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 27, 2024
Quarterly earnings reports from Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com this week will be closely watched as barometers for the mood of consumers in the world's
May 27, 2024
India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over
July 02, 2024
Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province killed at least 43 people over the weekend while a search for 15 missing people continued, authorities said on
May 28, 2024
As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need and its policymakers have
July 02, 2024
Japan is seeing conditions fall in place for the central bank to normalise monetary policy, ruling party heavyweight Katsunobu Kato told
May 27, 2024
Rescuers have recovered more bodies after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, leaving 44 people dead and 15 missing
May 13, 2024
After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China's increasingly assertive actions
May 13, 2024
The Philippines said on Monday that it would keep a closer guard on reefs, shoals and islets in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, as China
May 28, 2024
Australia's government is expected to boast another surplus in its annual budget due on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices
May 27, 2024
South Korea's financial watchdog said on Monday it was expanding and toughening the assessment of real estate projects in a bid to speed up restructuring of the sector.
May 27, 2024
Asian shares are mixed in muted trading after U.S. stock indexes were little changed
May 13, 2024
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies are casting their ballots as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark
May 13, 2024
Indonesia's Ibu volcano erupted on Monday morning, spewing thick columns of grey ash several kilometres into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said.
May 27, 2024
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a grant of 24 billion rupees ($86 million) on Monday for Pakistan-ruled Kashmir where there have been
July 02, 2024
China and South Korea should seek stable ties despite their recent "difficulties", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his South
May 28, 2024
Japan's Shionogi & Co said on Monday its pill-based treatment for COVID-19 did not meet the primary endpoint of showing a statistically significant reduction of 15 common symptoms of
May 27, 2024
Survivors of the devastating floods that struck northern Afghanistan last week are still searching for their missing loved ones and burying their dead
May 13, 2024
Authorities in China were expected on Monday to release a citizen journalist jailed for four years after she documented the early phases of the coronavirus outbreak from the central city
May 28, 2024
A former economy minister of Kazakhstan was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Monday for murdering his wife following a widely watched trial that some saw as a litmus test of the
July 02, 2024
India's retail inflation rate eased slightly in April, partly due to lower fuel prices, although food prices remained elevated, government data showed on
May 28, 2024
China's finance ministry plans to start raising 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in long-awaited, long-term special treasury bonds this week to raise funds it will use to
May 28, 2024
Singapore's incoming prime minister Lawrence Wong appointed a new deputy premier in a minor reshuffle of the cabinet on Monday, as he gears up to become the city-
May 28, 2024
Hong Kong-listed real estate fund manager ESR Group, currently valued at $5.4 billion, halted trading in its shares on Monday, saying that a group of
May 28, 2024McDonald's is actively cooperating with the Chinese local market regulator to investigate and verify matters related to food issues, the company said on its Chinese website on
May 28, 2024
Voters in the main Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar turned out in large numbers in national elections on Monday, reversing the trend of abysmally low vote
May 28, 2024
Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar have been supported in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings
May 13, 2024
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has opened discussions with Islamabad on a new loan programme, a Pakistan finance ministry statement said on Monday.
May 28, 2024
At least four people are dead, 61 injured and more than 40 feared trapped after a massive billboard fell during a rainstorm in India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, local
May 28, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has used a profanity while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break down barriers
May 13, 2024
A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain
May 13, 2024
Australia's government will boast a second consecutive budget surplus on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices, giving it cash to afford more cost of
May 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 28, 2024
A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday
May 14, 2024
China-based Hesai Group sued the U.S. government on Monday for adding the maker of lidar light sensors to a list of companies allegedly working with Beijing's military.
May 29, 2024The number of people killed by flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 52, and more than 3,000 people have been
May 29, 2024
The U.S. and Taiwan navies conducted joint drills in the Pacific in April that, officially, did not take place, four people briefed on the matter said, as the two militaries boost
May 29, 2024
The Philippine central bank will keep its key policy rate unchanged on Thursday, according to a Reuters poll of economists who now expected the
May 28, 2024
Qantas Airways said on Tuesday it will suspend flights to Shanghai starting on July 28, citing low demand, nine months after the Australian flag carrier resumed service from Sydney on
May 28, 2024
Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend
May 14, 2024
Hong Kong's leader has urged foreign governments to respect its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly working for the Chinese city’s intelligence service
May 14, 2024
Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, broadening its
July 02, 2024
Rescue workers used excavators to clear mangled metal debris in their final search for survivors trapped underneath a billboard that
July 02, 2024
A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan
May 14, 2024
Asian stocks have advanced after equities rose on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq composite hitting a record high
May 14, 2024
The Chinese Foreign Ministery says Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week
May 14, 2024
China's Ministry of Education said on Tuesday it was launching a campaign to address issues including excessive homework and bullying in schools, as part of efforts to boost
May 29, 2024
Apple supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it remained confident about strong AI server demand this year driving revenue, and pledged to stand by Japan's
May 29, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 16-17 for discussions with Xi Jinping about the conflict in Ukraine as well as deepening energy and
July 02, 2024
There are early signs that a La Nina weather event may form in the Pacific Ocean later this year, Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday.
May 28, 2024
An alliance of civil rights group on Tuesday called off a protest march in Pakistan-ruled Kashmir after several days of clashes over high prices in
May 28, 2024
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record
May 14, 2024
A young Thai activist who went on a hunger strike after being jailed for advocating reform of the country’s monarchy system has died in a prison hospital
May 14, 2024
China's Alibaba Group Holding reported an 86% plunge in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday primarily due to valuation changes from equity investments, pushing
May 29, 2024
Negotiations between China and an Arab bloc for a free trade agreement have stalled over concerns by Saudi Arabia that cheap Chinese imports could undermine its
May 29, 2024
China's Ant Group posted a 19% fall in net profit of 7.87 billion yuan ($1.09 billion) in the three months to Dec. 31, according to Reuters calculations based on Alibaba Group
May 29, 2024
A Thai political activist died in custody on Tuesday, the department of corrections said, and a legal aid group said she had been on a partial hunger strike during her pre-trial
May 30, 2024
China's Tencent Holdings posted a 6% rise in first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, beating analyst expectations, on strong growth in advertising sales and business services
May 29, 2024
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday there was "not one shred of evidence" of ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned Iranian oil off Malaysia, amid U.S. concern that Iran
May 29, 2024
Stellantis is seeking the maximum manufacturing flexibility to navigate potential customs duties as it takes on China's budget electric vehicle (EV) players with models
May 29, 2024
When China's local governments began compiling a "whitelist" of housing projects for loans earlier this year, troubled developers hoped it would open a
May 30, 2024
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol confirmed his country's participation in a Ukraine peace summit in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday, President Volodymyr
May 29, 2024
Taiwan reported Chinese forces were carrying out another “combat patrol” near the island on Tuesday, including sending aircraft across the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive
May 29, 2024
China strongly opposed the United States' tariff hikes, its commerce ministry said on Tuesday, vowing it will take resolute measures to defend its rights and interests.
May 29, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended himself against criticism that he is stoking divisions between Hindus and Muslims to win national elections as he
May 29, 2024
Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found
May 14, 2024
Honda Motor is scaling down its full-time production workforce in China, with roughly 1,700 employees having agreed to leave thus far, the Japanese automaker said on Wednesday, as its
May 30, 2024
Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse - and more likely - as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said on
May 29, 2024
President Joe Biden’s move to hike tariffs on Chinese goods should help U.S.-based medical mask and glove makers, a sector that has largely flamed out after surging
May 29, 2024
North Korea laundered $147.5 million through virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March after stealing it last year from a cryptocurrency exchange,
May 29, 2024
Alphabet's YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links
May 30, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin's Beijing visit on Thursday is likely to be light on hard deals but will mark the start of his new
May 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 29, 2024
Singapore’s new prime minister has vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub
May 15, 2024
FBI arrests man allegedly helping prepare ‘surprise attack’ on South Korea
December 03, 2024
China's central bank left a key policy rate unchanged when rolling over maturing medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans on Wednesday, in line with market expectations.
May 30, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview published early on Wednesday, said he backed China's plan for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis, saying Beijing had a full
May 30, 2024
Singapore's Lawrence Wong was sworn in on Wednesday as its fourth premier since independence, promising to lead the wealthy city state his own way after completing
July 02, 2024
Lawrence Wong, 51, will take over as prime minister of Singapore on Wednesday, becoming the fourth leader of the Asian financial hub since its independence in 1965.
May 30, 2024
Chinese coast guard ships have shadowed a group of Filipino activists and fishermen sailing on wooden boats toward a disputed shoal in the South China Sea which Beijing has fiercely guarded from what it regards as intruders
May 15, 2024
YouTube has blocked access to videos of a protest song in Hong Kong to comply with a removal order, days after a court approved an injunction to ban the song in the city
May 15, 2024
Utility price hikes in more than 10 Chinese cities may briefly lift nationwide inflation from ultra-low levels, but could ultimately turn into a deflationary force in
May 30, 2024
The death toll from weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province rose to 62 on Wednesday, authorities said, while rescuers
May 30, 2024
Indonesia posted a slightly bigger-than-expected trade surplus in April of $3.56 billion, as the country saw smaller-than-estimated imports,
May 30, 2024
The Thai industrial sentiment index dropped in April, dented by slowing domestic demand, a government minimum wage hike plan and drought, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI)
May 30, 2024
China is considering a plan for local governments nationwide to buy millions of unsold homes, Bloomberg News said on Wednesday, after a meeting of leaders of the ruling Communist Party
May 30, 2024
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to allow the island to attend all its meetings if it is serious about its goal of "Health for
May 30, 2024
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has become the country's eighth-largest electric vehicle upstart after selling more than 7,000 units of its first model, the SU7 sedan, in
May 30, 2024
Asian shares are higher after U.S. stocks rallied to records on hopes that inflation is heading back in the right direction
May 15, 2024
The Philippines has sent three coast guard vessels to ensure the safety of a civilian flotilla sailing to a shoal in the South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing have been embroiled
May 30, 2024
Mizuho Financial Group reported a big jump in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday that beat expectations, helped by its overseas business and demand for loans at home, and it forecast
May 30, 2024
Singapore's Lawrence Wong, who becomes on Wednesday the wealthy city-state's first new prime minister in 20 years, took to Tiktok in the years before to engage
May 30, 2024
China's military has sailed and flown closer to Taiwan in recent weeks than it has before, and staged mock attacks on foreign vessels ahead of the inauguration of the
May 30, 2024
Indonesia is set to pass a revision to its constitutional court law, legislators have confirmed, ushering in changes that legal experts say will
May 30, 2024Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ordered an investigation on Wednesday into the death of a young political activist who died after she went on a partial hunger strike during
May 30, 2024
Indonesia should be more daring on taking on additional debt, its President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Wednesday, while claiming that his target of boosting growth in Southeast
May 30, 2024
India's merchandise trade deficit in April was wider than expected, hurt by lower exports and a surge in gold imports, government data showed on Wednesday
May 30, 2024
Malaysia's communications minister expressed outrage at Meta Platforms on Tuesday, demanding it explain why it had taken down Facebook posts by local media
May 30, 2024
A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed as it attempted an emergency landing in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 12
May 30, 2024India's Supreme Court has ordered the release of the founder-editor of a news portal accused by police of receiving illegal funding from
May 30, 2024
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) posted a narrower-than-expected decline in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, and forecast slight profit growth in the current financial year.
May 30, 2024
Japan welcomed more than 3 million visitors for a second straight month in April, official data showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential record year for tourism.
May 30, 2024
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted bail in Islamabad on Wednesday on land corruption charges but will have to stay in jail to serve time in two other
May 30, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio on Wednesday launched the first vehicle in its new lower-priced brand Onvo which aims to compete there with Tesla's Model Y, the
July 02, 2024
Pakistan's main share index continued its rally to breach the 75,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday on the back of heavy foreign buying while
May 30, 2024
China's measured response to the U.S. move to hike tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods from syringes to batteries suggests relations between the
May 31, 2024
The Biden administration says the White House is sending an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island’s democratically elected president
May 15, 2024
President Joe Biden will dispatch former U.S. officials to Taiwan as its new president takes office, a show of support for the island calibrated to avoid
May 30, 2024
India granted citizenship on Wednesday to a first batch of 14 people under a controversial law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, midway
May 30, 2024
China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most
July 02, 2024
Nexperia, a Dutch-based computer chip maker, will comply with U.S. restrictions after its Chinese parent company Wingtech was put on the U.S.
December 03, 2024
Chinese chip companies targeted by Washington with fresh export controls have vowed to speed up supply chain localisation and said they
December 03, 2024
U.S. automaker Tesla's's sales of China-made electric vehicles fell 4.3% year-on-year to 78,856 in November, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Tuesday.
December 03, 2024
China has not responded to U.S. nuclear-weapons risk-reduction proposals and Washington has questions about Beijing's call for no-first-use talks while China continues to build
May 30, 2024
Police in India's northeastern state of Tripura arrested seven members of a Hindu group and charged them with breaking into the Bangladesh consulate and vandalising
December 03, 2024Indonesia is optimistic an agreement can be reached on the repatriation to Australia of the remaining five members of the 'Bali Nine' drug ring, the senior
December 03, 2024
Indonesia is expecting to get a $1 billion investment commitment from tech firm Apple Inc in a week, its investment minister said on Tuesday, after the government banned iPhone 16
December 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
May 30, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte will travel to China in June to meet with her counterpart Xi Jinping, her agriculture minister announced on Wednesday, adding that beef exports to the
May 31, 2024
Japan's three biggest banks forecast record income in the coming year on Wednesday, signalling increased optimism about an economy that has only just exited from years
May 30, 2024
Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Thursday after a report that China was considering a plan for local governments across the country to buy millions of
May 31, 2024
Growth in Thailand's economy was likely subdued in the quarter through March despite solid tourist arrivals, hampered by weak exports and domestic demand, a
May 31, 2024
Japan has reported that its economy contracted at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of the year, as spending and exports declined
May 16, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China underlines an increasingly close partnership between the two allies
May 16, 2024
In tears, Yose Rizal, 43, placed flowers on the graves of his sister and niece, who died during the intense flooding in Indonesia's West Sumatra
May 31, 2024
Meta Platforms has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's meeting this week with a Hamas leader, saying they were
May 31, 2024
Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped up military drills,
June 02, 2024
South Korea's state-run think tank on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for this year and said inflation is expected to ease at a slightly slower pace, as it noted the
May 31, 2024
China has announced a ban on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications
December 03, 2024
Air travel demand from China is not back to pre-pandemic levels for
May 31, 2024
As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, which relies on Chinese
May 31, 2024
Microsoft is asking some of its China-based staff to consider transferring outside the country, the company said on Thursday, as Sino-U.S. relations strain amid a race for cutting-edge
May 31, 2024
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court by video link from prison on Thursday to plead his petition against changes in
May 31, 2024
An AI video shows an ecstatic Narendra Modi sporting a trendy jacket and trousers, grooving on a stage to a Bollywood song
May 31, 2024
A Philippine group leading a civilian supply mission in the South China Sea delivered food and fuel to Filipino fishermen despite being shadowed by Chinese vessels, its
May 31, 2024Asian shares have retreated after U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights
May 16, 2024
Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s plan to relist it as narcotics, two years after it was decriminalized
May 16, 2024
Vietnam's fifth-ranking leader has quit her posts, the ruling
June 04, 2024Vietnam's Communist Party on Thursday added four new member to its Politburo, the most powerful decision-making body in the country, state media reported.
May 31, 2024South Korea's finance minister on Thursday said Seoul and Beijing should seek better economic cooperation on the supply chain for raw materials.
May 31, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Thursday to deepen their "strategic partnership" while scolding the United States for a series of moves
May 31, 2024
Japan's Toshiba said on Thursday it will cut up to 4,000 jobs domestically as the industrial conglomerate accelerates restructuring under new ownership.
May 31, 2024
A campaign by Chinese authorities to encourage people to replace their old apartments with new ones is attracting interest, but faces one
May 31, 2024
Toyota Motor is testing the new battery-electric Hilux pickup truck to assess its performance in different conditions as the car maker prepares to manufacture
May 31, 2024
Singapore's first prime minister in 20 years held an initial cabinet meeting on Thursday after taking office with a pledge to sustain what he called the miracle of
May 31, 2024
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller was not on Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China because he was holding talks with the Iranian leadership, the world's biggest natural gas
May 31, 2024
As professional rugby teams and tournaments around the world contend with tough financial headwinds Japan continues to buck the trend, experiencing historic growth both in teams and crowds
May 16, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with China's defense minister during a conference in Singapore later this month, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
June 01, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on Thursday where he was greeted by China's Xi Jinping. What are the main takeaways from the visit?
May 31, 2024
The Justice Department has announced multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program
May 16, 2024
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again denied that her country has exported weapons to Russia
May 16, 2024
Taiwan is reducing its reliance on the Chinese mainland as it seeks to insulate itself from pressure from Beijing and forge closer economic and trade ties with the United States
May 17, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global influence
May 17, 2024
China announced "historic" steps on Friday to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan (
July 02, 2024
Malaysia's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter of 2024, helped by household spending and a turnaround in exports, though
June 02, 2024
Chinese commercial space company CAS Space announced its "space tourism vehicle" will first fly in 2027 and travel to the edge of space in 2028, state media reported on Friday.
June 02, 2024
Vietnam forfeited at least $2.5 billion in foreign aid over the last three years and may lose another $1 billion because of administrative
June 02, 2024
China's factory output topped forecasts in April, helped by improving external demand, although retail sales unexpectedly slowed and the property sector
June 02, 2024
A Hong Kong court adjourned to June 11 a hearing of a petition on Friday seeking liquidation of Country Garden, providing a breather to the embattled Chinese
June 02, 2024
China's economic improvement will be further consolidated and strengthened as macro policies take effect, Liu Aihua, a spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on
June 02, 2024
Property investment in China in the first four months of 2024 fell 9.8% from a year earlier, after dropping 9.5% in the first quarter, indicating the sector is yet to bottom out
June 02, 2024
About a month before Taiwan's January presidential election, China began sending intruders over the Taiwan Strait: more than 100 balloons, some of which
June 02, 2024
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, again denied arms exchanges with Russia, state media KCNA reported on Friday, saying
June 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 02, 2024
Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in
June 01, 2024
China has announced fresh measures to revive its ailing property industry after the latest data showed housing prices slumped further in April
May 17, 2024
North Korea has fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets in a drill that the North views as a major security threat
May 17, 2024
Police say suspected militants have bombed a girl's school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the structure
May 17, 2024
With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier.
July 02, 2024
Two police officers were killed and another was injured in Malaysia's Johor state on Friday morning, when they were attacked by a man suspected of being a member of the Al
June 02, 2024Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng said on Friday new U.S. tariffs on Chinese EVs are detrimental to achieving carbon neutrality and green energy transition.
July 02, 2024
Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days
June 03, 2024
China will allow local government authorities to buy some homes at "reasonable" prices to provide affordable housing, Vice Premier He Lifeng told an online meeting on housing policy on
June 02, 2024
Foreign investors have reduced by nearly $2 billion their securities holdings in Vietnam's main stock market since early 2023 despite the
June 02, 2024Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the
June 02, 2024
North Korea fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the U.S. and South
June 02, 2024
Pressure on Japan to prop up a weak yen may have ebbed, but currency weakness remains a headache for Tokyo.
June 03, 2024
A vaunted 'new era' of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in Beijing on Thursday may not exactly have been sealed
July 02, 2024
Japan's weak consumption may heighten, rather than tame, already growing political pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates to slow the yen's declines
June 04, 2024
China is widely expected to hold benchmark lending rates steady on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, although expectations are growing for a cut in the mortgage reference
June 02, 2024
Foreign investors were net sellers of Asian bonds for a second straight month in April as a strong U.S. dollar and uncertainties around the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts dampened
June 02, 2024
Japan's core consumer inflation probably slowed for a second straight month in April from a year earlier, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed on Friday,
June 02, 2024
China will cut interest rates of mortgage loans and down-payment ratios for homebuyers to boost lacklustre property demand, according to three statements released by its central
June 02, 2024
China will allow local government authorities to buy some homes at "reasonable" prices to provide affordable housing, Vice Premier He Lifeng told an online meeting on housing
June 02, 2024
Russia and China helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press
May 17, 2024
German arms producers will need help from the government if they are to reduce their dependency on Chinese materials and still be able to compete with U.S.
June 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles were an example of unfair competition.
June 03, 2024
China on Friday announced "historic" steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in extra funding
June 03, 2024
Most Indian bond traders are looking for a cut in the government's short-term borrowing as a better way to regulate banking system liquidity after two
June 03, 2024
Hong Kong will allow mainland China's pilot digital currency to be used in shops in the city, the head of its de facto central bank said on Friday, marking a step
June 03, 2024
Russia and China expect to a sign a contract "in the near future" on the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to China, Russian Deputy Prime Minister
June 02, 2024
Forty caretaker senators on Friday petitioned Thailand's Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the
June 02, 2024
Sherpas recovered the body of a Mongolian climber from Mount Everest and were looking for another mountaineer missing since the weekend, officials said on Friday.
June 02, 2024
Police say a man has stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two officers in what's being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack
May 17, 2024
The Indian prime minister made reference to communities that have “too many children” in a veiled reference to Muslims.
May 17, 2024
Russia could deliver oil as well as gas to China along a planned route via Mongolia, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
June 03, 2024
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing
May 17, 2024
Super Hi International jumped 38% in its debut on Nasdaq, giving the operator of Chinese hotpot restaurant chain Haidilao a valuation of about $1.74 billion.
June 03, 2024
Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, made an emotional appeal to voters in the family borough, asking them to vote for her son in a region that Prime Minister Narendra Modi
June 03, 2024
France accused Azerbaijan on Friday of fanning the flames of riots in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia by flooding social media with what it said were misleading
June 03, 2024
Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza
May 18, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday the country will "vigorously defend what is ours", in a thinly veiled reference to mounting tensions with China over
June 03, 2024
Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from
July 02, 2024
Taiwan's next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech
June 03, 2024
At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.
July 02, 2024
Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month, the defence ministry on Saturday.
June 03, 2024
Taliban officials say flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports
May 18, 2024
China's agriculture minister is being investigated for suspected violations of law and discipline, the country's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday.
June 03, 2024Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had summoned and handed a note of protest to Kyrgyzstan's top diplomat in the country in response to violence
June 03, 2024It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists
May 18, 2024
Vietnam's Communist Party has named police minister To Lam as the state president, the government said on Saturday, and also
July 02, 2024
A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine is claiming to have seized a town near the Bangladesh border, marking the latest victory for foes of the country’s military government
May 18, 2024
Elon Musk has traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation
May 19, 2024
Taiwan's next president Lai Ching-te will express "concrete" goodwill towards China in his inauguration speech on Monday, and call for both sides of
June 04, 2024
A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated,
June 04, 2024
Two Chinese warships have docked at a commercial port in Cambodia, in preparation for joint naval exercises between the two countries
May 19, 2024A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members
June 04, 2024
Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on Monday. Following is a list of some of the foreign leaders and dignitaries attending the ceremony.
June 04, 2024
A tourist couple was injured in India's Kashmir after militants fired on them late on Saturday night, police said, ahead of voting scheduled in the
June 04, 2024
At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, a day after a similar number were killed in a central
June 04, 2024
French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France
May 19, 2024
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other officials apparently has crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of his country
May 19, 2024
Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan province, the group said on its Telegram channel.
June 04, 2024Taiwan President Lai Ching-te asked China on Monday to stop its military and political threats, saying in his inauguration speech that peace was the
July 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 04, 2024
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces voter fatigue and some resistance from a resurgent opposition in India's mammoth general election, foot
June 04, 2024
The suspect in an attack on a Malaysian police station that killed two officers last week acted alone and was not part of any militant group, state news agency Bernama
June 04, 2024Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to create their first joint strategy on automobile production and sales within the Southeast Asian bloc to counter China's
June 04, 2024
China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced sanctions against Boeing and two other defense companies for their arms sales to Taiwan
May 20, 2024
South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence
May 20, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest
May 20, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower even as most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia
May 20, 2024
Shares of Chinese developers wobbled on Monday as investors fretted that China's "historic" steps to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector fell short of
June 04, 2024
Thailand trimmed its economic growth forecast for 2024 on Monday despite a better-than-expected expansion in the January-March quarter,
June 04, 2024
Vietnam's economy is facing mounting pressure and the government will maintain policies that support growth, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said on Monday.
June 04, 2024
The Philippines challenged China on Monday to open Scarborough Shoal to international scrutiny after it accused Beijing of destroying the shoal's marine environment.
June 04, 2024
China's Commerce Ministry said on Monday that it will prohibit some U.S. firms from importing and exporting activities related to China, including one selling arms to Taiwan, and
June 04, 2024
Indonesia's central bank will keep its key interest rate on hold through next quarter to support a weak rupiah and only a slim majority expect a Q4 cut which
June 04, 2024
China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Monday, in line with market expectations.
June 04, 2024
Millions of Indians across 49 constituencies are casting ballots as the country’s six-week-long election enters its final stages
May 20, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te took office on Monday, having won election in January.
June 04, 2024
Japan's large manufacturers saw exchange rate stability as the biggest factor they wanted out of the central bank's monetary policy, a Bank of Japan survey showed on
June 04, 2024Indonesia's coordinating minister of investment said that Elon Musk will consider an offer to build an electric vehicle battery plant in the country
June 04, 2024
China's exports to North Korea in April rose at a marginal pace from a year earlier, reversing an annual decline in March, customs data showed on Monday, as Pyongyang affirmed its
June 04, 2024
Iran’s first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber has been appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash
May 20, 2024
Indonesia’s top investment official says the government has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Tesla CEO Elon Musk
May 20, 2024
China's home prices will fall at a faster pace this year with worsening slumps in property investment and sales, a Reuters poll showed, a sombre
June 04, 2024
China's fiscal revenue slipped 2.7% in the first four months of 2024 from a year earlier, after a 2.3% slide in the January-March period, in a further sign of an uneven economic
June 04, 2024
Volkswagen's premium brand Audi said on Monday it would jointly develop a new China-specific platform for intelligent and electric vehicles with its Chinese joint venture partner
June 04, 2024
Nepal's prime minister won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Monday amid protests by the opposition demanding a parliamentary probe into allegations that his
June 04, 2024
South Korea's media regulator said on Monday it was banning access to a North Korean propaganda music video that it said idolised and glorified leader Kim Jong Un as
June 04, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose more than expected and at the quickest pace in two years in April, with the government optimistic about the potential future
June 04, 2024
Sri Lanka's new economic transformation law will be presented to parliament this week and will include measures to attract investors and increase productivity,
June 04, 2024
Vietnam's National Assembly on Monday elected Tran Thanh Man as its new chairman, one of several key changes in an ongoing reshuffle of the country's top leadership.
June 04, 2024
India's anti-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankan nationals in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad for suspected links to the Islamic State, police
June 04, 2024Five people from one family in a remote Himalayan village voted in India's election in their own polling station on Monday after officials travelled for seven
June 04, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was concerned about the negative implications of the current weakness in the yen and its effect on incentives to increase
June 05, 2024
China's Li Auto said it has postponed plans to launch pure electric SUV models to next year, citing hurdles such as a lack of enough fast chargers, sending its shares down more
June 05, 2024
China's embassy in Japan on Tuesday said it firmly opposes Japanese lawmakers visiting Taiwan and expressed firm protests.
June 05, 2024
China on Tuesday scolded South Korean and Japanese lawmakers for visiting Taiwan despite its strong opposition, chiding both neighbours for attending Taiwan's "so-called
June 05, 2024
Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan's iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee soon
May 20, 2024
Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song
May 21, 2024
The Associated Press rode one of the longest trains in India — 1,800 miles from New Delhi to Kanyakumari — to interview voters about an election that will be decided in June
May 21, 2024
Vietnamese officials have called on Apple supplier Foxconn to voluntarily reduce power use by 30% at its assembly plants in the north
July 02, 2024
Thailand's new finance minister has refrained from pressuring the central bank and has a chance to
June 05, 2024
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday Solomon Islands' newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele had told him the Pacific Island nation is
June 05, 2024
Authorities in Pakistan urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods
May 21, 2024
Asian markets are mixed in quiet trading, with most of the regions’ benchmarks inching higher after U.S. stocks hit new record highs
May 21, 2024
A Thai minister at the centre of a pending legal complaint seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin resigned on Tuesday, in an effort to insulate the premier from
June 05, 2024Vietnam's electric vehicle maker VinFast is being sued in a California court for not having paid rent for a store, according to a complaint filed by real estate services firm SPG
June 05, 2024
Thousands of people thronged the streets around Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday, protesting against measures to give lawmakers more
June 05, 2024
Vietnam's National Assembly said on Tuesday it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected state president this
June 05, 2024French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence
May 21, 2024
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence on Tuesday,
July 02, 2024
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Taiwan's newly-inaugurated President Lai Ching-te "disgraceful" on Tuesday, stepping up Beijing's rhetoric just a day after he
June 05, 2024
India's capital, Delhi, has recorded its first heat-related death this year, media reported on Thursday, as India's northwest swelters in record high temperatures.
July 02, 2024
Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large-language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence
June 05, 2024
Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rose to 2.7% in April from 2.5% in March, official data showed on Tuesday.
June 05, 2024
Chinese online retailer JD.com is raising $1.5 billion via a convertible bond sale, according to the company's regulatory filings on Tuesday.
June 05, 2024
China has sanctioned Mike Gallagher, a former Republican member of Congress from Wisconsin who has shown support for Taiwan
May 21, 2024
There was little warning of the chaos that was to come as passengers on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 relaxed with just three hours to Singapore after a long haul flight from London.
July 02, 2024
China will control the intertwined risks in the property sector, local government debt and small local financial institutions, Vice Premier He Lifeng said on Tuesday.
June 05, 2024
One passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 others were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, forcing the Boeing 777
July 02, 2024
The death of a British man and injuries impacting dozens of other people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight have highlighted the potential dangers of flying through extreme turbulence
May 21, 2024
Rangers have recovered the body of a Japanese man who died after an apparent fall while climbing North America’s tallest peak
May 21, 2024Vietnam’s National Assembly has confirmed the country’s top security official, To Lam, as its new president
May 22, 2024
Singapore and Australia agreed on Tuesday to seek opportunities for increased access to their respective defence facilities, including more frequent Australian
December 03, 2024
Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China
May 22, 2024
Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics
December 03, 2024
Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time
May 22, 2024
More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight on which one person died during heavy turbulence finally
June 07, 2024
Shares in Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng jumped more than 10% on Wednesday driven by revenue growth from research and development services offered to
June 05, 2024
A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending
June 11, 2024
The chairman of one of Nepal's largest media groups was arrested after a complaint of a discrepancy in his citizenship card, police said on Wednesday, drawing
June 05, 2024New Zealand’s proposed defence budget will be 6.6% smaller than the current year's, according to the defence minister's office, even as the
June 05, 2024
China is willing to work with the Vatican to improve ties, a Chinese foreign ministry official said on Wednesday following remarks from the
June 06, 2024
Vietnam's parliament elected police minister To Lam as the state president on Wednesday, in a move analysts see as a "stepping stone" for Lam to
June 06, 2024
Global hedge funds added to their holdings of Chinese equities for a fourth straight week, joining hordes of investors trying to get ahead of a rebound in the
June 05, 2024
Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador's "extremely inappropriate" comments about Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday.
June 05, 2024
A senior Chinese Communist Party official plans to visit Tokyo this month to meet with leaders from Japan's ruling parties and discuss resuming regular talks between the parties for
June 05, 2024
Japan's exports rose for a fifth straight month in April, helped by a boost in value from the weak yen, government data showed on Wednesday, but shipment volumes
June 05, 2024
British police are investigating the unexplained death of a man charged earlier this month with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service.
June 05, 2024
Emboldened by China's latest measures and pledges to fix the weakest parts of its struggling economy, domestic investors are scooping up
June 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 05, 2024
Passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight that descended sharply after hitting severe turbulence have described the “sheer terror” of the aircraft shuddering, loose items flying and people wrenched so badly that 20 remain in intensive care
May 22, 2024
The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time
May 22, 2024
China on Tuesday banned exports to the United States of the critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony that have widespread military applications,
December 03, 2024
A member of Bangladesh's ruling party was found murdered in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday morning, more than a week after he went missing, Bangladeshi Home Minister
June 06, 2024India's election panel on Wednesday ordered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress to exercise restraint in their campaigns, after both had reported the other
July 02, 2024
Shell expects its Australian supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help meet demand from emerging markets in south and southeast Asia, which are tipped
June 06, 2024
Several cities across China have lowered down payment and mortgage loan interest rates, in response to the latest wave of stimulus measures to boost lackluster property demand,
June 06, 2024
Indonesia's parliament is proposing changes to its broadcast law that would ban investigative journalism and LGBT content, sparking criticism from civil society groups and
June 07, 2024
Muslim electric-rickshaw driver Rashid Ahmed is fondly called "Our Modi" in his Delhi neighbourhood for his striking resemblance to Indian Prime Minister
June 06, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday, pledging further capital market reforms and promoting asset management
June 06, 2024
The head of Nomura Holdings on Tuesday apologised after a former employee was last month charged with multiple crimes including attempted murder and robbery, in what
December 03, 2024
Japan's Rakuten Group is partnering with eBay to test U.S. demand for used Japanese fashion goods, made all the cheaper with the yen trading near a 34-year low.
June 06, 2024
North Korean media have published photographs showing leader Kim Jong Un's portrait hanging prominently next to those of his father and grandfather, in an apparent push to solidify
June 06, 2024
A senior Philippine navy official on Wednesday accused the Chinese embassy in Manila of recording a phone call without his consent and denied forging a deal with Beijing to
June 05, 2024
China should raise its import tariffs on large gasoline-powered cars to 25%, a government-affiliated auto research body expert told China's Global Times newspaper as the country
June 06, 2024
An Emirates flight landed safely in Mumbai late on Monday night after colliding with a flock of flamingos shortly before touchdown, damaging the plane and leaving several birds dead
June 05, 2024China has sanctioned 12 defense-related U.S. companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan and to retaliate for earlier American sanctions on Chinese companies tied to Russia
May 22, 2024Walt Disney has struck a deal to sell its stake in Tata Play, valuing Indian conglomerate Tata Group's satellite TV provider at about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on
June 07, 2024
China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle said on Wednesday its unit had received a letter from the country's local administrative bodies demanding repayment of 1.9 billion yuan ($262.42 million)
June 06, 2024
A wave of civil unrest in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the southern Pacific that is a leading nickel producer, has halted mining operations and
June 06, 2024
Saudi Arabia is sending a delegation that includes the kingdom's investment minister to China this week, four people familiar with the
June 06, 2024Nearly half of Japanese firms find the yen's slide beyond 155 to the dollar harmful to their business, roughly double the percentage of those who see the
June 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 07, 2024
Taiwan says it has scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert over drills China has announced around the self-governing island democracy
May 23, 2024
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first trilateral talks since 2019
May 23, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower after a retreat on Wall Street following strong economic reports that raised the possibility of interest rates staying painfully high
May 23, 2024
Chinese state media have reported that electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack energy storage batteries
May 23, 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said his country does not have a “China-phobia” policy and wants to engage both Beijing and Washington, expressing hopes for both powers to resolve their differences
May 23, 2024
A former Indian prime minister, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged his lawmaker grandson on Thursday to return to India and face the law in connection with rape and
June 10, 2024Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have sought antitrust clearance for their $8.5 billion India media merger by arguing their combined power, especially on
June 08, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the economy was on track for a moderate recovery, suggesting a slump in first-quarter gross domestic
June 07, 2024
China will deepen reforms to tackle institutional obstacles to economic modernisation, President Xi Jinping was quoted by state media as saying on Thursday, ahead of a closely
June 07, 2024
China's
June 10, 2024
Around 50 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, an official at the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday, the latest wave of arrivals who have
June 07, 2024China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", sending up heavily armed
June 09, 2024
Government policies to encourage companies to pay more dividends should make China's stock market more attractive for overseas investors, a senior Chinese regulator said
June 07, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court accepted a complaint on Thursday seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet
June 07, 2024
In launching two days of "punishment" drills to protest against what it sees as the separatist instincts of Taiwan's newly inaugurated
June 07, 2024
China, the world's biggest agriculture importer, has set targets to drastically reduce its reliance on overseas buying over the coming decade in line with its push
June 07, 2024
China plans to buy up to 15,000 metric tons of cobalt metal from local Chinese
June 10, 2024
The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will hold their first trilateral summit in more than four years in Seoul on May 26-27, Seoul's presidential office said on
June 07, 2024
Chinese planemaker COMAC is eyeing Saudi Arabia as a launch pad for its international ambitions, as the state-owned company steps up efforts to sell overseas and
June 07, 2024
Thailand's exports returned to growth in April, and at a much faster pace than analysts' expectations, and the commerce ministry said
June 07, 2024
Taiwan's military mobilised its forces after China started two days of "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", and after new
June 07, 2024
A suspected gas explosion at a residential building in China's northeastern city of Harbin killed one person and injured three as it tore off a balcony, state media said on Thursday
June 07, 2024
Business activity in India expanded robustly in May, helped by the dominant services industry, according to a survey that also showed exports rising at a record
June 07, 2024
South Korea's central bank held interest rates at a 15-year high on Thursday and struck a balanced policy tone while reiterating risks around
June 07, 2024
Chinese military drills in the straits of Taiwan in 2023 practiced manoeuvres key to an invasion of the island, although an actual attack
June 07, 2024
Singapore Airlines shares fell more than 1% in early trade on Thursday, following a deadly turbulence-hit flight.
June 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 09, 2024
Brazil and China signed on Thursday a joint statement calling for peace talks in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine with the participation of both countries, a document seen by
June 09, 2024
Twenty people who were aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence and diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday remain in
June 08, 2024
At least seven people have died in India's southern state of Kerala after heavier than normal pre-monsoon rains, authorities said, even as much of South Asia
June 08, 2024
China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said,
July 02, 2024
A shortening of U.S. stock settlement window next week is expected to upend trading for Asian money managers, pushing some to secure funds in the early hours of
June 10, 2024
Japan's core inflation slowed for a second straight month in April, likely signalling that the Bank of Japan will be patient in raising
June 10, 2024
China announced "historic" steps last week to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector, aiming to clear inventory and boost homebuyer demand.
June 09, 2024
The United States and several of its allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany and Japan, issued a joint statement on Friday calling on Taiwan to be
June 10, 2024
At least 14 people were killed and three injured in a fire that broke out at a densely populated residential area in Hanoi early on Friday, police said.
June 10, 2024China has sent dozens of warplanes and navy vessels off Taiwan's coast on the second day of a large exercise launched to show its anger over the island's inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept Beijing's insistence that Taiwan is part of China
May 24, 2024
South Korea and Japan announced on Friday a series of sanctions applied to individuals, organisations and ships related to Russia's alleged procurement of weapons from North
June 10, 2024
More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea
May 24, 2024
Rescuers are combing through piles of debris and wreckage to search for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others
May 24, 2024
An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam’s capital has killed 14 people and injured six others
May 24, 2024
The Philippine defense secretary says it will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests
May 24, 2024
A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia
May 24, 2024
South Korea's military says North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its second military spy satellite into space
May 24, 2024
A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit
May 24, 2024
Singapore Airlines says it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week
May 24, 2024
The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song says
May 24, 2024
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets around Taiwan's parliament on Friday to demonstrate against contested parliamentary
June 10, 2024
The United Nations human rights office on Friday warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where it received "frightening and disturbing
June 10, 2024
Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide levelled dozens of homes and buried families alive in a remote village in northern Papua New
June 10, 2024
A group of prominent Malaysian civil society bodies have started a protest against a bid by a consortium including a firm in the process of being acquired by
June 10, 2024
When South Korea hosts the first trilateral summit with China and Japan in four years beginning on Sunday, the three
June 10, 2024
Students from Pakistan and other Asian countries are leaving Kyrgyzstan by the hundreds after an angry mob attacked their living quarters this month, although some hope to return
June 10, 2024
Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec Corp revised down two years of operating profit by about $67 million on Friday after determining that some sales were "recorded in an
June 10, 2024
As China staged a second day of "punishment" drills on Friday in response to Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, some residents of the democratically governed island
June 10, 2024
South Korea's military said on Friday it had detected signs in North Korea of possible preparations for a satellite launch in what would be the nuclear-armed North's effort to place
June 10, 2024
Singapore investigators examining flight SQ321 that was hit by severe turbulence have obtained data from the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, Singapore Transport
June 10, 2024
The Philippines has built a coastguard station in its northern islands near Taiwan, boosting its capacity to monitor an area where China has built up its military presence, National
June 10, 2024
Against a backdrop of K-pop performances and dance music, more than 2,000 unionised workers from Samsung Electronics gathered in Seoul on Friday, holding a rare rally
June 10, 2024
Inflation data from the U.S., the euro zone and Japan in the days ahead will guide investors' expectations over the scale and pace of interest rate changes to come in major economies.
June 12, 2024
The brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been ordered by a court to pay S$400,000 ($296,000) to two government ministers in a defamation
June 10, 2024
The situation in the Taiwan Strait, where China has carried out military exercises, is an "internal matter," Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Friday, declining
June 10, 2024
India's incoming government will be greeted with a $25 billion cheque from the central bank, giving it the option to either boost spending or
June 10, 2024
Tesla has cut output of its best-selling Model Y electric car by a double-digit percentage number at its Shanghai plant since March, according to industry data and a source.
June 10, 2024
Japanese factory output likely grew for a second straight month in April while retail sales picked up, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, highlighting budding
June 10, 2024
The Bank of Japan will decide to start tapering the size of its bond-buying by end-July, according to nearly two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters, while
June 10, 2024
Nvidia's most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing it to be priced below a rival chip from
June 10, 2024
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Friday that China's rules about how its Coast Guard can operate in the South China Sea were a matter of international concern,
June 10, 2024
The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it
May 24, 2024
All seven members of BTS are currently serving South Korea’s compulsory enlistment for men of a certain age
May 24, 2024
China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by
May 24, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun at a major defense conference in Singapore next week
May 24, 2024
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said on Friday that China had rejected entry to some shipments from the Central American nation, speculating that this could be due to
June 11, 2024
A Hong Kong protest anthem was removed by a UK digital music distributor from streaming platforms on Friday following a court injunction in the Chinese territory,
June 11, 2024
Japan stands ready to take appropriate action in the market "any time" to counter excessive moves in the yen, its top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on
June 10, 2024
At least 11 people have died of suspected heat-related causes in western India and Pakistan also sweltered on Friday in extreme heat, while parts of Bangladesh and
June 11, 2024
Millions of Indians are voting in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election in the searing summer heat
May 25, 2024
An emergency convoy has delivered food, water and other provisions to stunned survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea
May 25, 2024
Indian voters braved temperatures of nearly 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country as they headed to
July 02, 2024
China ended two days of war games around Taiwan in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, exercises that Taiwan condemned as "blatant
June 11, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore
May 25, 2024
Police in India say that at least 27 people including children have been killed in a major fire at an amusement park
May 25, 2024
Forty three people who were on board a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence remain hospitalised in Bangkok four days after the emergency, a hospital in the Thai
June 11, 2024
Suhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India's capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national
June 11, 2024
More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea's massive landslide, the U.N. migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued.
June 11, 2024
At least 24 people, including many children, died in a fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a family entertainment venue in the western Indian state
June 11, 2024
North Korea's defence ministry accused the United States and South Korea of ramping up reconnaissance activities around the inter-Korean border, warning that it will act if its
June 11, 2024
The Japanese and South Korean leaders have raised sensitive topics like Taiwan, North Korea and the South China Sea as well as ways to boost cooperation, when they individually met China’s premier
May 26, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday to launch a diplomatic and
June 11, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te extended goodwill towards and offered cooperation with China on Sunday following two days of Chinese war games near the island, as a
June 11, 2024
Taiwan's Nymphia Wind, the first East Asian to take the crown in RuPaul's Drag Race and an increasingly political figure, wowed hundreds of fans at a
June 11, 2024
The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670
May 26, 2024
In Taiwan's Kinmen, less than an hour's boat ride from the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou, bar owner Powei Lee draws crowds by blending the tiny island's battle-
June 11, 2024
Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas as the country and neighboring India await the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal
May 26, 2024
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers led by Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is visiting Taiwan this week, the de facto U.S. embassy said on Sunday.
June 11, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Samsung Chairman Jay Y.
June 11, 2024
Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Islamist militants who were involved in the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers in March in the north of the
June 11, 2024
Bangladesh and India braced on Sunday for cyclone Remal, the first of the year, as the storm with wind speeds of up to 120 kmh (75 mph)
June 11, 2024
North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between May 27 and June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday, drawing a swift warning from
June 12, 2024North Korea has announced plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite in the coming days
May 26, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their leaders for the first three-way talks in
June 12, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 11, 2024
Strong gales and heavy rain triggered by the first major cyclone of the year lashed the coastlines of
July 02, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will proceed cautiously with inflation-targeting frameworks, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday, noting that some challenges are "uniquely difficult" for Japan
June 11, 2024
Papua New Guinea's massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said on Monday, as treacherous terrain impeded aid
July 02, 2024
A scarcity of low-risk assets in China's financial sector is obstructing the central bank's plans to make its monetary policy toolkit more
June 11, 2024
The weakening tropical storm Remal has flooded dozens of coastal villages and left nearly 30 million people without power in southern Bangladesh and eastern India
May 27, 2024
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by a landslide Friday
May 27, 2024
Shares have advanced in Europe and Asia ahead of Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States
May 27, 2024
A top Chinese Communist Party official, Liu Jianchao, met Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai on Monday on a visit to the Pacific Island nation that is being courted by Beijing
June 11, 2024Shares of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group more than doubled on Monday as trade resumed after the company said liquidators had agreed on behalf of key shareholders to
June 11, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Monday adjourned a hearing on a petition seeking the liquidation of Kaisa Group until June 24, giving the embattled Chinese developer some respite
June 11, 2024
Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition
June 12, 2024
An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck Muli county in China's Sichuan province, according to China Earthquake Networks Center on Monday. The quake hit at 11:07 a.m.
June 11, 2024Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, the country's top government spokesperson, said on Monday Tokyo had demanded via diplomatic channels in Beijing that North Korea
June 11, 2024Profits at China's industrial firms rose 4.3% in the first four months from the same period last year, official data showed on Monday.
June 11, 2024
A new South Korean stock market monitoring system to detect illegal short-selling is expected to be implemented from the first quarter of 2025, Lee Bok-hyun, governor of the
June 11, 2024A Thai court has sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in prison after finding her guilty of defaming the monarchy in a speech she made during a protest rally three years ago
May 27, 2024
China’s premier has agreed to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries’ expanding security cooperation with the United States
May 26, 2024
The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation
May 27, 2024
Indonesia's anti-trust agency said on Monday it is investigating the local units of e-commerce platforms Shopee and Lazada for suspected violations of anti-competition rules.
June 12, 2024
North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for committing to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, describing their joint declaration
June 12, 2024
Embattled Chinese property developer China Vanke said on Monday it had completed the sale of a plot of land in Shenzhen for 2.24 billion yuan ($309.23
June 12, 2024
Russia has invited Afghanistan's Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to remove a ban on the Islamist movement, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as
June 12, 2024
Japan's government upgraded its assessment of factory output for the first time in a year, saying in its monthly economic report that it showed signs of picking
June 12, 2024
A South Korean high court began on Monday hearing a prosecution appeal over a decision by a lower court to clear Samsung Electronics chairman Jay Y.
June 12, 2024
The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan on Monday issued a joint declaration covering cooperation in a range of areas from trade to climate change and ageing societies.
June 12, 2024
A senior U.S. lawmaker visiting Taipei said on Monday that weapons Taiwan had ordered are finally on their way, and that China's "intimidating" war games last week
June 12, 2024
The Philippines has protested China's imposition of a unilateral four-month long fishing ban in the South China Sea, its foreign ministry said on Monday.
June 12, 2024
AliExpress, an e-commerce site owned by Chinese giant Alibaba, has signed former England soccer captain David Beckham as a brand ambassador as it plays catch-up with
June 12, 2024
A Thai court on Monday sentenced activist musician Chaiamorn Kaewwiboonpan to four years in jail for insulting the monarchy and violations of the computer crimes act, local media
June 11, 2024
India's economy likely grew at its slowest pace in a year in the January-March quarter due to weak demand, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the
June 11, 2024
North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed
May 27, 2024
The nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan during a phone call on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite, Seoul's
June 12, 2024
Philippine authorities said at least seven people had been killed by tropical storm Ewiniar, which hit the country on the weekend, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday
June 12, 2024Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is likely to face a no-confidence motion in parliament after the opposition party nominated Rainbo Paita, who defected
June 12, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was concerned more about the negative aspects of the current weakness in the yen right now, reiterating Japan's warnings
June 12, 2024
Japanese corporate services prices in April rose at their fastest pace since early 2015, Bank of Japan data showed on Tuesday, boosted by labour costs in the services sector in a
July 02, 2024
Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading
July 02, 2024
North Korea's latest satellite launch exploded in a fireball before dropping into the Yellow Sea just minutes after lifting off, but analysts say the
June 12, 2024Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce
June 12, 2024
North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed
June 12, 2024Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to power for a rare third consecutive term will boost shares of defence, infrastructure, railway and capital
June 12, 2024
Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in the country's northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said.
June 12, 2024The Japanese government issued an emergency warning on Monday for residents in the south to take cover from the possible threat of a North Korean missile.
June 12, 2024Thailand plans stimulus measures in the short term to jumpstart its economy, which is expected to grow just 2.5% this year when it
June 12, 2024An Indian lawmaker allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party said he will return to India by Friday to face allegations of rape and sexual harassment made
June 12, 2024
China's latest steps to revive its struggling property market could pose risks to banks operating in lower-tier cities, S&P Global said on Monday.
June 12, 2024
China's commercial hub Shanghai has lowered the minimum downpayment ratios for home buyers and relaxed some home purchase restrictions, after the country lowered the national level
June 12, 2024
Brazil has overtaken Belgium as the largest export market for Chinese new energy vehicles, industry data showed, as Chinese carmakers increase sales to non-European markets amid
June 12, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.5% this year, but should be expanding at least 3.5% annually, its finance minister Pichai Chunhavajira said on Monday.
June 12, 2024
Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster
May 28, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower after a mixed session on Wall Street
May 28, 2024
China called for attacks on civilian ships in the Red Sea to end and for safe navigation there, when China Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Yemen counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday.
June 12, 2024
Airfares in Europe and Asia are starting to plateau or fall in a sign that a prolonged post-COVID travel
July 02, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te thanked fighter pilots who had scrambled against China last week during its war games around the island, as he
June 12, 2024
China and the United States held consultations on maritime affairs in which both countries agreed to maintain dialogue and manage risks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on
June 12, 2024
Assertions that all arrivals in China will face mobile telephone checks from July 1 are false, authorities said on Tuesday, dismissing them as distortions of the truth made by "
June 12, 2024
Papua New Guinea ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide on Tuesday after parts of a mountain collapsed
July 02, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday to ensure inflation pressures remain in check as authorities look to foster economic stability
June 12, 2024
A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing
May 28, 2024
A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity
May 28, 2024
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts
May 28, 2024
Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature has passed changes that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of the island’s president
May 28, 2024
The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has demonstrated how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year
May 28, 2024
China's BYD launched on Tuesday the latest version of a plug-in hybrid technology that improves fuel and cost savings, intensifying competition with the likes of Toyota and
July 02, 2024
Proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services have recommended Toyota Motor shareholders vote against re-electing Chairman Akio Toyoda at the Japanese
June 13, 2024
Hong Kong national security police arrested six people across the city on Tuesday under a new security law for alleged seditious intent, including
June 12, 2024
Property firm China Evergrande Group said on Tuesday its liquidators have made only "modest realisations" of the company's assets and were now seeking investors for restructuring.
June 12, 2024
Higher U.S. tariffs on medical gloves, syringes and face masks from China are unlikely to make U.S. producers more competitive,
June 12, 2024
Apple's smartphone shipments in China rose 52% in April from a year ago, extending a rebound seen in March, according to data from a research firm affiliated the Chinese government
June 13, 2024
Thousands of people protested outside Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday after it passed a reform package to increase oversight of the
June 13, 2024
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, where his plane was met by an honorary escort of four fighter jets
June 13, 2024
Thailand's government said on Tuesday it had approved longer visa stay periods for tourists, postgraduate students and remote workers, and better visa conditions for retirees, in a
June 12, 2024
Toyota Motor showcased next-generation engines on Tuesday that can be used in cars as varied as hybrids and those running on biofuel, as it targets tougher emissions standards and
June 12, 2024
North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed rocket engine exploded in flight.
June 12, 2024A new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs
May 28, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said space reconnaissance capabilities are crucial for national self defence against enemy threats and the country will never give up the
June 13, 2024
For decades, Hong Kong's activists have been fighting for democracy
May 29, 2024
North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea
May 29, 2024
Verdicts have been handed down in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date
May 29, 2024
Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges
May 29, 2024
Authorities in Papua New Guinea are searching for safer ground to relocate thousands of survivors at risk from a potential second landslide in the South Pacific country's highlands, while the arrival of heavy earth-moving equipment at the disaster site where hundreds are buried has been delayed
May 29, 2024
Officials say a speeding passenger bus fell off a highway into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20
May 29, 2024
Shares have retreated in Asia after U.S. stocks fell under the weight of higher yields in the bond market
May 29, 2024
The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China's economy, while warning that reforms are needed to sustain growth
May 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 13, 2024
North Korea's rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal,
June 12, 2024
Hong Kong's High Court is set hand down a verdict this week against 16 democrats in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could have major
June 12, 2024
A European private wealth manager in Hong Kong told me last week he recently got the catalyst he needed to land a Taiwanese billionaire's account: geopolitics.
June 12, 2024
North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea on Wednesday, calling them "gifts of
June 13, 2024
Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a "mountain" of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a
June 12, 2024
Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity nearby on Wednesday, saying China's warships and warplanes were carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols", less
June 12, 2024
Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said
June 12, 2024
Vietnam's annual inflation rate edged up to 4.44% in May, official data showed on Wednesday, nearing the government's target ceiling of 4.5% for the year and a potential
June 13, 2024
Taiwan's cabinet will reject and send back for review legislation the opposition passed on Tuesday on parliamentary reforms that have brought tens of thousands onto the streets to
May 29, 2024
The European Commission's expected move to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles is set to kick off a round of talks that Chinese
June 12, 2024
A Samsung Electronics union in South Korea will begin escalating strike action next week by staging the first ever walkout over demands
June 12, 2024
China stands ready to work with Estonia to cooperate on an investigation into a Chinese ship that Estonia suspects cut two of its subsea telecoms cables, the foreign ministry said
June 12, 2024The office of Indonesia's attorney general (AGO) has identified a former official in the mining ministry as a suspect in an investigation into illegal tin-mining, officials said on
June 12, 2024Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday new rules outlined by China's coast guard that could result in the detention of foreigners in the South China Sea were an
July 02, 2024
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Wednesday blamed "extraordinary rainfall" and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in
June 12, 2024
China's economy is set to grow 5% this year, after a "strong" first quarter, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, upgrading its earlier forecast of 4.6%
June 12, 2024
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a trade agreement at a summit on Wednesday to sharply cut import duties and forge closer business and
June 12, 2024
The U.S. has appointed a new representative to Taiwan as China boosts its threats against the self-ruled island following the election of a new president who wants the territory to maintain its de-facto independence
May 29, 2024About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024
May 29, 2024
China hits out at latest US effort to block Beijing’s access to chip technology
December 03, 2024
An Indian climber who was evacuated from Mount Everest after he fell ill last week has died, taking the number of deaths this season on the world’s highest peak
June 12, 2024
China and Japan have agreed to resume regular talks between their ruling parties for the first time in six years, officials from Japan's coalition government said
June 12, 2024
Thailand's new finance minister has caught investor attention with a more conciliatory approach to the central bank, opening a window for policy
June 14, 2024
A Pakistani court on Wednesday postponed a ruling on an appeal by former prime minister Imran Khan and his third wife against their conviction for unlawful marriage, their lawyer
June 12, 2024
China's Geely Holding Group on Wednesday said it would launch a series of hybrid models in the first half of next year equipped with its next-generation, more fuel-efficient
June 12, 2024
Two former Japanese defence ministers are among a group of lawmakers planning to form a nonpartisan parliamentary grouping to urge the government to look into unidentified flying
June 12, 2024Thailand's central bank could adjust interest rates if the outlook for the economy and inflation changes, but rates are not a key factor for boosting the economy, a deputy governor
June 12, 2024
North Korea fired a salvo of at least 10 short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said on Thursday, calling
June 14, 2024
The United States on Wednesday accused China's leadership of supporting Russia's war in Ukraine and warned that Beijing could face further sanctions in response from the United
June 14, 2024
Four Pakistanis were killed and two were injured late on Tuesday night, when Iranian forces opened fire in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan in Pakistan, officials
June 14, 2024North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its failed spy satellite launch drew condemnation
May 29, 2024
Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say
July 02, 2024
China has lifted its import bans on five major Australian beef producers effective immediately, the Australian government said on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving relations
June 14, 2024
The United Nations Security Council will meet publicly on Friday over North Korea's failed attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite,
June 14, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 13, 2024
Fourteen pro-democracy activists have been convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisis
May 30, 2024
China's manufacturing activity in May likely grew at a similar pace to the previous month when it barely managed to stay expansionary, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday,
June 13, 2024
Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to develop its first data centre and Google Cloud region in the country, the unit of Alphabet said on Thursday, the latest in a wave
June 14, 2024
Thailand's manufacturing production index unexpectedly rose 3.43% in April from a year earlier, increasing for the first time in 19 months, helped by higher exports and tourism,
June 14, 2024
India's Agnikul Cosmos launched its Agnibaan rocket for the first time on Thursday, powered by the only Indian rocket engine to use both gas and liquid fuel in the country's
June 14, 2024
Toyota Motor's April global sales and production fell from a year earlier, hurt by an intense price war in China and a decline in Japan after a production stoppage of some models and
July 02, 2024
Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions
June 14, 2024
China's military achieved its "expected goals" during two days of drills around Taiwan last week but is prepared for further action if
June 13, 2024
Starting in the 1980s, European automakers steadily conquered China, racking up millions in sales with little local competition.
June 14, 2024
Malaysia's government will allow all vessels conducting repairs on undersea cables to carry out work in its waters from June 1, after it had said earlier this year it would
June 13, 2024Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were convicted on Thursday of conspiracy to commit subversion under a China-imposed security law,
June 14, 2024
Owen Chow has spent most of the past four years in prison and in repeated court hearings, fighting charges carrying a possible life sentence - a
June 14, 2024
Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Thursday, two days sooner than expected, weather officials
June 17, 2024
Chinese listed companies are rushing to buy back shares and lift dividends as they respond to regulators' calls that echo reform efforts
June 14, 2024
Traumatized survivors of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide are hesitating to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide
May 30, 2024
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said a Chinese national was arrested in an international operation on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyber
June 16, 2024
Taiwan's trade-reliant economy is expected to grow at a faster pace in 2024 than previously forecast, owing to high demand for artificial intelligence (
June 14, 2024
The fraught relationship between China and the United States is expected to loom over Asia's top security meeting this week, as are the wars in Ukraine and Gaza,
June 14, 2024
China's Commerce Ministry has announced it will restrict exports of some aviation and aerospace-related equipment and technology beginning July 1
May 30, 2024
A South Korean court ruled SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won must pay more than $1 billion to his estranged wife as part of their planned divorce,
June 14, 2024
Russia may take extra steps in the area of nuclear deterrence if the United States deploys intermediate and short-range missiles in Europe and Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
June 14, 2024
South Korea said on Thursday its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused trainee
June 14, 2024
Global fund launches in China have hit a record as a weakening yuan and fragile economy drive demand for foreign assets, in the latest sign of low
June 14, 2024
The winners of India's April 19-June 1 general election are expected to form a new government by the middle of June after votes are counted on June 4.
June 18, 2024
India's Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a third straight term, a rare feat that will also come with new challenges as the populist leader is forced to
July 02, 2024
China's Defense Ministry has denounced U.S. and U.K. affirmations of support for Taiwan's newly elected government shortly after the island that Beijing claims sovereignty over freely chose its new leaders
May 30, 2024Colombo and Moscow are starting talks to resolve the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in the war against Ukraine, after at least 16 people were reported missing in action
May 30, 2024
North Korea floated huge balloons to dump trashes like manures, cigarette butts, scrap cloth pieces and waste batteries across rival South Korea
May 30, 2024
China's defence ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment of a U.S. intermediate range missile system in the northern
June 17, 2024
A bus carrying pilgrims fell into a deep gorge in the northern Indian federal territory of Jammu on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens, authorities
June 17, 2024Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan said on Thursday February's national election was stolen from his party, describing it as the "biggest robbery of a public
June 14, 2024
Indonesia's Supreme Court has approved regulatory changes on the age of candidates in regional elections, the court said on Thursday, amid
June 14, 2024Tesla is preparing to register its 'Full Self-Driving' software with authorities in China in the run up to its planned rollout of the technologically advanced feature this year, three
June 14, 2024
The United States and China have significantly increased the volume of military exercises across Asia amid roiling regional tensions in
June 17, 2024
North Korea said on Friday it had fired 18 short-range ballistic missiles during a drill as a demonstration of its willingness to launch a pre-emptive strike against
June 17, 2024
Indian police arrested a lawmaker from a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, in connection with rape and sexual harassment cases
June 16, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 16, 2024
Japan solidified its status as the world's largest creditor last year as the country's net international investment position grew to a new all-time high
June 15, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with his Chinese counterpart as the two countries seek to repair lines of communications between their militaries that could be critical as tensions continue to rise between them in the Indo-Pacific region
May 31, 2024
Narendra Modi swept to power a decade ago on promises to transform India’s economy, and as he seeks a third term as prime minister, it would be hard to argue he hasn’t made strides
May 31, 2024
At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in India's states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Friday,
July 02, 2024
Japan is expected to post its first year-on-year rise in household spending in 14 months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, although the tepid growth is likely to highlight persistent
June 17, 2024
The U.S. and Chinese defence chiefs locked horns on Taiwan in their first face-to-face meeting in two years on Friday, while Philippines President
July 02, 2024
China will reinstate tariffs next month on 134 items it imports from Taiwan, after the Ministry of Finance said it would suspend concessions on the items under a trade deal
June 17, 2024
China will not attend a Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland next month because it does not meet its expectations, which include both Russia and
June 18, 2024China has more powerful countermeasures, if the United States continues to violate and endanger the country's sovereignty and security interests on core issues, or squeeze the
June 17, 2024
A jailed Sikh separatist leader is contesting India's general election from prison and drawing good support, his campaign managers said, in what could
June 17, 2024
A Chinese nonprofit group with ties to the nation's government is coordinating efforts among China's biggest technology firms to develop open-source software with
June 17, 2024Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in May on rising electricity bills but price growth excluding the effect of fuel eased,
June 17, 2024
India's economy is expected to have grown at a slower pace in the January-March quarter than the previous three months, dampened by a moderation in manufacturing
June 17, 2024
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a major landslide that is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior a week ago
May 31, 2024
After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti’s island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer’s Olympics
May 31, 2024
Russia's small neighbours on Friday lobbied the West at the Shangri-La Dialogue for arms production, spending and military planning to protect against Russian
June 17, 2024China will control exports of some aviation and space components from July 1, its commerce ministry announced on Thursday, citing a need to protect the country's
June 17, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce a new economic and fiscal plan for the next six years on Tuesday aimed at boosting economic growth, two
June 17, 2024
Nissan Motor paid former Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta $3.7 million in compensation following his sudden departure last year, the Japanese automaker disclosed in a
June 17, 2024
Hong Kong's April retail sales fell 14.7% from a year earlier, partly due to a drop in visitor spending and a surge in outbound trips during the Easter holidays, government data
June 17, 2024
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape on Friday made his first visit to a remote village hit by a deadly landslide last week and thanked international aid donors for
June 17, 2024
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from June 4 to 8 on the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Friday.
June 17, 2024
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun and United States Defense Minister Lloyd Austin held a constructive meeting in Singapore on Friday, including talks on Taiwan, the war between
June 17, 2024
Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore have agreed to stage more complex military drills in the region this year involving drones, fifth-generation fighter planes
June 17, 2024
U.S.
June 17, 2024
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud where the two exchanged views on various subjects including the Ukraine crisis,
June 17, 2024
Soaring temperatures in India's capital have proven to be too much for some courts and are putting to the test a law in place since 1961 that requires lawyers
June 17, 2024
The Bank of Japan must steadily raise interest rates to guard against the risk of inflation accelerating well above its 2% target, said Takeo Hoshi,
June 17, 2024
The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law
May 31, 2024
Officials in India say a scorching heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of the country this week
May 31, 2024
Officials say Pakistani police working closely with Interpol have raided a home in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and arrested a Pakistani woman convicted in Italy of murdering her daughter
May 31, 2024The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials over guilty verdicts in the National Security Law trial of pro-democracy organizers in Hong
June 17, 2024
Officials say a climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America’s tallest mountain has been rescued but his partner is dead
May 31, 2024
China's first food security law aimed at achieving "absolute self-sufficiency" in staple grains came into effect on Saturday, reinforcing efforts by the world's
June 18, 2024
The United States and other nations could take steps against Chinese firms and financial institutions over Beijing's backing for the Russian war
June 18, 2024
India’s 6-week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term
June 01, 2024
South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik said on Saturday that more evidence suggests weapons used by Russia in the war in Ukraine were illegally imported from North Korea.
June 18, 2024
The United States is unlikely to help South Korea build nuclear-powered submarines at the moment, as it is stretched by AUKUS commitments to Australia, U.S.
June 18, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for an eighth straight month in May, led by robust chip sales though overall growth in shipments lagged market expectations, trade data showed on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
A Taliban official said that at least 20 people were killed as a river ferry sank in eastern Afghanistan
June 01, 2024
Tin Oo, a towering figure in Myanmar's pro-democracy movement and close ally of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, died on Saturday at age 97, political associates and close friends
June 18, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy will address the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday, the organisers of the security conference said.
June 18, 2024
Canada warned China against meddling in its elections during a rare meeting of the countries' defence chiefs, its defence minister said on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
South Korea’s military says North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following a similar campaign earlier in the week as it continues to retaliate against activists flying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border
June 01, 2024
Seoul warned the public on Saturday to avoid more balloons sent from North Korea and to report them to the military or police.
June 18, 2024
Rainbow flags filled the streets of Bangkok on Saturday at the start of Pride Month as Thailand inches closer to recognising same-sex marriages.
July 02, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to rely on regional allies to form the next government after his party failed to win a majority on its own, according to trends from
June 20, 2024
A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side
June 01, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that diplomacy - in the form of a peace summit later this month - was the best way
July 02, 2024
China's defence chief Dong Jun slammed "separatists" in Taiwan in an acerbic address on Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, hours before Ukrainian President Volodmyr
June 18, 2024
China’s defense minister has acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the friction with its support for Taiwan and the Philippines
June 02, 2024
The prospect of peaceful "reunification" with Taiwan is being increasingly "eroded" by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence
June 18, 2024
Australia has asked for military talks with China and is comfortable growing closer to the Philippines, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday at
June 18, 2024
China and the United Arab Emirates have emphasised a readiness to exchange experiences on defence and security, with a view to upgrading capacities of military personnel and
June 18, 2024North Korea said on Sunday it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets
July 02, 2024
North Korea says it will stop sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea, claiming that its campaign left the South Koreans with “enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel.”
June 02, 2024
India will hike road toll charges across the country by 3-5% from Monday, officials said, after putting the annual increase on hold in April due to the country's
June 18, 2024
The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to hold new trilateral joint exercises this summer, a joint statement issued by U.S Department of Defense said on Sunday, after
June 18, 2024
Iran's foreign ministry has summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tehran to protest about a China-UAE statement related to Iran's sovereignty over three Islands also claimed by the UAE,
June 18, 2024Chinese state media said on Sunday that personnel on a Philippine ship pointed guns at China's Coast Guard in disputed waters of the South China Sea last month.
June 18, 2024Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's unscheduled appearance at Asia's biggest security conference dominated proceedings on Sunday after
July 02, 2024
The chief minister of India's capital New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, surrendered to prison authorities on Sunday as the interim bail granted by the country's top court in a
June 18, 2024
Earthquakes have again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1
June 02, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with the Philippine president on a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine
June 03, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked his Philippine counterpart on Monday for Manila's participation in a high-level peace summit
July 02, 2024
Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in January-March, helped by demand for automobiles and labour-saving investment and suggesting the
June 18, 2024
China has quashed large-scale commemorations of Tuesday's 35th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown within its borders
June 03, 2024
China's factory activity grew the fastest in about two years in May due to production gains and new orders, particularly at smaller firms, a private sector survey showed on Monday,
June 18, 2024
India's general election, with nearly a billion eligible voters, ended on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
South Korea's factory activity expanded in May at the fastest pace in two years on stronger growth in output and orders thanks to broadening global demand, a private-
June 18, 2024
Japan's factory activity expanded for the first time in a year in May, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, but overall growth was modest and demand was still subdued while a
June 18, 2024
China has accused the British foreign intelligence service MI6 of recruiting two staff members from unnamed Chinese central state bodies as spies for the British government, its
June 19, 2024More than a year after China pledged to smoothen the process for offshore listings, firms are reeling from a regulatory logjam
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 18, 2024
Asian shares have retreated after a report showed that U.S. manufacturing contracted in May
June 03, 2024
South Korea says it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons
June 03, 2024
Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country's northwest, killing a police officer assigned to protect them
June 03, 2024
A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan's transport
July 02, 2024
India's Election Commission said on Monday a record-breaking 642 million voters cast their ballots in the general election that concluded on June 1
June 19, 2024
Bank Indonesia (BI) is not looking at an across-the-board cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks even as it expands a scheme offering relief for lending to certain
June 19, 2024
China held its stance on three disputed islands in the Gulf on Monday despite Tehran's anger at Beijing for describing the Iran-controlled islands as a matter to be resolved with
June 19, 2024
The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is holding a ministerial meeting this week in Singapore, including major firms joining a "Clean Economy"
June 19, 2024
Maersk faces significant terminal congestion in Mediterranean and Asian ports, causing substantial delays in its vessel schedule, the Danish shipping group said in a statement on
June 20, 2024
Japan's government will finalise this year's long-term fiscal and economic roadmap as early as June 21, three government and ruling party sources told Reuters on Monday.
June 18, 2024
Thai entertainment platform GMM Music on Monday said Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment will acquire a 10% stake in the company for $70 million, solidifying its spin-off plan.
June 18, 2024
Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) in May rose 11.8% from a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday, the lowest reading in 30 months and
June 18, 2024
South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong
June 18, 2024
India's manufacturing growth slowed to a three-month low in May as a heatwave prompted some companies to reduce working hours, but factory activity remained
June 18, 2024
Commuters at Tokyo’s Shimbashi Station were greeted with a special edition of the Yomiuri newspaper
June 03, 2024
A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his
June 19, 2024
The alert level has been raised at a volcano in the central Philippines after it erupted, sending a 5-kilometre (3.1-miles) high ash cloud into the sky, the country's seismology
June 19, 2024South Korea plans to convene in mid-June a public United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea, Seoul's U.N. envoy said
June 20, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set on Tuesday to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his Hindu nationalist
July 02, 2024
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making final arrangements not to call a snap election during the current parliament session ending June 23, the Asahi daily reported on Tuesday
June 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets could be in for a choppy ride on Tuesday, with investors unsure whether to interpret Monday's steep fall in U.S.
July 02, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission
June 03, 2024
A female-led group of forest rangers in Indonesia are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation
June 04, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition has won a majority in parliament in the country's staggered, six-week election
June 04, 2024
Japanese transport ministry officials launched an on-site investigation at Toyota Motor's headquarters on Tuesday after irregularities were found in its
July 02, 2024
Hong Kong police detained several people and Chinese authorities restricted access to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday on the 35th
June 20, 2024
Philippine troops stationed on a warship grounded on a disputed South China Sea shoal held on to their weapons after Chinese coast guard boats came very close to the
June 20, 2024
Tuesday marks the 35th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing's Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own
June 20, 2024Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday said he will work hard to make historical memory last forever and reach out to everyone who cares about Chinese democracy, on the 35th
June 20, 2024
Japan's government will warn of the pain a weak yen may inflict on households in this year's long-term economic policy roadmap, a draft seen by Reuters showed, as
June 20, 2024
Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong is striving to keep alive the memory of China's June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators from his adopted home of
June 20, 2024
Philippine authorities ordered the evacuation of residents living near a volcano in central Philippines on Tuesday following an eruption that sent a five km (
June 20, 2024Trump again vows to block Japanese firm’s controversial takeover of US Steel
December 03, 2024
South Korea have taken steps to suspend a contentious military agreement with North Korea and resume front-line military activities
June 04, 2024
South Korea's president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology
June 04, 2024
Security in Beijing is tight around Tiananmen Square as China marks 35 years since a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests
June 04, 2024
Indian stocks suffered their worst intraday fall since March 2020 on Tuesday and foreign investors sold the most on record, as vote
June 20, 2024
South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas and the North West Islands after suspending an
June 20, 2024
Vietnam's central bank lent another $1.2 billion to ailing Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank over the last two months, according to a bank document seen by
June 20, 2024
Chinese policymakers last month unveiled a slew of support measures for the property sector, including a nod to local governments to buy
June 20, 2024
A plunge in China's new housing construction is fuelling hopes the battered property sector is finally coming to terms with chronic oversupply, but a
June 20, 2024
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved tax measures to boost domestic tourism during the low season, Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul said.
June 20, 2024
Myanmar's junta is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two days as part of efforts to stabilise
June 20, 2024
Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five km (three miles) into the sky, the volcanology agency said, but there were no immediate
July 02, 2024
Asian shares are mixed as investors weighed data highlighting a slowing U.S. economy that offers both upsides and downsides for Wall Street
June 04, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with Cambodian officials to discuss a possible resumption of joint military exercises, suggesting the beginning of a thaw in relations between the countries that have been strained over Cambodia’s growing closeness with China
June 04, 2024
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said the central bank must be "very vigilant" to the impact the yen's moves could have on the economy, suggesting the
June 20, 2024
A group of creditors of China South City has filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against the developer's biggest state-owned shareholder to recover $1.4 billion, according to
June 20, 2024
China has granted approval to a first group of nine automakers to carry out tests on vehicles with advanced autonomous driving technologies on public roads, as part of a plan to
June 20, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to win a majority in parliament, early vote counting showed on Tuesday, but well short of a landslide
July 02, 2024
Emerging market stocks looked on course for their steepest fall in seven weeks on Tuesday, with Indian shares slumping on nervousness around election results, while
June 20, 2024
Airline Cathay Pacific is looking to add more destinations on China's Belt and Road project, CEO Ronald Lam said on Sunday, after a new route to Riyadh starts up
June 20, 2024
Sales of Tesla's China-made electric vehicles dropped 6.6% from a year earlier to 72,573 units in May, extending a year-on-year decline for a second month, data from the China
June 20, 2024
Airbus SE is negotiating a major sale of A330neo aircraft to China, with some of the largest Chinese airlines considering buying more than 100 of the upgraded A330 models, Bloomberg News
June 20, 2024
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, mocked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters for a decade as an entitled dynast, marked a stunning comeback
June 21, 2024
As India counts over 640 million votes in the world's largest election that began on April 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance looks set to clinch a majority but his
June 20, 2024
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party conceded defeat on Tuesday in a constituency where the inauguration of a grand Hindu temple just months
June 20, 2024
Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power
June 04, 2024
A clobbering for South Africa's, Mexico's and even India's heavyweight markets in recent days has proved without doubt that politics can still deliver an unexpected
June 21, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed his government to compile a long-term economic and fiscal plan on Tuesday, drawing a line under nearly two decades of falling prices
June 20, 2024
Members of the U.S. Congress say the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against peaceful student protesters 35 years ago in the heart of Beijing is as ruthless and suppressive today as it was in 1989
June 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 20, 2024
Some Chinese AI chip companies are now designing less powerful processors to retain access to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) production in the face
June 20, 2024
Asian stocks are higher after Wall Street barreled to new records as the frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology kept sending stocks higher
June 05, 2024
South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula for its first precision-guided bombing drill with the South in seven years
June 05, 2024
Indonesia's central bank will continue to intervene in the foreign exchange market to stabilise the rupiah, its governor said on Wednesday, adding that the
June 21, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him on Wednesday to lead
June 21, 2024
The narrower margin of victory for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance in elections will forestall reforms that could have potentially facilitated
June 21, 2024
China's services activity in May accelerated at the quickest pace in 10 months while staffing levels expanded for the first time since January, a private sector survey showed on
June 21, 2024
Electric vehicle maker Nio has won approval to build a third factory in China that would boost its total approved production capacity to 1 million cars, almost at par with Tesla's
June 21, 2024
Philippine annual inflation quickened for a fourth straight month in May due largely to the faster pace of increases in housing, utility and
June 21, 2024
Australia's economy slowed to a crawl in the March quarter as high borrowing costs and still-elevated inflation put the brakes on consumer spending, even as the
June 21, 2024
When Ou Yangyun travelled to the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in February to demand recompense after his bank account containing tens of thousands of dollars was frozen, his family
June 21, 2024
Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages fell in April from a year earlier but slowed the pace of decline as the Bank of Japan looks for early signs of achieving a
June 21, 2024
A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan.
December 03, 2024
For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election
June 05, 2024
Election results in Mexico, South Africa and India jolted currencies and stocks alike, a stark reminder that politics still matter for markets in a
June 21, 2024
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, aged 75, turned back the clock to win a bronze medal in the shot put at the Oceania athletics championships on Wednesday.
June 21, 2024
China's CITIC Securities is cutting the base salary of more than 100 bankers at its offshore platform CLSA amid a drop in deal making and pressure to narrow the pay
June 21, 2024
Money managers should look beyond the United States and are worried that rivalry with China could lead to governments questioning their investment decisions, top investor Ray
June 21, 2024Scenic park operators in China's Henan province were forced to acknowledge that the country's highest waterfall got a helping hand from a pipe due to a lack of rainfall.
June 21, 2024Aita Prasad Gurung dangled off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of
June 22, 2024
China's exports likely grew more quickly and for a second month in May thanks to improving overseas demand, giving officials some comfort as they navigate numerous
June 21, 2024
When North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea last week, the move sparked emergency alerts and
June 21, 2024
The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are considering suspending certain value-added market data feeds to institutions such as computer-driven quant funds, two sources said in
June 21, 2024
India's main opposition Congress party bagged both parliamentary seats in strife-torn Manipur in the general election as the north-eastern state voted out
June 21, 2024
India's government bonds will continue to attract foreign flows even as a narrower-than-expected victory margin for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led alliance
June 21, 2024
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions
June 05, 2024
The Japanese government data shows the country's birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023
June 05, 2024
President Joe Biden on Wednesday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a call for his election victory, and
June 23, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call on Wednesday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the TASS state news agency reported.
June 21, 2024
The Pacific island nation of Palau expects China to attempt to meddle in a national election later this year over its recognition of Taiwan, President Surangel
June 21, 2024
Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Wednesday he plans to start working from the new capital city next month amid concerns over the future of the project following
June 21, 2024
Exit polls could not accurately capture discontent among the social and economic castes that are ranked lower in India in key states, resulting in an
June 21, 2024
A former member of the opposition Congress and an on-and-off ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could decide the shape and stability of the next
June 21, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte will travel to China this month to meet with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and leaders from mining, technology and transportation firms after the
June 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. So much for 'bad news is bad news'.
June 22, 2024
A South Korean activists’ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response
June 06, 2024
At least six crewmembers of a fishing boat died while six others were rescued when an explosion and a fire hit the vessel at sea off a central Philippine province
June 06, 2024
India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party
June 06, 2024
Nepal's abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles
June 06, 2024
Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori,” or alone
June 06, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed after a steady Thursday on Wall Street as markets anticipate the key U.S. jobs data that will be revealed later in the day
June 06, 2024
A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has begun the trial of an American soldier arrested earlier this year on charges of stealing
June 06, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio said on Thursday it expected deliveries in the second quarter to more than double from a year earlier to between 54,000 and 56,000.
June 23, 2024
Employees of drugmaker WuXi AppTec, under U.S. scrutiny for its links to the Chinese military, co-invented altitude sickness treatments
June 24, 2024
Regional parties in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance demanded on Thursday more funds for their
July 02, 2024
At least nine Indian trekkers died in the Himalayas after getting trapped during a blizzard, authorities said on Thursday, as rescue teams airlifted their bodies and five
June 23, 2024More than 500 people from sea-faring communities around the coast of Malaysia's Sabah state have been evicted from their homes this week as part of a
June 23, 2024Indonesia's parliament on Thursday approved a proposal to accept a South Korean donation of a corvette for its navy, despite concern from its defence committee that the ageing
June 23, 2024
China never makes use of subsidies for electric vehicles that have been prohibited by the World Trade Organization, a spokesperson for its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
June 23, 2024
Rescue efforts at the site of a landslide in Papua New Guinea are due to end on Thursday, two weeks after part of a mountain collapsed onto a remote village, a United Nations
June 23, 2024
Emerging Asian equity markets faced a second month of foreign outflows in May as robust U.S. economic data fuelled skepticism over Federal Reserve rate cuts.
June 23, 2024
The high level of bipartisan political support for Taiwan in the United States gives hope eventually a free trade deal could be signed, especially given progress on current talks,
June 23, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank should reduce its huge bond purchases as it moves toward an exit from massive monetary stimulus, reinforcing his
June 23, 2024
KKR, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Prosperity have formed a coalition to invest $25 billion in infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific
June 23, 2024
Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with
June 23, 2024
Embattled Country Garden said in a filing on Thursday the Hong Kong High Court had further adjourned a hearing of a petition seeking liquidation of the Chinese property developer
June 24, 2024
An activist group in South Korea said on Thursday it had flown balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un, just days after Pyongyang
June 23, 2024Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted again on Thursday, firing red bright lava and rocks into the night sky and triggering a spectacular display of volcanic lightning, the
June 23, 2024When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby
June 24, 2024
Saudia Group is in talks with Airbus and Boeing over ordering wide-body jets to increase its capacity as planemakers face constraints in
June 24, 2024
Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong's top court, about a week after a landmark verdict that convicted 14 prominent
June 24, 2024
Scientists have traced the ancestry of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago and quickly became dominant across Eurasia
June 06, 2024
Pakistan's government submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday details of the living conditions of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, seeking to rebuff his
June 24, 2024
China's securities watchdog does not expect a near-term spike in delistings, it said on Thursday, after investors dumped shares in small-cap companies on fears they could be
June 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 24, 2024
Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, deepening worries over the city’s rule of law under a Beijing-imposed national security law
June 06, 2024
Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that foreign exchange intervention should be done in a restrained manner, after data suggested Tokyo tapped a vast pool of
June 24, 2024
Japanese household spending rose for the first time in 14 months in April from the year earlier, data showed on Friday, although the tepid growth showed consumers
June 24, 2024
China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong held a video call with U.S.
June 24, 2024
A workers' union at Samsung Electronics staged its first walkout on Friday, signalling more assertiveness among employees just as South Korea's most
July 02, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi — fresh from declaring victory in India’s election — offered few details on the agenda for his third term
June 07, 2024
Official statistics say that China’s exports for May grew at their fastest pace in more than a year despite trade tensions, though imports fell short of analyst expectations
June 07, 2024
A Samoan author is charged with killing another prominent Samoan writer and academic, who also was the aunt of former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard
June 07, 2024
Sweden’s defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijing’s repeated dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea, saying such actions threaten local and global security, undermine regional stability and underscore the need to invest “for our security and freedom.”
June 07, 2024
South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North
June 07, 2024
Authorities in Vietnam have announced that they have charged prominent journalist and historian Truong Huy San with violating a national security law because of writing he had posted on Facebook
June 07, 2024Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that President Droupadi Murmu had invited him to form a government, as he
June 25, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Friday, Chinese state media reported, days before Pakistan presents its annual
June 25, 2024
The opening of a grand Hindu temple just three months ahead of India's general election was supposed to be a crowning moment for
June 25, 2024
U.S farmers have asked policymakers not to involve food in a trade war with China, the American Soybean Association told Reuters on Friday, amid growing
June 25, 2024
China is strongly opposed to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and urges Washington to withdraw them immediately, the defence ministry said on Friday.
June 25, 2024
China should deepen reforms to let market forces play a decisive role in the economy while limiting the state's role, Yi Gang, former governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC),
June 25, 2024
Japan lodged a protest against Beijing on Friday after four armed Chinese coastguard vessels entered waters that Tokyo considers its territory.
June 25, 2024
Two senior British judges recently resigned from Hong Kong's top appeals court as international concerns mounted over the rule of law in the city
June 26, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's advisory panel tasked with growth strategies called on Friday for the government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to be vigilant
June 24, 2024
Four Indian students have drowned in the Volkhov river in northwestern Russia, India said on Friday.
June 24, 2024China's exports grew more quickly and for a second month in May, suggesting factory owners are managing to find buyers overseas and providing some relief to the economy
June 24, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely rebounded in May from April, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the central bank told lenders to quicken bank lending to support the economy.
June 24, 2024
The Philippine coast guard on Friday accused its Chinese counterpart of blocking efforts to evacuate a sick member of its armed forces in the South China Sea, calling its actions "
June 24, 2024
The Japanese economy likely contracted at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in January-March due to upgrades to capital spending figures, a Reuters
June 24, 2024
Indonesia's president is rushing to reassure investors and bureaucrats about his $32 billion new capital city in a malaria-prone pocket of Borneo
June 24, 2024
Japan's two biggest banks will start divesting their strategic shareholdings in Toyota Motor - worth a combined $8.5 billion - and will seek to sell into the automaker's planned
June 24, 2024
Further landslides will likely plague the area where part of a mountain collapsed onto a remote village in Papua New Guinea two weeks ago, New Zealand geological
June 24, 2024
China's exports rose 7.6% year-on-year by value in May, while imports increased 1.8%, customs data showed on Friday.
June 24, 2024
Australia's ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, cautioned in a speech that the global consequences of a war over Taiwan would be as great as the impact of the
June 24, 2024
Vietnam has been increasing its dredging and landfill work in the South China Sea, creating almost as much new land as in the previous two years combined, setting the stage for
June 25, 2024Police in Vietnam have arrested two well-known Vietnamese Facebook users on charges of abusing democratic freedoms, the government said on Saturday, as a major leadership reshuffle
June 25, 2024
Malaysian authorities defended their decision to evict hundreds of sea nomads from their homes off the coast of Sabah state this week, saying it was aimed at boosting security
June 25, 2024
North Korea has flown hundreds of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea again in its third such campaign since late May, the South’s military said, just days after South Korean activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North
June 08, 2024
The Philippines will continue to maintain and supply its outposts in the South China Sea without seeking permission from any other country, the country's
June 25, 2024
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies
June 25, 2024
Chinese air force jets circled a Dutch frigate and approached a Dutch helicopter in the East China Sea in a way that "caused a potentially unsafe situation," the Netherlands'
June 25, 2024Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori met with U.S.
June 25, 2024
South Korea has resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks
June 09, 2024
A majority of Thais are dissatisfied with the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took office nine months ago, as it has not been able to resolve the country's
June 25, 2024
South Korea said on Sunday it would resume loudspeaker broadcasts at the border directed at North Korea for the first time in six years as a response to balloon launches
June 25, 2024
South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding Pyongyang stop sending balloons
June 25, 2024
South Korea's main doctors' lobby group said on Sunday it would go on strike on June 18 to protest the government's healthcare reform plan, defying a warning by the prime
June 25, 2024
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome
June 09, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken office for a third consecutive term
June 09, 2024
A bomb blast targeting a military truck killed seven soldiers on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, the army said.
June 25, 2024Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's prime minister on Sunday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure
July 02, 2024
The U.S. poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea as its military deployment there is turning it into "the whirlpool of an arms race", Chinese Vice Foreign
June 25, 2024
Pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has helped India to a six-run win over archrival Pakistan in a low-scoring Twenty20 World Cup thriller on Long Island
June 09, 2024
The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of this year
June 10, 2024
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that China's Premier
June 26, 2024
Senior South Korean and U.S. defence officials met in Seoul on Monday to work on new guidelines to coordinate their response to any nuclear threat from North Korea,
June 26, 2024
Japan's economy contracted less than initially reported in January-March on upward revisions to capital spending and inventory data, lending
June 25, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol embarked on a trip to Central Asia on Monday to hold talks on strengthening diplomatic ties and cooperating in areas such as energy and minerals,
June 25, 2024
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of a new response against South Korea if the South continued with loudspeaker
July 02, 2024
Japan's government will highlight the need to work closely with the central bank and guide policy "flexibly" in the wake of soft consumption and uncertainty over
June 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 25, 2024
At least nine people were killed and 33 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a deep gorge after a suspected militant attack in the Indian federal territory of
June 26, 2024Diesel price in Malaysia have jumped by more than 50%, as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten government spending and save billions of ringgit annually
June 10, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed ahead of a busy week with several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation due along with a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve
June 10, 2024
Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years
June 10, 2024
South Korea’s military says it’s detecting signs that North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along their border, a day after the South blared anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over its speakers for the first time in years
June 10, 2024
Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid by three points to 21%, the lowest since he took office in 2021, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed on Monday,
June 26, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, Russia's Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday, with an official telling Reuters the
June 26, 2024
The United States needs Japan's help to cope with strategic challenges in Europe and Asia that are straining its defence industries, the U.S.
June 26, 2024
Pakistan's coalition government is expected to lay out ambitious fiscal targets in the
June 26, 2024
Japan's service sector sentiment worsened in May to levels unseen in nearly two years, government data showed on Monday, as rising fuel and food costs from a weak yen dragged on
June 25, 2024
U.S. and Philippine generals say that hundreds of American and Filipino troops have concluded a newly introduced war exercise in the northern Philippines
June 10, 2024
A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon have won coveted James Beard Awards
June 10, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, has named a Cabinet that retains his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party losing majority in a shock election result
June 10, 2024
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp is weighing a sale of its petrol stations in Singapore, a deal that could raise about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
December 03, 2024
A Canadian judge who sits on Hong Kong's top appeals court announced on Monday she would step down next month when her term expires and said she still had confidence in court
June 26, 2024
The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who resigned
June 26, 2024
Flash floods have killed at least three people and left one missing in northern Vietnam since Saturday night, the government said on Monday, and more heavy rains are expected over
June 26, 2024Armed men ambushed a convoy carrying the security team of the chief minister of India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, wounding two
June 26, 2024South Korea's military says South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops violated the two countries' land border earlier this week
June 11, 2024
Four Iowa college instructors teaching in China have been attacked while visiting a public park
June 10, 2024Singapore Airlines has offered compensation to passengers of a flight that hit extreme turbulence last month
June 11, 2024
U.S. officials are working to bring home four injured instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were stabbed in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin where they were teaching
June 11, 2024
Hundreds of caged animals died after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Thailand’s capital
June 11, 2024
In the Philippines, where colonial rule under Spain and later the United States endured for nearly four centuries, June 12 is the real Independence Day
June 11, 2024
Shares are mostly lower in Asia ahead of a decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates
June 11, 2024
Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the
June 27, 2024
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the Philippines should be prepared for any eventuality due to heightened tension in the Indo-Pacific region regarding sovereignty claims in the
June 27, 2024
Four American instructors from a small Iowa university were wounded in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China's Jilin province on Monday
June 27, 2024An aggressive market grab by low-cost Chinese retailers has delivered bumper earnings for some firms but has also intensified a bruising price war, exacerbating
June 27, 2024
Lights are off and air conditioning is down at the headquarters of Vietnam's state-run electricity provider EVN as the country's
June 27, 2024
In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing
June 26, 2024
China's Li Qiang will arrive in Australia on Saturday, the first visit by a Chinese premier since 2017, in a sign of improving ties, Australian Prime Minister
June 26, 2024
South Korea's military fired warning shots after around 20 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border at the weekend, Seoul officials said, amid a recent rise
June 26, 2024China's defence ministry on Tuesday warned the Netherlands to restrain actions of its naval and air forces after the Netherlands' defence ministry said Chinese fighter jets
June 26, 2024A Russian SU-34 bomber crashed in the Caucasus mountains during a routine training flight likely due to a technical malfunction, killing the crew aboard, Russian news agencies reported on
June 26, 2024Taiwan's central bank is expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged this week and to stay the course until late next year as it deals with persistent concerns over
June 26, 2024
China's major state-owned banks were seen selling dollars for yuan in the onshore spot foreign exchange market on Tuesday to prevent the local currency from falling too
June 26, 2024
New Zealand said on Tuesday it would send 41 more military personnel to the United Nations mission along the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea, as
June 26, 2024Hong Kong's leader John Lee said on Tuesday that Britain was weaponising its judicial influence against China and Hong Kong after two British judges resigned from the city's
June 26, 2024
A Chinese man arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour is a former navy captain who could have been probing the island's defences, senior
June 26, 2024
Premium sportswear brands are enjoying robust growth in China as they take to directly courting their main customers, posing yet another setback to megabrands Nike
June 26, 2024
Japan's transport ministry has concluded that six cases of irregularities in vehicle certifications by Toyota Motor may also violate United Nations standards, the Yomiuri newspaper
June 26, 2024
China, the biggest official sector buyer of gold, is expected to resume its bullion shopping spree once prices ease from the record highs
June 27, 2024
(This June 10 story has been officially corrected to fix the source's quote to remove reference to the timeline from the government on
June 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 26, 2024
South Korea has started blaring propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas in retaliation for the North sending over trash-carrying balloons
June 11, 2024
Two Indian nationals recruited by the Russian army were recently killed in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
June 27, 2024Chinese automakers' plans to invest in Europe won't be deflected by the EU's anti-subsidy probe into Chinese-made electric vehicles, a leading Chinese auto industry association said
June 27, 2024
An Indonesian court has sentenced a comedian to seven months in prison for a joke he made about the name 'Muhammad', court documents showed, intensifying concerns over blasphemy
June 27, 2024Three court cases in Thailand, including one that has ensnared the prime minister, have heightened political uncertainty in Southeast Asia's
June 27, 2024
Japan plans to stick to its goal of achieving a primary budget surplus in the next fiscal year, according to a draft of annual policy guidelines for budget
June 27, 2024
Vietnamese President To Lam on Tuesday told Chinese ambassador to Hanoi Xiong Bo it was important that maritime disputes were managed well and each country's interests were respected
June 27, 2024A group of North Korean officials in charge of public security was set to visit Russia, state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, amid signs of growing diplomatic and security
June 27, 2024
Residents in the Malaysian town of Tumpat were returning to submerged homes and shops as deadly floodwaters began to ease after being inundated by more than
December 03, 2024
Japan's wholesale inflation jumped in May at the fastest annual pace in nine months, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the weak yen was adding upward pressure on prices
June 27, 2024
Demand for gold in Asia is surging despite prices hovering near the record highs it hit in May, industry officials say, as buyers snap up
June 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 27, 2024
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has cracked walls and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea
June 11, 2024
An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia, endangering herders' livelihoods and way of life
June 12, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit the country for his third meeting with Kim
June 12, 2024
China's consumer inflation held steady in May while producer price declines eased, but the underlying trend suggests Beijing would need to do more to
June 27, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that it will hear a case on June 18 that could lead to the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin related to a cabinet
June 27, 2024
South Korea's main opposition leader was indicted on Wednesday on bribery charges in an alleged scheme to use an underwear maker to transfer funds to North Korea and facilitate a
June 27, 2024
China's government said on Wednesday that a Chinese man arrested near Taipei after crossing the Taiwan Strait on a speedboat was acting on his own and that Taiwan should not be so
June 27, 2024
Hong Kong's Security Bureau said on Wednesday it would use powers in a new national security law against six self-exiled activists residing in
June 27, 2024
Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain at a measly 1% in the current fiscal year with
June 27, 2024
Australia's top trade official is predicting China will lift a ban on Australian lobster imports after Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits the country
June 12, 2024
Asian shares are mostly higher as investors turned their attention to what the Bank of Japan might decide on monetary policy later this week
June 12, 2024
At least 40 Indians died after a fire swept through a building that housed foreign workers in Kuwait
June 12, 2024
The European Union has moved to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing’s subsidies for the exports that Brussels worries is hurting domestic automakers
June 12, 2024
DBS Group plans to boost assets under management for its wealth business to S$500 billion ($369.7 billion) by the end of 2026, said the unit's head, as the top
June 28, 2024
No upset this time for the United States as the home team was easily beaten by cricket heavyweight India at the Twenty20 World Cup
June 12, 2024
China's central bank on Wednesday held a meeting to promote its financial support for affordable housing in a bid to accelerate sales of unsold housing stock, as a property crisis
June 27, 2024
Police in India's territory of Jammu and Kashmir blamed arch rival Pakistan on Wednesday for a spate of militant attacks that has killed 12 people and injured
June 28, 2024Regional security concerns will overshadow lucrative trade ties when China's Premier Li Qiang visits New Zealand and Australia this
June 27, 2024
Thailand's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Wednesday, as widely expected, despite
June 27, 2024
Australian wine makers shipped wine worth A$86 million ($57 million) to China in the month after Beijing lifted tariffs and should be confident of bumper sales going forward, the
June 27, 2024
China will take all necessary measures to "firmly safeguard" its lawful rights and interests after a newspaper reported that the European Commission would impose tariffs of up to
June 27, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington, where the two leaders played up the ability of “good friends” to respectfully disagree — while publicly diverging on little
June 12, 2024
New Zealand and China on Thursday signed agreements on trade and climate change, with human rights also on the agenda, during a trip by Premier Li
July 02, 2024
A thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools
June 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 28, 2024
The United States wishes India well in its efforts to improve strained ties with China, the number-two U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday,
June 28, 2024
The United States believes China's primary focus currently is its economy and that it is determined to work to stabilize bilateral
June 28, 2024
Life for North Koreans is a "daily struggle devoid of hope," the United Nations human rights chief told a Security Council meeting on Wednesday that
June 28, 2024
Europe's Airbus on Wednesday highlighted the impact of growing trade tensions after Europe followed the United States in increasing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
June 28, 2024
The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on several Hong Kong firms, including VPower Finance Security, for aiding trade in gold produced by an already
June 28, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records
June 13, 2024
A military history buff in China appears to have made an alarming discovery after picking up four books for less than $1 at a neighborhood recycling station
June 13, 2024
Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok
June 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan said on Friday it would start trimming its huge bond purchases and announce a detailed plan next month on reducing its nearly $5 trillion balance
June 28, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a phone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said
June 28, 2024
Republican Representative Michael McCaul is expected to lead a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation to India
June 28, 2024
The European Union's plan to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) reflects a firming of its stance towards Beijing, but falls short of a tougher
June 28, 2024
Vietnam's newly elected president To Lam on Thursday called for a strengthening of ties with the United States, the government said.
June 28, 2024
Argentina's government rejected media reports on Thursday that President Javier Milei would travel to China in the coming weeks and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping,
June 28, 2024
Myanmar's resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs last year by relying on a scattered fleet of drones in battles against one of Southeast Asia's most feared militaries.
June 28, 2024
From a father-of-two who planned to leave his job to a 29-year-old due to visit his family in August, two dozen Indians from the
June 28, 2024
Taiwan's central bank said on Thursday it saw inflation gradually coming down for the rest of the year but the overall tone of monetary policy
June 28, 2024
A Malaysian footballer who was critically injured after being splashed with acid last month said on Thursday he hopes his assailants can be brought to justice swiftly.
June 28, 2024
Pakistan plans to raise up to $1 billion through international bonds in the 2025/26 fiscal year, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters, adding that up
June 28, 2024Headline inflation in Malaysia is expected to remain within the government's projected range of 2% to 3.5% for 2024, following the reform of diesel subsidies that began this
June 28, 2024Global food companies from dairy producers to pork exporters are on high alert for potential retaliatory tariffs from China
June 28, 2024
Chinese firms reserve the right to request anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into European dairy and pork imports, the country's commerce ministry said on
June 28, 2024
Weeks of scarce rainfall in parts of China, coupled with sweltering heat, has brought drought to several provinces, prompting alerts and actions from authorities to
June 28, 2024
An upcoming review of Thailand's inflation target range by the central bank and finance ministry should increase the chance of a rate cut, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said
June 28, 2024
Thai consumer confidence dropped for a third straight month in May, falling to its lowest level since October last year on concerns over a slow economic recovery and political
June 28, 2024
Analysts have solidified their bearish positions on most Asian currencies as higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates and a resilient dollar are likely to continue to hurt
June 28, 2024
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) left its base rate through the overnight discount window unchanged at 5.75% on Thursday, tracking a move by the U.S.
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan may offer guidance on how it plans to reduce its $5-trillion balance sheet at its policy meeting on Friday, in a slow but steady retreat from its
June 28, 2024
Honda Motor will start selling a micro-sized electric van targeted at Japan's delivery industry in October, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday, joining an increasingly crowded
June 28, 2024
Thailand expects to secure at least 800 billion baht ($21.78 billion) worth of investment applications this year, the government said on Friday, as it seeks to attract more
June 28, 2024
Japan, a major coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer, could be energy-independent by 2060 thanks to expansion of solar and wind power together with storage
June 28, 2024
Leading Chinese #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty on Friday of subverting state
June 28, 2024
Vietnam's Finance Ministry has proposed to hike a special consumption tax on alcoholic drinks to 100% by 2030, the ministry said, a move that may further hurt the country's beverage
June 28, 2024
There is a growing demand in China for high-quality dairy, beef and lamb products from New Zealand, Premier Li Qiang said on Friday, the second day of his trip to
June 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Friday but said it would trim bond buying in the future to allow long-term interest rates to move more.
June 28, 2024
Indonesia's central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market to defend the rupiah, its governor said on Friday, vowing to use monetary policy to stabilise the currency after
June 28, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Pyongyang for meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as soon as next week, South Korean officials say.
June 28, 2024
The U.S. government has returned another $156 million to Malaysia in recovered assets linked to scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), taking the total
June 28, 2024
A seminal moment in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unsuccessful campaign to retain his parliamentary majority occurred days
June 28, 2024
A possible impending visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea could deepen military ties between the two countries in violation of U.N.
June 28, 2024
Chinese soccer fans have poured their love — and money — into a Singaporean goalkeeper’s food stall after his performance in a game this week indirectly helped China advance to the third qualifying round for the World Cup in 2026
June 14, 2024
Supporters say a a Chinese journalist who promoted women's rights as part of the country's nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of undermining state security
June 14, 2024
Japan’s defense chief says Japanese and American V-22 Ospreys are being safely operated in the country
June 14, 2024
Buddhist monks in Thailand have blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy
June 14, 2024
Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab, who is training for the 2024 Olympic Games, has a mission.
June 28, 2024
The Philippine military chief urged Filipino fishermen to keep fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, despite China's new coastguard rules allowing
June 28, 2024
China's market regulator said on Friday that Tesla would fix software in 5,836 imported Model 3, Model S and Model X cars from July, citing safety issues.
June 28, 2024
Japan's securities watchdog recommended on Friday that the banking and securities units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) be penalised for what it said was
June 28, 2024
Germany wants "serious movement" from China on the issue of tariffs on imported electric vehicles and hopes that talks in the coming weeks can stave
June 28, 2024
Indonesia's defeated presidential candidate Anies Baswedan announced he will run for Jakarta governor in a November vote, ending speculation about whether the opposition politician
June 28, 2024
Pakistan's plan to raise taxes in its 2024-25 budget and boost state revenues will help it win approval from the International Monetary Fund for a loan to stave
June 28, 2024
India's merchandise exports rose 9.1% to $38.13 billion in May from a year earlier, helped by an increase in shipments of engineering goods,
June 28, 2024
The bodies of 45 Indians who died in a fire in a labour housing facility in Kuwait were flown to India on Friday, as bereaved relatives and
June 28, 2024
Lawyers appointed by the liquidators of China Evergrande Group are investigating some of the property developer's service providers including its former auditor
June 28, 2024
India's wholesale prices rose 2.61% in May, the most in more than a year, mainly driven by food items, government data showed on Friday.
June 28, 2024
At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India's Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after
June 28, 2024China's central bank is widely expected to leave a key policy rate unchanged when rolling over maturing medium-term loans next Monday, a Reuters survey showed.
June 28, 2024
China's "provocative" actions around Taiwan, Japan and in the South China Sea run the risk of an accident that could unintentionally spark a broader conflict,
June 28, 2024
China's central bank faces a looming test of its resolve to curb the financial stability risks it sees in a rallying bond market as it
June 28, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Australia on a relations-mending mission
June 15, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra on Saturday, a stop Trade Minister Todd McClay called "very positive" after the Chinese leader had spoken of demand for
June 28, 2024
The Philippines filed a claim with the U.N. on Saturday to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, a waterway where it has had increasingly confrontational
June 28, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Australia on Saturday, saying relations were "back on track" as he started the first visit by a Chinese premier to the major
June 28, 2024
Officials say a Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague
June 15, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia has focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship including shared giant pandas and a rebounding wine trade after he urged both countries to shelve their differences
June 16, 2024
A cleanup was underway after an oil spill caused by a dredger boat hitting a stationary cargo tanker blackened part of Singapore’s southern coastline
June 16, 2024
China Premier Li Qiang made a low-key start on Sunday to a four-day trip to Australia with visits to a South Australian winery and Adelaide Zoo, where he announced Beijing would provide two
June 28, 2024
An oil spill off southern Singapore has spread to other areas of the island's coast and is threatening a marine reserve, government agencies said, adding that authorities were
July 02, 2024
China views the annexation and "elimination" of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling
June 28, 2024
Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang on
July 02, 2024
Australian writer Yang Hengjun's suspended death sentence has been upheld by Beijing's High People's Court, with the decision relayed to Australian officials two
June 28, 2024
Stabilising prices are creating an environment to cut rates in South Korea, a senior presidential official said on Sunday.
June 28, 2024
Thailand weathered a critical day of court cases on Tuesday, including those involving the fate of the prime minister and the main opposition, dodging an immediate political crisis
June 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 28, 2024
Japan's core machinery orders fell in April for the first time in three months, government data showed on Monday, due to a pullback from the prior month's big
June 28, 2024
China still has room to lower interest rates, but its ability to adjust monetary policy faces internal and external constraints, the official Financial News said on Monday, citing
June 28, 2024
The loudspeakers deployed by South Korea to wage psychological warfare against North Korea faced audits and legal battles claiming they are too quiet, raising
June 28, 2024
The New Zealand defence force plane flying New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to Japan broke down on Sunday, forcing the Prime Minister to take a
June 28, 2024
China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in the South China Sea on Monday, with Manila saying its armed forces
June 28, 2024
Singapore-based investment firm Temasek Holdings will invest up to A$300 million ($198.4 million) in Australian exchange-traded fund manager Betashares, the company said on Monday.
June 28, 2024
Hong Kong investment products such as insurance and high-yield time deposits are seeing resurgent demand from wealthy Chinese who are aiming to shield returns from a
June 28, 2024
A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the COVID-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas
June 28, 2024
Singapore authorities say a dredger boat reported a sudden loss in engine and steering control before it hit a cargo tanker last week, causing the oil spill that has blackened part of the city-island’s southern shores
June 17, 2024
Muslims in Asia are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar
June 17, 2024
China’s coast guard says a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
June 17, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says he has agreed with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to properly manage their nations’ differences as they emerge from a hostile era in which minister-to-minister contacts were banned and trade barriers cost Australian exporters up to $13 billion a year
June 16, 2024
A cargo train has rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others
June 17, 2024
New Zealand's fire service says a passenger plane landed safely after a fire shut down one engine shortly after takeoff from Queenstown on the South Island
June 17, 2024Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with gains for technology companies pushing the benchmarks higher
June 17, 2024
Tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingya are feared to be caught in fighting in western Myanmar, as a powerful armed ethnic group bears down on junta positions in a coastal town on the
June 28, 2024China's May industrial output lagged expectations and a slowdown in the property sector showed no signs of easing despite policy support,
June 28, 2024
Three out of Vietnam's five active international undersea internet cables are down, state media said over the weekend, the second major round of outages in the country in just over a
June 28, 2024South Korea and China will hold their first round of diplomatic and security dialogue on Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday, in line with an agreement the two nations
June 28, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin is widely portrayed as a pariah in the West, but he looks set to receive a warm welcome when he visits Communist-ruled Vietnam this week.
July 01, 2024
Thai lesbian couple Vorawan "Beaut" Ramwan and Anticha "An" Sangchai are patiently waiting for the passage of their country's same-sex
June 28, 2024
Property investment in China fell 10.1% in the first five months of 2024 from a year earlier, after dropping 9.8% in January-April, even as policymakers doubled down on efforts to
June 28, 2024
Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda may be in no danger of not being re-elected at the automaker's annual general meeting on Tuesday, but any
June 28, 2024
South Korea's SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday the conglomerate would prevent the outcome of his recent divorce payment ruling from leaving SK companies
June 28, 2024
Taiwan is not seeking war with Beijing, and its policy is to build up a defensive, multi-level deterrence capability to make it harder for China to capture the island, Taiwan
June 28, 2024
China has been at odds with many other countries in the Asia-Pacific for years over its sweeping maritime claims, including almost all of the South China Sea, a strategic and resource-rich waterway
June 17, 2024
North Korean state media says Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit
June 17, 2024
A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least 15
June 28, 2024
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen to represent his family bastion of Raebareli in parliament as his Congress Party seeks to build on the stronger
June 28, 2024
Global supply chains for rare earths are realigning to diversify away from top producer China to make permanent magnets used in products from electric vehicles to wind turbines
July 02, 2024
India and the United States on Monday committed to action to address barriers to bilateral strategic trade, technology and industrial cooperation.
June 28, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said,
June 28, 2024
China on Tuesday dismissed European Union calls for it to stop alleged human rights violations and said it opposed "double standards" and interference in its internal
June 30, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Monday said it will hold oral arguments on Sept. 16 on legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest
June 28, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday and hold talks with its leader, Kim Jong Un, the two countries said.
June 28, 2024
The Philippines' defence minister said on Monday that the country's armed forces will resist China's "dangerous and reckless behaviour" in territory claimed by Manila in the South
June 28, 2024Adidas shares dropped 4% on Monday after the German sportswear brand said it was investigating allegations of corruption in China after receiving an anonymous letter.
June 28, 2024
A power outage lasting several minutes at India's busiest airport in Delhi caused minor disruptions to some services within the terminal on Monday, airport
June 28, 2024
China's copper scrap imports have soared due to shortages of concentrate that is processed into refined metal used in the power and construction
June 28, 2024
The United States, Canada, Japan, and the Philippines conducted a two-day joint maritime exercise in Manila's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, the U.S.
June 28, 2024India's monsoon has delivered a fifth less rain than normal so far this season, the weather department said on Monday, in a worrying sign for the vital
June 28, 2024
The Philippine crew of a vessel attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants was repatriated to the Philippines from Bahrain on Monday, with the ship's
June 28, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 29, 2024
Peru's government does not expect an upcoming trip by President Dina Boluarte to China or the increase in investments by Chinese firms in the Andean nation to cause "
June 28, 2024
Pork suppliers from South America and the U.S. could gain market share in China if Beijing restricts imports from the European Union in response to escalating
June 29, 2024
Thailand has tried for years to deal with its pollution problem
June 18, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited a lithium processing plant in resource-rich Western Australia state on Tuesday, highlighting China's push to
July 02, 2024
Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the largest party in the governing coalition, avoided pre-trial detention
July 01, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has received a red-carpet welcome in Malaysia on the last leg of a regional tour
June 18, 2024
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted and arraigned on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics
June 18, 2024
South Korea's military says its troops have fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the rivals’ heavily fortified land border for the second time this month
June 18, 2024
Toyota shareholders have voted in support of all of the company's proposals at their annual meeting, including keeping Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman of the board
June 18, 2024
Philippine security officials say Chinese forces have seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military ship outpost in a disputed South China Sea shoal in a tense confrontation in which some Filipino navy personnel were injured
June 18, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed after U.S. benchmarks ticked to more records following the latest signs that the U.S. economy may be slowing without falling into recession
June 18, 2024
Thailand’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law
June 18, 2024
South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout as part of a protracted strike against a government plan to sharply boost medical school admissions
June 18, 2024
A Philippine navy sailor suffered "serious injury" after what the country's military called on Tuesday "intentional-high speed ramming" by the Chinese coast guard during a resupply
June 30, 2024
Japan's Hitachi is considering selling its 40% stake in an air-conditioning joint venture with Johnson Controls International Plc, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people
June 30, 2024
China's securities regulator said on Tuesday it will strengthen regulation of all financial activities and prevent and resolve risks, in a move to improve and reform financial
July 01, 2024
China's embassy in the Philippines accused the U.S. military of "hypocrisy, malign intention and double standards" in response to a report of secret U.S. campaign to undermine
June 30, 2024
Australia is sending seven ministers and its police chief to Papua New Guinea to hold security and trade talks with its northern neighbour, government officials
June 30, 2024Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first country
July 01, 2024
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had told China's Premier Li Qiang that an incident at parliament house, where Chinese officials tried to
June 30, 2024
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank could raise interest rates next month depending on economic data available at the time, underscoring its
June 30, 2024
During a visit to Australia this week, Chinese Premier Li Qiang made a classic goodwill gesture that boded well for relations between the two countries: he offered to send pandas.
July 01, 2024
The task of controlling floods in China is becoming increasingly arduous, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, calling for all-out efforts to safeguard lives and property as
July 02, 2024
The price Japanese companies charge each other for services with high labour costs rose 2.8% in April from a year earlier, the fastest increase in nearly four years,
June 30, 2024
Shell has agreed to buy Singaporean liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Pavilion Energy from global investment company Temasek
July 01, 2024
South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line in the border area between the two Koreas on Tuesday,
June 30, 2024Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda and nine other members of the automaker's board were re-elected at an annual general meeting on Tuesday,
July 01, 2024
India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a
June 30, 2024
The South Korean government issued a return-to-work order for private practitioners on Tuesday as more doctors including medical professors join the months-long strike
June 30, 2024
India is expected to grow by 7.2% in the current fiscal year, stronger than earlier expected, with its central bank opting for just a one-quarter-point rate cut in that period,
June 30, 2024
China's latest property support measures have boosted transactions in its biggest cities, but activity in smaller localities is
June 30, 2024
New Zealand will increase its contribution to North Korea sanctions monitoring, out of Japan, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Tuesday.
June 30, 2024
Taiwan's defence minister said on Tuesday that they have a "grasp" of the situation after pictures appeared online of a Chinese nuclear submarine
June 30, 2024Hong Kong's stock market will stay open during typhoons and heavy rain effective Sept. 23, a change that will help maintain the global financial hub's competitiveness, city
June 30, 2024
South Korea's central bank governor said on Tuesday the pace of consumer inflation is likely to continue to slow, feeding expectations the Bank of Korea will start cutting interest
June 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday kept rates on hold, flagging stubborn domestic price pressures - a common theme that
June 29, 2024
Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday as expected, while reiterating that it was not ruling out further increases if needed to control inflation.
June 29, 2024
Malaysia is preparing to join the BRICS group of emerging economies, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview with Chinese media outlet Guancha.
June 29, 2024
Chinese consumer demand for new energy vehicles (NEVs) is likely to maintain its fast growth, which will increase the need for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the
June 29, 2024
Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy, the attorney-general's office said on Tuesday.
June 29, 2024
Ecuador has announced the suspension of an agreement with China that had waived visas for Chinese citizens traveling to the South American country
June 18, 2024
The chair and top Democrat on the House select committee on China will announce Tuesday they are launching a bipartisan working group to reduce China's
July 01, 2024
Ecuador's foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was effectively reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the
July 01, 2024
The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies need to do a better job in tracking Chinese advanced
July 01, 2024
A group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in India on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, with the head of the delegation saying
July 01, 2024
China's richest people are avoiding flaunting their wealth in favour of more discreet fashion, according to a report published on Tuesday by
June 30, 2024
Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on
June 30, 2024
President Vladimir Putin is in North Korea for a summit with its leader, Kim Jong Un, as the two nations deepen their cooperation
June 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 01, 2024
Brazilian planemaker Embraer sees India, Saudi Arabia, the European Union and the United States as strategic markets for its defense unit as it
July 01, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for his first visit in 24 years, Interfax news agency reported.
July 01, 2024
A report released by Human Rights Watch says authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party’s ideology
June 18, 2024
The Biden administration has approved a new $360 million weapons sale to Taiwan, sending the island hundreds of armed drones, missile equipment and related support material
June 19, 2024
Fresh Malaysian durians will soon make their way to China as the two countries signed a slew of trade and economic deals during a visit by Premier Li Qiang to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations
June 19, 2024
Chinese automakers have urged Beijing to hike tariffs on imported European gasoline-powered cars in retaliation for Brussels' curbs on exports of Chinese-made EVs,
July 02, 2024
Sales fell for the first time ever at China's blowout mid-year e-commerce sales festival as consumers remain cautious about spending as the economy
July 01, 2024
The chairman of defaulted Chinese developer Kaisa Group returned to mainland China from Hong Kong for the first time in almost a decade to get regulatory
July 01, 2024
South Korea's foreign exchange authorities view the 1,385 level as a line in the sand for the won versus the dollar, two sources involved in the policy
July 01, 2024
A group of U.S. lawmakers who met the Dalai Lama in India on Wednesday said they would not allow China to influence
July 02, 2024
The Philippines urged China on Wednesday to avoid actions that endanger sailors and vessels in the South China Sea, saying peace could not
July 02, 2024
China's central bank on Wednesday signalled that it might soon start trading in the secondary bond market as yields continue to fall, reinforcing policymakers' concerns
July 01, 2024
Only military strength can keep the peace with China and the Taiwanese people will not give in to Chinese coercion, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te
July 01, 2024
India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the
July 02, 2024
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday proposed a 3.753 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the 2025 fiscal year to jump-start the country's sluggish economy as
July 01, 2024
Japan's weak yen sharply boosted the value of exports in May but the volume of sales shrank for the fourth consecutive month, highlighting
July 01, 2024
The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth
June 19, 2024
A U.S. official was heading to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government to urge the allies to further restrict China's ability to produce cutting-
July 02, 2024
Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi have carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday
June 19, 2024
Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say a new strategic partnership is a breakthrough, but what it means for their relationship is still uncertain
June 19, 2024
India's cabinet approved development on Wednesday of a new deep-water port that the government said will be a crucial part of a plan to connect the Asian country with Europe by
July 02, 2024
Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, signed a mutual defence pledge with Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, underscoring
July 02, 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin praised Vietnam for its "balanced" stance on the Ukraine war and listed progress on payments, energy and
July 02, 2024
Indian authorities said on Wednesday they were impounding a Som Group distillery and temporarily suspending the plant's manufacturing licences
July 01, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took turns to drive each other around in a Russian-built Aurus limousine on Wednesday after the Kremlin
July 02, 2024
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte resigned on Wednesday from the cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and another key post, not a surprise
July 01, 2024
Foreign investors have bought more than $10 billion of Indian government bonds that will be included in a widely-followed JPMorgan debt index on June 28, taking
July 01, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping said there were "deep-seated problems" in the Chinese military's politics, ideology, work style and discipline, state-run CCTV reported
July 01, 2024
Romania will buy $920 million worth of South Korea's K-9 self-propelled howitzers, in its largest weapon acquisition in seven years, Seoul's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
July 01, 2024
Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko said on Wednesday the Pacific Island nation was "crystal clear" in partnering with Australia for security, as
July 01, 2024The party chief of Vietnam's capital city Hanoi, Dinh Tien Dung, has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, marking the latest top official to exit as the ruling Communist Party
July 01, 2024
Chinese police are investigating a case of illegal foreign exchange activity and money laundering after tip-offs from the United States, state media said on
July 01, 2024
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in India's northern town of Dharamsala.
July 01, 2024
China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia's $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway
July 01, 2024
Shareholder backing for Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda slid for a second straight year, results from its annual general meeting showed on Wednesday, with his support
July 01, 2024
China reacted guardedly this week as Russia and North Korea deepened their ties and vowed to resist the U.S.-led West, with Beijing avoiding any
July 01, 2024
Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea
June 19, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a "reliable security architecture" in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on
June 19, 2024
Mexican food chain Guzman Y Gomez served up Australia's best initial public offering debut in three years with its shares leaping more than one-third on their first
July 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. No Wall Street, no problem.
July 02, 2024
Most Japanese companies see no need for their government to follow the U.S. in raising tariffs on Chinese imports, saying excessive production capacity in China's
July 02, 2024
The Philippine military chief has demanded China return several rifles and equipment seized by the Chinese coast guard in a disputed shoal and pay for damage in an assault he likened to an act of piracy in the South China Sea
June 19, 2024
South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war
June 20, 2024
China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Thursday, in line with market expectations.
July 02, 2024
Japan had more than 3 million visitors for a third straight month in May, official data showed on Wednesday, as the weak yen helped continue a record pace for inbound
July 02, 2024
Tackling India's chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government over the next five years, even as the country remains
July 02, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of deals with his Vietnamese counterpart during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its military actions in Ukraine
June 20, 2024
Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S.
July 02, 2024
Days of torrential rain, flash floods and landslides across southern China forced authorities to step up emergency plans, as surging waters from swollen rivers threatened to disrupt
July 02, 2024
Germany's economy minister touches down in South Korea on Thursday in the first leg of a trip to Asia, seeking to deepen ties with the region's fourth-largest
July 02, 2024
Officials say at least 34 people have died and dozens are hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor tainted with methanol in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
June 20, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower after a retreat on Wall Street, where a drop in Nvidia stock pulled stocks lower
June 20, 2024
Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil concessions on thousands of hectares
July 02, 2024
The United States and China held high-level talks on anti-narcotics cooperation on Thursday, following a breakthrough in bilateral work this week that saw them
July 02, 2024
North Korea's state media on Thursday unveiled the full text of a mutual defence pact signed a day ago by its leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin,
July 02, 2024
Thailand hopes to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies at the organisation's next summit in Russia in October, a foreign ministry official said Thursday.
July 02, 2024
Australia said it would provide A$2 million ($1.33 million) to Papua New Guinea to restore road access to the Porgera gold mine, previously one of the world's largest, and other
July 02, 2024Long-touted changes to China's tax system will focus on allowing local governments to retain more fiscal revenues, say policy advisers, widely seen by
July 02, 2024
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism the Dalai Lama must "thoroughly correct" his political views as a condition for
July 02, 2024
China is pressing India to restart direct passenger flights after a four-year halt, but New Delhi is resisting as a border
July 02, 2024
The European Commission sought an unprecedented amount of detailed information on Chinese automakers' supply chains during its investigation into the country's
July 02, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a pair of Pungsan dogs, a local breed, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
July 02, 2024
Malaysian and Chinese firms signed agreements on Thursday for potential investments worth 13.2 billion ringgit ($2.80 billion) to collaborate in sectors ranging from oil and
July 02, 2024
China's coast guard personnel acted like a "band of barbarians" during a Philippine resupply mission to a contested shoal in the South China Sea this week that led to
July 02, 2024Two of Toyota's top suppliers, Denso and Aisin, have sold off holdings in several Toyota-affiliated companies, regulatory filings showed on Thursday, in the latest reduction of cross
July 02, 2024
South Korea will review the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine, a presidential official said on Thursday, after the leaders of North Korea and Russia signed a pact pledging
June 20, 2024
Data from India's Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months
June 20, 2024
Vietnam instructed its officials to withhold information from Washington to paint the country's efforts to tackle human trafficking in a better light, a campaign
July 02, 2024China's banking regulator has given small banks a 2026 deadline to stop selling wealth management products unless they have a separate wealth subsidiary in a bid to curb financial
July 02, 2024
Singapore's banking sector, including wealth management, poses the highest money laundering risk in the city-state, the government said in a
July 02, 2024
Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital after he was arrested in a bribery case in March
June 20, 2024
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that South Korea would be making "a big mistake" if it decides to supply arms to Ukraine and that Moscow would respond to such a move in a
July 02, 2024
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the NATO military alliance of creating a security threat for Russia and other nations in Asia.
July 02, 2024
At least 36 people died and more than 60 were being treated in hospitals after consuming tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a government
July 02, 2024
India opposition leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by a city court in a graft case on Thursday, his party and lawyers said,
June 20, 2024
The imagery from Pyongyang emerged quickly this week and was notable in its variety
June 20, 2024
South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest a defense pact with North Korea, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement vowing mutual defense with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a state visit to Pyongyang
June 21, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a policy conundrum after losing ground in the recent election: how to control food
June 21, 2024
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday that the group's mission was to help in humanity's progress by realising artificial super intelligence, which he said
June 21, 2024
Confidence among big Japanese manufacturers likely improved slightly in the three months to June, while non-manufacturers' mood slipped a bit, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) closely-
June 21, 2024
In his trip to China, Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck doesn't expect to reach a solution on trade tensions after the EU threatened to impose
June 21, 2024
South Korea's foreign ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador in protest of a pact between Russia and North Korea signed in Pyongyang this week, as a
June 21, 2024
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Friday that his country wants to restart annual dialogue with China's chief of defence to reduce
June 21, 2024
Asian hedge funds led global gains in May and the first five months, as bullish sentiment towards regional equities and winning positions in China boosted
June 21, 2024
The German economy minister's visit to China this week will be an opportunity for Europe's biggest economy to seek consensus rather than confrontation, Chinese state
June 21, 2024
Japan imposed trade restrictions on China-based companies as part of a fresh round of sanctions against individuals and groups supporting Russia's war on Ukraine, the foreign
June 21, 2024
The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's
June 21, 2024
Japanese authorities are ready to take action against speculative and excessively volatile moves in the currency market that hurt the economy,
June 20, 2024
Japan's core inflation accelerated in May due to energy levies but an index that strips away the effect of fuel slowed for the ninth straight month, data showed on
June 20, 2024
A New Zealand lawmaker says the government will overhaul the gun laws tightened after the mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago
June 21, 2024
South Korea's foreign exchange authorities on Friday said they agreed with the National Pension Service to expand a currency swap line to $50 billion from the current
June 21, 2024
Vietnam said on Friday it is willing to talk to the Philippines to seek measures that are in line with the interests of both countries, after Manila last week filed a claim with the
June 21, 2024Thailand's Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira will discuss the inflation target with the central bank governor, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday, adding additional
June 21, 2024
The finance ministers of South Korea and Japan will hold a bilateral meeting in Seoul on June 25, South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday.
June 20, 2024
Japan's factory activity expanded for a second straight month in June but the pace of growth eased as orders weakened and cost pressures intensified, a business survey showed on
June 20, 2024
Japan is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to intervene in China-Philippines maritime matters, a spokesperson for China's embassy in Japan said on Friday.
June 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 20, 2024
An Indian-born billionaire and three family members have been sentenced to prison for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa in Switzerland
June 21, 2024
At least 47 people have died as downpours in southern China’s Guangdong province caused historic flooding and slides, state media reported Friday, while authorities warned of more extreme weather in other parts of the country
June 21, 2024
China says it has banned a number of business units of American aviation maker Lockheed Martin Corporation and three of its executives over arms deals with Taiwan, the self-ruling island it claims as its own territory
June 21, 2024
Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a small but stable population.
June 21, 2024
The Thai government's 3.753 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the 2025 fiscal year passed its first parliamentary vote on Friday,
June 21, 2024
The death toll from the latest case of tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 47, with over 100 people still in hospital, a
June 21, 2024
Monsoon rains and upstream river water from India have caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh, stranding more than 2 million people, and the situation
June 21, 2024An Indian court on Friday suspended a lower court's order granting bail to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft
June 21, 2024
China and Australia will provide each other's citizens with multiple-entry visas of up to five years for tourism and business from Friday, the Chinese foreign ministry said, in
June 21, 2024
New Delhi is in touch with the family of an Indian man who is accused of plotting with an Indian government official to kill a Sikh separatist in the United
June 21, 2024
The death toll from days of torrential rain in one of the worst-hit areas in southern China jumped to 38 from nine on Friday, Chinese state television CCTV reported.
June 21, 2024
The Philippines did not consider invoking a mutual defence treaty with the United States after accusing China of disrupting a resupply mission in the disputed South China Sea,
June 21, 2024
India's foreign ministry said peace on its border with China was critical for relations to become normal, reacting on Friday to a Reuters report that New Delhi was not keen to
June 21, 2024
China on Friday threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no
June 21, 2024
Taiwan government said on Friday it "deeply regrets" China's move to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for what it called "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists.
June 21, 2024
Pakistani authorities have begun an investigation to identify and arrest members of a mob that killed a local tourist accused of blasphemy, after they
June 21, 2024China has imposed sanctions against some Lockheed Martin Corp subsidiaries and senior executives over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, China's foreign ministry said in a statement.
June 21, 2024
China is pushing for Visa and Mastercard to lower their bank card transaction fees in the country to encourage spending by foreign visitors, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a
June 21, 2024
Nissan Motor has halted production at its Changzhou plant in China as it seeks to optimise its operations, the Japanese automaker said on Friday
June 21, 2024
Arrowpoint Investment Partners, one of Asia's largest hedge fund launches this year, said on Friday it has secured investment from the Canada Pension Plan
June 21, 2024Japan on Friday affirmed its pledge to deliver a primary budget surplus by the next fiscal year, reflecting concerns that its exit from the
June 21, 2024
Philippine business groups said on Friday they deplored the harassment of the country's military, in comments that come after a recent clash between navy personnel and the Chinese
June 21, 2024
Economy Minister Robert Habeck will underline Germany's resolve to pursue commercial links with China during a visit starting Friday but trade experts say
June 21, 2024
A sliding yuan and extensive outflows of cash from the mainland into Hong Kong show China's domestic investors are shelving expectations
June 21, 2024
Electric vehicle sales are surging in Southeast Asia, led by China's BYD and Vietnam's VinFast, eating into the internal combustion engine car market dominated
June 21, 2024
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Friday the central bank will "adjust the degree of monetary support" if the economy and prices move in line with
June 21, 2024
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) said its buyer BlackRock will not be involved in privatising Malaysia Airports after criticism in Muslim-majority Malaysia over the U.S.
June 21, 2024
Escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state in recent months may have spurred some Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, a key
June 21, 2024
Most of India’s 120 million farmers depend on rain from monsoons for a good harvest
June 22, 2024
A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system
June 22, 2024
A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia
June 22, 2024
Engine trouble forced a Japan Airlines plane flying to the western region of Osaka from northern Aomori to turn back for an emergency landing on Saturday, a company spokesperson said
June 22, 2024The death toll has climbed to 54 from consumption of tainted liquor in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, with more than 100 people still in hospital, a
June 22, 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin defended his frequent globe-trotting during his first 10 months as leader of the Southeast Asian nation, in remarks aired in a television
June 22, 2024
A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in the South Korean port city of Busan on Saturday to take part in joint military exercises later this month
June 22, 2024
India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved to bolster their defense relationship and signed agreements for expanding cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors, as New Delhi tries to present itself as a regional power and a counterweight to China
June 22, 2024
Six people who were missing were found dead by rescuers in Fujian province, state media reported Saturday, adding to the extreme weather deaths after downpours caused landslides in the area, even as authorities extended a warning of more severe weather ahead
June 22, 2024
China and the European Union have agreed to start talks on the planned imposition of tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) being imported into the
June 22, 2024
Pope Francis has appointed Giuseppe Yang Yongqiang as bishop of Hangzhou, the capital of China's eastern province of Zhejiang, Vatican said on Saturday as it strives to
June 22, 2024
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will pay a working visit to China from June 24 to 27, and will attend a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) during his trip, the
June 22, 2024
The lawyer for one of Iran's popular hip-hop artists and a critic of the regime Toomaj Salehi says the country's Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence
June 22, 2024
Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife Empress Masako have arrived in the U.K. ahead of their long-awaited official state visit
June 22, 2024
A senior U.S. diplomat has held talks in Vietnam and said that the trust between the two countries is at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi
June 22, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Sunday his country is not in the business of instigating wars and will always aim to settle disputes peacefully, amid
June 23, 2024
Taiwan's annual war games this year will be as close as possible to actual combat, no longer just putting on a show to score points but aiming to simulate real
June 23, 2024
A ferry between New Zealand's two main islands that ran aground on Friday night was successfully refloated late on Saturday, the government of the Pacific nation said.
June 22, 2024Afghanistan kept its Twenty20 World Cup semifinal hopes alive by stunning previously unbeaten Australia by 21 runs in a thrilling encounter
June 22, 2024
The president of the Philippines says his country will not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines will never instigate a war
June 23, 2024
With their Islamic headscarves and high-octane metal music, the women of the Indonesian band Voice of Baceprot have played stages from the
June 23, 2024
The European Union is seeking security and defence industry partnerships with Japan and South Korea aimed at joint development of military equipment, the Nikkei reported on Sunday,
June 23, 2024
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday that China was indispensable to achieving global climate goals and must find a safe alternative to
June 23, 2024
New Caledonia’s public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory has been transferred to a jail in mainland France to await trial for his alleged role in a recent deadly unrest
June 23, 2024
Afghanistan's Taliban government is due to send officials to Qatar next weekend to meet top U.N. officials and envoys from up to 25 countries for a two-
June 23, 2024
A cybersecurity intelligence company says a suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has intensified attacks on Taiwanese organizations, particularly those in sectors such as the government, education and technology
June 24, 2024
Asian stocks rise after another slide for Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept U.S. indexes mixed Monday, even as the majority of stocks rallied
June 24, 2024
Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he kicked off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him: The Thames Barrier
June 24, 2024
Polish President Andrzej Duda has met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks on Ukraine, peace and bilateral trade on a visit to Beijing that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
June 24, 2024
South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea
June 24, 2024
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries has swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight
June 24, 2024
A senior British judge on Monday heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high profile democrats, adding to the debate over
July 03, 2024
The Philippines' defence chief said China used "aggressive and illegal force" to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea and said last week's maritime incident, which
June 24, 2024
Top North Korean military officials criticised the United States on Monday for its expanding military assistance to Ukraine and dispatch of one of its
July 03, 2024
Among the trash that balloons carried over the border from North were articles printed with Hello Kitty characters, badly worn clothing, and soil containing traces of human faeces and
July 03, 2024
The Bank of Japan debated in June the chance of a near-term interest rate hike with one policymaker calling for an increase "without too much delay" to address risks
July 03, 2024
Beijing wants the EU to scrap plans to impose preliminary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports by July 4, China's state-controlled Global Times
July 03, 2024
India's economy needs an interest rate cut to sustain high growth, two external members of the central bank's rate panel said, arguing that food price shocks so far
July 03, 2024
Japan's banking regulator on Monday ordered the banking and securities units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to improve compliance measures after the
July 03, 2024
China is gravely concerned and firmly opposed to U.S. proposed rules for curbing certain investments in China, and reserves the right to take corresponding measures, the Chinese
June 24, 2024
China's fiscal revenue fell 2.8% in the first five months of 2024 from a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.7% decline in the January-April period, official data showed on Monday,
June 24, 2024
Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real "evil", Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme
July 03, 2024
Indonesia's budget deficit is forecast to increase this year and may widen further as President-elect Prabowo Subianto implements his policy agenda, but revenue-side reforms could
June 24, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 23, 2024
Regulators in China are scouring social media platforms and censoring those deemed to be engaged in morally corrupt behavior.
June 24, 2024
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 24, 2024
A Japanese transport ministry panel has proposed a number of air traffic control measures to boost safety
June 24, 2024
Discussions between Russia and North Korea about what Pyongyang gets in return for weapons supplies to Moscow could relate to North Korea's nuclear long-range missile development
July 03, 2024A man holding what appeared to be a knife attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in Suzhou, China, on Monday, seriously wounding a Chinese woman and injuring a Japanese woman and
July 03, 2024Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels.
July 03, 2024
Hyundai Motor's unionised workers in South Korea voted for possible strike action after talks with the company over wage increases and an extension of the retirement
July 03, 2024
A lithium battery factory in South Korea was set on fire after multiple batteries exploded on Monday, killing 22 workers,
July 03, 2024
Reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah due to be held in China this month have been delayed and no new date has been set,
July 03, 2024Chinese and Japanese coast guard vessels engaged in a stand off in around a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, according to statements from both
July 03, 2024A Delhi city minister has started an indefinite hunger strike to demand more drinking water for India's capital, where taps in some of its poorest neighbourhoods
July 03, 2024
Moody's doesn't expect Japan to meet its fiscal 2025 primary budget-balancing target but that won't trigger negative ratings action because the goal is still a "
July 03, 2024
Thailand will resume sending agricultural workers to Israel this week after an eight-month hiatus, the Thai labour ministry said on Monday, with a target of having more than 10,000
July 03, 2024Hit with Chinese tariffs, Australia's wine industry struggled to offset the impact of falling exports despite scrambling to build new
July 03, 2024
A Philippine court acquitted the fiercest critic of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody "war on drugs" in the last of three narcotics cases on Monday.
July 03, 2024
A pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is demanding the “release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak leader who was flown more than 10,000 miles to mainland France for pretrial detention
June 24, 2024
Rescue workers are combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more victims of a fire that killed 22 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers
June 25, 2024
India's worsening water shortage, triggered by high consumption amid rapid economic growth and frequent natural disasters, can negatively impact the South Asian nation's
July 03, 2024
China's Premier Li Qiang used his address at a World Economic Forum meeting in Dalian to hit back at accusations from the U.S. and EU that Chinese
July 03, 2024
Hawaii authorities say the death toll from last year’s wildfire in Lahaina on the island of Maui has risen to 102
June 25, 2024
The Philippines is committed to working with China to develop "confidence building measures" to manage tensions in the South China Sea after last week's clash
July 03, 2024
The CEO of a South Korean lithium battery manufacturer apologised on Tuesday following a massive factory fire that killed 23
June 25, 2024
China's BYD launched its third electric vehicle in Japan, it said on Tuesday, a sedan that will be its most expensive model so far in a market where consumers have long favoured
July 03, 2024
The Philippine central bank (BSP) will keep its key policy rate on hold for a sixth consecutive meeting on Thursday, according to all economists polled by
July 03, 2024
Vietnamese automaker VinFast has a big problem: It just can’t sell enough cars
June 25, 2024
The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through
June 24, 2024
The price Japanese companies charge each other for services rose 2.5% in May from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, a sign prospects of steady wage increases are prompting more
July 03, 2024
Retailers in China face a daunting near-term future after a disappointing mid-year online shopping festival that has also clouded the recovery prospects of the
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The wave of profit-taking in U.S.
July 03, 2024
China on Monday dismissed Canadian complaints about what Ottawa said were "credible reports" of human rights violations in the western region of Xinjiang, saying Ottawa should focus
July 03, 2024
The U.S. should welcome more students from China, but to study the humanities rather than sciences, the second-ranked U.S. diplomat said
July 03, 2024
South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely to be carrying trash
June 25, 2024
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay
June 25, 2024
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday its Executive Board has concluded a second review of Bangladesh's bailout program, giving the country immediate access to about $
July 03, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison
June 25, 2024
A court in southern Nepal has convict a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor
June 25, 2024
Asian shares are mixed after a rebound for Nvidia propped up a weakened Wall Street
June 25, 2024
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday it is watching the movements of a Chinese aircraft carrier and assessing China's military activities as
December 03, 2024
A Hong Kong court's call for renewed public consultation on a plan to build 12,000 public homes on part of a prestigious golf course would not have a large impact on the city's
December 03, 2024
China has lifted trade restrictions on two Australian meat processing facilities, allowing the full resumption of red meat exports to the country, the Australian government
December 03, 2024
Indonesia's national human rights commission is investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by police on the island of Sumatra,
June 25, 2024Novo Nordisk's hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved in China, it said on Tuesday, the world's second-largest economy and the country estimated
June 25, 2024
In tears, Chae Sung-bum rushed to a battery factory on the outskirts of South Korea's capital on Tuesday hoping to find the body of his
June 25, 2024
Several entities linked to the Adani Group have approached the India markets regulator seeking to settle a case that accuses them of violating public shareholding regulations at some listed
December 03, 2024
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery in a high-
December 03, 2024Nissan Motor will produce electric vehicles for its Chinese joint-venture partner Dongfeng Motor at its Wuhan factory by year-end, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday, a sign of
June 25, 2024
Mitigation pleas for Hong Kong's biggest ever national security trial against the city's democratic opposition kicked off on Tuesday, in what is
July 03, 2024
The Philippines is still seeking clarification from the Pentagon about a secret U.S. propaganda operation that aimed to cast doubt among Filipinos about Chinese vaccines at the
June 25, 2024
Chinese police have detained a man suspected of wounding three people, including two Japanese nationals, in a knife attack on a bus used by a Japanese school in the eastern city of
July 03, 2024An Indian court on Tuesday extended a hold on a lower court's order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, leaving the key opposition leader in
July 03, 2024
Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange's 14-year legal
June 25, 2024
Shareholder support for the reappointment of SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has fallen to 79.22% from 95.93% a year ago after proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder
June 25, 2024
Sri Lanka will sign a debt restructuring agreement with a group of creditor nations on Wednesday, the government said in a major step to help stabilise the
July 03, 2024
Japanese households are bearing the brunt of the central bank's snail-pace normalisation of loose monetary policy which is giving investors a perfect excuse to push
July 03, 2024
Seventy-four years after the Korean War began, North Korean troops are building new fortifications, occasionally inviting warning shots from South Korean counterparts
June 25, 2024
Shimao Group has sweetened its offshore debt restructuring terms to garner support from creditors, said three sources, as the Chinese property developer
July 03, 2024
Russia and India are preparing a visit to Russia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian state news agency RIA quoted a Kremlin aide as saying on Tuesday.
July 03, 2024
The Bank of Japan is dropping signals its quantitative tightening (QT) plan in July could be bigger than markets think, and may even be accompanied by an interest rate
June 25, 2024
A Nepali court has found a man who thousands believed was a reincarnation of the Buddha guilty of child sexual abuse, a court official said on Tuesday.
July 03, 2024Chinese executives have been meeting top Malaysian officials to seek assurances they can avoid U.S. tariffs if they relocate their battery, medical devices and semiconductor manufacturing
July 03, 2024
A Korean Air flight to Taiwan was forced to return to Incheon airport west of Seoul after a sudden depressurization on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8
June 25, 2024
A former chief executive of Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina has been sentenced to nine years in jail for graft in a case related to a long-term contract to procure liquefied
June 25, 2024
Thousands of jubilant Afghans are celebrating their country’s most iconic sporting moment after their men's national cricket team reached the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time
June 25, 2024
A group of 50 people and firms across across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands that have been acting as a “sprawling shadow banking network” for Iran’s military have been hit with U.S. economic sanctions
June 25, 2024
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies are moving swiftly to attract users of OpenAI's technology, following reports the U.S. firm plans to restrict access in China and
June 25, 2024
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has accelerated its selling of shares in BYD, China's largest seller of electric vehicles.
June 25, 2024
National carrier Vietnam Airlines JSC is facing the risk of losing liquidity as early as July if the refinancing loan repayment deadline for its government-backed loan is not
June 25, 2024
The U.S. welcomed Vietnam's planning and investment minister on Tuesday for talks on enhancing economic cooperation, and said ties were
June 25, 2024
China welcomes dairy companies from all countries, including the U.S., to expand their business in the Chinese market, Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen said on Tuesday.
June 25, 2024
South Korea's military says a suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea has exploded in flight
June 25, 2024
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday that China had carried out another "joint combat readiness patrol" near the island, as Beijing said it would track down and
June 26, 2024A liquidation case against Chinese property developer Shimao Group has been adjourned to July 31 as it has again extended a deadline for creditors in relation to a debt
June 26, 2024
Russia will resume direct passenger rail service with North Korea in July after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the news agency Interfax reported on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024Takeoffs and landings at South Korea's Incheon international airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled
June 26, 2024
North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, but it exploded in midair, South Korea's military said.
June 25, 2024King Charles III has welcomed the Japanese emperor and empress for a state visit offering the best in pomp and circumstance
June 25, 2024
South Korean authorities ordered a halt on Wednesday to the operations of a manufacturer of lithium batteries after a fire killed 23 people, as they
June 26, 2024
South Korea's central bank said on Wednesday there was a possibility of downward pressure mounting again on the won currency, and vowed to step up monitoring of risk factors and
June 26, 2024
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele met Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday to discuss security and
June 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 25, 2024
The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids already
June 26, 2024
Tencent Holdings Ltd's newly launched "Dungeon & Fighter" (DnF Mobile) has got off to a strong start, dominating top-grossing charts on Apple's iOS platform in China for nearly a
June 26, 2024
Ten same-sex couples have gotten married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong
June 26, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow at its potential rate by late this year or early in 2025, while the policy interest rate is
June 26, 2024
International efforts to isolate Myanmar's ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is
June 26, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed the first big political test of his third term on Wednesday as a candidate from the ruling coalition was elected speaker of the lower house
June 26, 2024
Shares have fallen in most Asian markets ahead of a key U.S. inflation report due Friday
June 26, 2024
Sri Lanka on Wednesday signed agreements with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion in bilateral debt, in a major step towards
June 26, 2024
China's capital city Beijing announced steps on Wednesday to reduce the cost of buying a home, including cutting mortgage interest rates and the minimum down-payment ratio, to try
June 26, 2024
India's foreign minister said he voiced concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting on Wednesday with his counterpart from the Southeast Asian nation.
June 26, 2024
China recently intercepted a submarine probe dropped by a United States military aircraft into the South China Sea, said Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with
June 26, 2024Qatar Airways is in talks to buy up to a 20% stake in Bain Capital-owned Virgin Australia, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on Wednesday, as carriers fight for more market
June 26, 2024
China said it will step up policy measures to support the job market, particularly for college graduates and migrant workers, state media said on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 11 people, with another nine killed by lightning strikes over the past two days,
June 26, 2024More than 40 Indonesian agencies, including the ministry overseeing immigration, were impacted by a cyberattack on the country's data centres, an official said on Wednesday.
June 26, 2024Peru's president met with Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD on Wednesday, inviting executives to set up shop on the Andean nation's Pacific coast where another Chinese firm is
June 26, 2024
The Philippines has not asked the United States for support in resupplying its troops in a stand-off with China in the disputed South China Sea, its
June 26, 2024
Boeing is resuming widebody jet deliveries to China which were halted in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review,
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 26, 2024
North Korea has successfully conducted an important test aimed at developing missiles carrying multiple warheads, state media agency KCNA said on Thursday
June 26, 2024
A United Nations-led meeting with Afghanistan's Taliban in Qatar this weekend will not be a discussion about international recognition of the group, U.N.
June 26, 2024
Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation
June 26, 2024
North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean missile defenses
June 26, 2024
Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed on Wednesday to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial
June 26, 2024
China has provided more than 2.3 billion yuan ($316.4 million) in funds to help with rescue efforts, emergency supplies and planning as deadly floods and landslides caused by almost
June 26, 2024
China's manufacturing activity likely contracted for a second month in June, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, keeping alive calls for fresh stimulus after a string of
June 27, 2024
The Philippines needs to do more than protest China's "illegal action" against its navy during a routine resupply mission in the South China
June 27, 2024
Japanese authorities will take necessary actions on currencies, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, signalling readiness to
June 27, 2024
China's industrial profits rose at a sharply slower pace in May, official data showed on Thursday, underlining the struggles faced by the world's second-largest economy as weak
June 27, 2024
Financial advisory fees from mergers and acquisitions in Asia dropped to the lowest levels in 11 years in the first half of 2024, with little signs of a quick rebound
June 27, 2024
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries executive said Thursday that despite the government's commitment to made-in-Japan aircraft, now is not the time to decide whether to re-enter the
June 27, 2024
South Korea's exports are expected to have risen for a ninth consecutive month in June, with semiconductor sales to the U.S. leading the increase, although the growth
June 27, 2024
Sri Lanka's agreements with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion in bilateral debt brought it a step closer towards restoring debt
June 27, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Wednesday said it has asked the Tamil Nadu state to submit a "
June 26, 2024
Asian shares are rising as traders looked ahead to a key report on inflation that could influence the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates
June 27, 2024
Three bodies were found at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan’s most famous mountain, with one of them already brought down from the slopes
June 27, 2024
Sales of Zeekr electric vehicles have shot up in Russia in the last year, putting Chinese carmakers ahead of local competition in Russia's
June 27, 2024
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has launched a joint venture with Tempus AI that aims to analyse personal medical data with artificial intelligence (AI) to
June 27, 2024
Taiwan's government raised its travel warning for China on Thursday, telling its citizens not to go unless absolutely necessary, following a threat
June 27, 2024
A Malaysian activist who has campaigned for the rights of a sea-faring minority group was questioned by police under sedition laws on Thursday, a move that
June 27, 2024Japan's government said on Thursday its economy was gradually recovering, but warned in its monthly report that high interest rates in the United States and
June 27, 2024
Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he can't recall responding to as many fires as this summer.
June 27, 2024
Chin has expelled two former defense ministers from the ruling Communist Party over accusations of corruption that are likely to lead to sentences of life in prison
June 27, 2024
Prosecutors in Indonesia have demanded an eight-month medical rehabilitation for an Australian man charged with possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali, after his earlier charge of drug trafficking was dropped which would have carried the death penalty
June 27, 2024
China's Communist Party on Thursday expelled former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe for "serious violations of discipline", a euphemism
June 27, 2024
India's annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite
June 27, 2024
Officials in Pakistan say an appeals court has upheld the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife for their 2018 marriage which was found to be unlawful
June 27, 2024
The United States reaffirmed its commitment to the Philippines' security amid China's actions in the South China Sea, the White House said on Thursday after talks between the
June 27, 2024
U.S. spy chief Avril Haines will be in South Korea and meet President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula and a recent pact between Moscow and
June 27, 2024
China's potential imposition of anti-dumping measures on European Union pork imports, a disastrous scenario for the bloc, could benefit Brazil's
June 27, 2024
Saudi Aramco is set to take a 10% stake in a thermal engine joint venture between Renault and China's Geely called Horse Powertrain, said two sources familiar with the matter, beefing
June 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 27, 2024
The governing Mongolian People’s Party has won a slim majority in the country’s parliament, with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains in elections
June 27, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in May was unchanged at 2.6% from the previous month, government data showed on Friday.
June 27, 2024
For years, Japan's Fujifilm pivoted away from its legacy camera business to focus on healthcare.
June 27, 2024
A group of U.S. farm state senators is pushing for a regulatory crackdown on surging imports of used cooking oil from China and elsewhere amid concerns some of the shipments could be
June 27, 2024
Packed into a small room, a drone, bipedal robot, supermarket checkout and other devices showcase a vision of China's software future - one where an
June 27, 2024
South Korea's factory output fell in May, missing market expectations, on weaker production of machinery and automobiles, official data showed on Friday.
June 27, 2024Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in June on rising fuel bills and the boost to import costs from a weak yen, data showed on Friday, keeping alive
June 27, 2024
Forecasts for a mild slowdown in India's fast-growing economy held steady in the first Reuters poll of economists since the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
June 28, 2024
Japan and the Philippines' foreign and defence ministers will meet in Manila next month for talks that could include a breakthrough defence pact that would allow their military
June 28, 2024
Facebook owner Meta is considering blocking news content from the platform in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees, a company representative told a parliamentary
June 28, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that the authorities were "deeply concerned" about the impact of "rapid and one-sided" foreign exchange moves on the economy,
June 28, 2024
China passed a law on Friday to better protect farmers' land rights and support the development of village collectives, aiming to bolster the country's ailing rural
June 28, 2024
Japan appointed a new top foreign exchange diplomat on Friday as the yen plumbed a 38-year low against the dollar, heightening expectations of
June 28, 2024
Mongolia, where parliamentary elections are being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit
June 28, 2024
At least four companies ranging from a U.S.-based jet manufacturer to a Chinese generative AI firm launched Hong Kong initial public offerings on Friday to raise up
June 28, 2024
Growth in Japanese household spending probably slowed to a crawl in May, data will show next week, underscoring weak private consumption which could hamper a
June 28, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Friday for the building of "bridges" in the global economy, as Beijing grapples with economic, trade and territorial disputes with
June 28, 2024
A major Trans-Pacific trade pact remains open to other aspirant members including Taiwan to join, Canada's government said, after Taipei complained a working group to consider its
December 03, 2024
Peace in the Taiwan Strait benefits the whole world and the international community believes that without it, there can be neither
June 28, 2024
Indonesian immigration officials said on Friday they had arrested 103 Taiwan passport holders on suspicion of running a cyber crime operation out of the island of Bali,
June 28, 2024
Demand for beer in India is at a multi-year high and air conditioner sales are skyrocketing as the intense, unprecedented heat scorching parts of the
June 28, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived on an official visit to the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, which he said was the first country he had visited since taking office in
December 03, 2024
South Korea's military on Friday released a video that it said showed a North Korean missile abnormally spiralling early in flight and exploding, a rare publicising of surveillance
June 28, 2024
Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi on Friday, killing one person and shutting down a busy
June 28, 2024
Premium EV maker BeyonCa, backed by Renault and Dongfeng Motor, said on Friday it plans to set up a final assembly plant and its international headquarters in Hong Kong, developing
June 28, 2024
China urged the United States on Friday to stop tolerating and supporting "provocations" by the Philippines, after Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell expressed concern about
June 28, 2024The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is delaying its planned launch of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket due to expected bad weather at the launch site in southwestern Japan
June 28, 2024
Japan’s government has protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which have only recently been made public
June 28, 2024
China tightened controls on handling accidents and disasters, increasing penalties on authorities that respond poorly and tightening government
June 28, 2024
Pakistan's parliament on Friday passed the government's tax heavy finance bill for the coming fiscal year amid an annual inflation projection of up to 13.5% for
June 28, 2024
Toyota is planning to launch the first electric car model equipped with an advanced autonomous driving system similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving for the Chinese market next year
June 28, 2024
South Koreans Kim Eun-ha and Park Cho-hyeon would like to get married and have children, a plan that fits in with government ambitions to boost the
June 28, 2024
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife took a trip down memory lane on Friday, the final day of their week-long stay in Britain, with a visit to the medieval university city
June 28, 2024
New Delhi on Friday rejected the U.S.
June 28, 2024
U.S.-founded law firm Dechert is considering closing its offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, becoming the latest foreign firm to scale back in Greater China, two people said, amid a prolonged
June 28, 2024
Oil producer Saudi Aramco will buy a 10% stake in a thermal engines joint venture between French carmaker Renault and Chinese automaker Geely, the companies said on
June 28, 2024
Donald Trump's allies are assuring officials in Japan and South
June 28, 2024
A roof collapse at New Delhi's main airport highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi's challenges to make India a global aviation hub and raises
June 28, 2024
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical gave India's Sun Pharmaceutical and Cipla the rights to commercialize gastrointestinal drug Vonoprazan in the country.
June 21, 2024
India's monsoon is advancing after stalling for more than a week and rains are set to cover central parts of the country in the next few days, bringing relief
June 20, 2024
India's Biocon is searching for a partner in China to test generic versions of Novo Nordisk's hot-selling diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss treatment Wegovy,
July 02, 2024Indonesia said on Thursday it would start regulating the cultivation and export of kratom, a substance that advocates say can help ease pain alongside other benefits, but is listed
June 20, 2024
The heatwave gripping northern India has killed nearly 200 homeless people in New Delhi over the last week, a group dedicated to helping the homeless said on Thursday
July 02, 2024
China should further relax data export rules, building on the recent easing of some curbs for global firms enacted by the city of Shanghai, senior executives from investment
June 20, 2024
India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has imposed a fine of 188.2 million rupees ($2.25 million) on the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, for operating
July 02, 2024
Chinese ride-share app operator Dida has launched a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to HK$273.7 million ($35.06 million), regulatory filings
July 02, 2024At least 10 people, including eight Rohingya Muslims, were killed and several others injured on Wednesday after heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides in refugee camps
July 02, 2024Torrential rain and landslides in China's coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian have killed nine people and left 17 missing, state media and local authorities said on Monday.
July 01, 2024
India likely faces below-normal rainfall in June due to the monsoon's slow progress, the country's weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns for its agricultural sector.
July 01, 2024
Sixth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China fired 23 aces to take down Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday in the first round at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin.
July 01, 2024
Peak demand for power in India's hot, arid northern plains hit a record on Monday, the government said as it continues to implement measures to meet high energy consumption,
June 30, 2024
China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday it has allocated 443 million yuan ($61.1 million) for a disaster relief fund to support drought prevention work in seven provinces,
June 30, 2024
Russia protested to Japan on Friday about Tokyo's plans to hold joint military exercises on the island of Hokkaido and accused Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of placing his country "on a
June 28, 2024Chinese search engine giant Baidu on Friday unveiled an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, as it seeks to maintain its position in China's
June 28, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered on Friday an audit of government data centres after officials said the bulk of data affected by a
June 28, 2024
Agriculture, mining, logging and other human activities on Borneo have caused elephants living on the Southeast Asian island to become endangered, an assessment by wildlife experts
June 27, 2024More than 36% of the 400 drug manufacturing units inspected since last year in India were ordered to be shut, the country's drug regulator said on Thursday,
June 27, 2024
China's SAIC Motor and German carmaker Volkswagen have signed several energy technology cooperation agreements related to their SAIC Volkswagen joint venture in China.
June 27, 2024
South Korean gaming company Shift Up, backed by China's Tencent, is set to price its initial public offering at the top end of its price band and raise
June 27, 2024Toyota's global production slid for a fourth straight month in May from a year earlier on lower output in many overseas markets, with the decline in China, where local brands have
June 27, 2024
E-commerce firm Shopee said on Wednesday it agreed to make changes to its services in Indonesia after the country's antitrust agency said the platform had admitted to violating anti
June 26, 2024
Bain Capital-backed chipmaker Kioxia plans to submit a preliminary application to list shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the coming days, two people
June 26, 2024
China has approved the use of AstraZeneca's blockbuster cancer drug Tagrisso in combination with chemotherapy as a first line of treatment for adults with a type of advanced lung cancer,
June 26, 2024
China ride-sharing app operator Dida has priced its shares at HK$6 each to raise US$30 million in its Hong Kong initial public offering, two people with
June 26, 2024Chinese phone maker Huawei lead in smartphone sales in China in the May 20-June 16 period that coincided with the 618 shopping festival, selling 42.4% more than a year ago,
June 25, 2024
Singapore-based financial technology firm Atome Financial said on Tuesday it had secured an up to $100 million debt facility including from EvolutionX, a debt financing platform
July 03, 2024South Korea's SK Group plans to hold a two-day strategy meeting starting Friday to discuss streamlining its business to focus on key areas including
July 03, 2024
RE100, a global corporate initiative to foster renewable power procurement, on Tuesday called on the Japanese government to take urgent and concrete steps to triple its renewable
July 03, 2024
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International will buy the remaining stake in Shanghai Henlius Biotech it does not already own in a deal that values the Hong Kong-listed drugmaker at HK$13.37
July 03, 2024A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia's national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister
June 24, 2024
Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in
July 03, 2024After weeks of scorching heat and little rain, farmer Zhang Yunjing had no choice but to collect water from a wastewater pipe to
June 21, 2024
Six people have been found with no signs of life after going missing a week ago during landslides caused by heavy rainfall in China's southeastern province of Fujian, state
June 22, 2024Peace is driving up property prices in Kabul and fueling the luxury market
December 03, 2024
The Maldives, which has raised U.S. and Indian concerns by signing defense agreements with China, sees all the big powers in the Indo-Pacific as important partners and considers
June 28, 2024North Korean leader Kim Jong Un kicked off a key meeting of the country's ruling party on Friday, state media KCNA reported on Saturday, a little over a week after Pyongyang and
June 28, 2024
The women's wing of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party on Friday urged the National Commission for Women to launch an
June 28, 2024
Adding partners to the AUKUS defense project would be "complicated," a senior Australian diplomat said on Friday, saying he did not believe the U.S.
June 28, 2024
A research expert has told the United Nations Security Council that ballistic missile remnants found in Ukraine came from North Korea
June 29, 2024
In 1982, Chinese American Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two white Detroiters, who received no jail time
June 29, 2024
The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first time
June 29, 2024
China and Peru have achieved "substantial conclusion of negotiations" on the upgrading of a free trade agreement between both countries, Chinese state media said on Friday.
June 29, 2024
Vietnam's economic growth accelerated in the second quarter on robust exports, government data showed on Saturday, but rising inflation remained a challenge for the Southeast Asian
June 29, 2024
Most Taiwanese can visit China with no need to worry and can come "in high spirits", the Chinese government said, condemning Taiwan for warning its citizens not to go following a
June 29, 2024
China has unveiled a list of rare earth regulations aimed at protecting supplies in the name of national security, laying out rules on the mining, smelting and trade in the
June 29, 2024
India's opposition Congress urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Saturday to question Foxconn about its hiring practices
June 29, 2024
Taiwanese singer and activist Panai called on Saturday at one of the most prestigious entertainment events in the Chinese-speaking world for people
June 29, 2024
The World Bank said on Saturday its board of executive directors has approved $1.25 billion in loans for the Philippines' education and public infrastructure sectors.
June 29, 2024
At least nine people, including three children, were killed after heavy monsoon rains in west Nepal triggered landslides, an official said on Saturday.
June 29, 2024As the UN comes under fire for giving the Taliban a seat at the table while excluding women, Anna Coren updates us on the dire consequences of the Taliban’s misogyny, as suicide rates among girls surge.
June 29, 2024
India wins men’s T20 World Cup, defeating South Africa in dramatic final
June 29, 2024
North Korea criticised a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the United States held this month, state media said on Sunday, saying such
June 29, 2024As many as 4 million people in India scratch out a living searching through landfills for anything they can sell
June 30, 2024
One of the world’s richest men wants to transform India’s biggest slum
June 30, 2024
Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday he was confident cuts to income taxes from Monday would not exacerbate price rises, as the nation suffers a cost-of-living squeeze
June 30, 2024
China's manufacturing activity fell for a second month in June while services activity slipped to a five-month low, an official survey showed on Sunday,
June 30, 2024
China's non-manufacturing activity expanded at a much slower pace in June, an official survey showed on Sunday, as consumers remained wary of spending amid property downturn and
June 30, 2024
North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the
June 30, 2024
Japanese drugmaker Eisai is developing a dementia treatment that it aims to commercialise in the U.S. by fiscal 2030, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.
June 30, 2024
The death toll from this week's sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while
June 30, 2024Myanmar's central bank denied a U.N. report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions
June 30, 2024
South Korea says North Korea has test-launched two ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction
June 30, 2024
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Monday and the second may have failed and blown up during an irregular flight, possibly raining debris inland,
June 30, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
June 30, 2024
Japan downgraded first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) on Monday and the service-sector business mood soured in June on concerns over rising costs, offseting a
June 30, 2024
Japan's economy shrank more than initially reported in the first quarter, the government said in a rare unscheduled revision to gross domestic product (GDP) data on Monday, darkening
June 30, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for a ninth consecutive month in June, albeit at a slower pace than expected, as robust demand for chips and cars bolstered the export
June 30, 2024
South Korea's factory activity growth quickened in June to the fastest in 26 months, as new orders jumped on improving global demand, a private-sector survey showed on
June 30, 2024
TOKYO - Japan's factory activity stayed unchanged in June, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, amid lacklustre demand and as companies struggled with rising costs due to the weak yen.
June 30, 2024
India received 11% less rainfall than normal in June as all regions except the south received below-average rains after the monsoon lost momentum in mid-June, weather department
July 01, 2024
Japan's land prices in 2023 rose at the fastest pace since comparable data available in 2010, the tax agency said on Monday, suggesting a recovery gathered pace helped by brisk
July 01, 2024
Members of a Cambodian conservation group are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges its founder says are politically motivated and part of a wider crackdown on government
July 01, 2024
Prices of new homes in China climbed at their slowest pace in five months in June, a private survey showed on Monday, with a recent major government package of support measures for
July 01, 2024
Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains, including an official of a Japanese joint venture, for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said on Monday, as the war-torn
July 01, 2024Manufacturing activity in Europe suffered a setback last month but Asian factories enjoyed solid momentum, offering policymakers some hope
July 01, 2024
Japan has succesfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket
July 01, 2024
Japan’s Mount Fuji implements tourist tax in response to overcrowding concerns
March 06, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed after benchmarks ended higher on Wall Street
July 01, 2024
Boeing has restarted wide-body jet deliveries to China that were halted in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review which also stalled new narrow-body
July 01, 2024
China's top social media companies have condemned online hate speech targeting Japanese, delivering a vigorous response to comments triggered by a knife attack last
July 01, 2024How ready is China’s military? Dramatic downfall of two defense ministers raises questions
July 01, 2024A fire at Anglo American's Grosvenor metallurgical coal mine in Australia is likely to negatively affect its Australian met coal business, broker Jefferies said in a note on
July 01, 2024
An online petition calling for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to be impeached experienced delays and disruptions due to the large number of people trying to sign
July 01, 2024
For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un
July 01, 2024
Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, an ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker who became the face of the minority group’s campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka after the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died
July 01, 2024
Delhi suffers extreme weather whiplash as heat waves give way to record rain and deadly flash floods
July 01, 2024
Failed North Korean missile test may have fallen near capital Pyongyang, South Korea says
July 01, 2024
Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees
July 01, 2024
Foreigners who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macau and are looking to visit mainland China can apply for multiple-entry travel visas with validity of five years, China's
July 01, 2024
China's new financial stability law draft bill improved provisions on financial risks prevention and control, according to draft revisions released on Monday.
July 01, 2024
There is no end in sight for China’s uneven economic story
July 01, 2024
The Philippines has welcomed Vietnam's recognition of Manila's U.N. filing to secure its rights on an extended continental shelf in the South China Sea, its foreign ministry said,
July 01, 2024It's less furry than a traditional companion, but a six-legged Chinese robot "guide dog" could one day help vision impaired people live more
July 01, 2024
Shares in Anglo American slid as much as 4% on Monday, with investors worried over what impact an ongoing underground blaze at a coal mine in Australia could have on the miner's plan
July 01, 2024
Surveys of Chinese factory managers show a mixed outlook for the world's No. 2 economy, with growth steady but not picking up much steam
July 01, 2024
India's human rights watchdog said on Monday it had asked government officials to examine reported discrimination by Foxconn, after a Reuters investigation found
July 01, 2024
North Korea has switched the transmission of state TV broadcasts to a Russian satellite from a Chinese one, South Korea's unification ministry said on
July 01, 2024Thailand's constitutional court should reach a verdict by September in two cases that could lead to the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and dissolve the opposition Move
July 01, 2024
Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting on Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park
December 02, 2024
The classical chess world championship match between Indian Gukesh D and defending champion Ding Liren of China will take place from Nov. 20 to Dec. 15 in Singapore, the International
July 01, 2024
A Nepali court sentenced a man who thousands believed was a reincarnation of the Buddha to 10 years in jail on Monday for child sexual abuse, a court official said.
July 01, 2024India is likely to receive above-average rainfall in July after receiving 11% below average in June, the weather department said on Monday, keeping alive the
July 01, 2024
New Delhi's main domestic terminal is likely to remain shut for a few weeks with debris still scattered outside the airport following last week's
July 01, 2024
A Pentagon official won't say whether U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Africa or the Indo-Pacific are at increased force protection levels similar to bases in Europe
July 01, 2024
A car hit pedestrians near Seoul city hall, killing nine people and injuring at least four, South Korean media reports said, citing police and fire officials.
July 01, 2024
A workers' union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said on Monday it would launch a general strike until its demands for better pay and time off
July 01, 2024
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law, a U.N. human rights working group
July 01, 2024
Renault's electric vehicle unit Ampere said on Monday it would include lithium iron phosphate (LFP) technology in its plans to mass produce EVs, teaming up with LG Energy
July 01, 2024
American tourists headed for Japan have surged this year, lured by a slump in the value of the yen, which is also driving a massive jump in foreign investor interest in
July 01, 2024
England's Richard Bland needed four playoff holes to get past Hiroyuki Fujita of Japan and win the rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open at Newport (R.I.) Country Club on Monday.
July 01, 2024
The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including
December 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia lagged what was a pretty solid start to the new quarter for global stocks on Monday, and the steep rise in U.S.
July 01, 2024
U.S. targeting of certain investments in artificial intelligence in China is not helpful to the "healthy development" of AI technology and will be
July 01, 2024
North Korea said it successfully tested a new tactical ballistic missile on Monday capable of carrying a 4.5-ton super-large warhead, state news agency KCNA reported on
July 01, 2024
Private equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for 350 billion yen ($2.17 billion),
July 01, 2024
North Korea says it has test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a huge warhead
July 01, 2024
Microsoft is consolidating its retail channels in mainland China, the firm said in response to media reports that it is closing its network of authorised physical retailers in the
July 02, 2024
A workers' union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has called a strike for July 8-10, union officials said on Tuesday, as it steps up industrial
July 02, 2024
Australia's central bank pondered whether a further rise in interest rates was needed to bring inflation to heel at its June policy meeting, but decided to stand pat in part
July 02, 2024
An impeachment complaint has been filed against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the president and her alleged role in extra-judicial killings of drug suspects, corruption and failure to stand up to Chinese aggression in the disputed South China Sea
December 02, 2024
Shares in Hong Kong-listed Chinese property companies surged on Tuesday, after private data showed yearly sales declines for major Chinese property developers continued to narrow
July 02, 2024
China is moving closer to unveiling its financial stability law, which includes setting up a fund to rescue troubled financial institutions, as part of Beijing's broader efforts to
July 02, 2024
The Vatican called on Tuesday for the peaceful resolution of conflicts, including tensions between the Philippines and China as the two nations work to manage their dispute in the
July 02, 2024A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide
July 02, 2024
A Cambodian court handed jail terms of up to eight years to 10 activists of environmental group Mother Nature, on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the
July 02, 2024
The resignations of two British judges from China-ruled Hong Kong's highest court not only raise concerns about the rule of law,
July 02, 2024
Four of Japan's top property and casualty insurers and other financial firms plan to sell around 500 billion yen ($3.1 billion) of shares in Honda Motor, three people said, as the
July 02, 2024
China's BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world's top EV vendor title to the U.S. rival in the first
July 02, 2024
It was soon after afternoon prayers at a mosque near western Myanmar's Maungdaw town last month that 45-year-old Abdur said he looked up and spotted a
July 02, 2024
An Indian state government's inspection of a Som Group distillery said child labourers, some aged between 13 and 17, were made to fill and
July 02, 2024
India’s T20 World Cup cricket heroes to fly home after being stranded by powerful hurricane
July 02, 2024
China has donated a presidential building complex in Vanuatu while Australia and New Zealand inaugurated a A$55 million airfield in neighbouring Solomon Islands, amid competition
July 02, 2024India's annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Tuesday, six days ahead of the usual time of arrival, the state-run weather department said, although rain totals are
July 02, 2024
Indonesian police are investigating an accusation by a journalists' group that arson was behind a fire that killed a reporter and three of his family, an official said on Tuesday, a
July 02, 2024The Bank of Japan (BOJ) could hike interest rates twice by the end of March 2025 to reach 0.5%, reflecting the real growth rate of the Japanese
July 02, 2024
Singapore is seeking to make it easier for law enforcement to prosecute money laundering offences in the city-state, the home affairs ministry said, noting how
July 02, 2024
Intelligence officials in Norway says that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China
July 02, 2024The Philippines' biggest fast-food chain Jollibee Foods will acquire a majority stake in South Korea's Compose Coffee, as part of a deal valuing the target at $340
July 02, 2024
Tesla's June sales of China-made electric vehicles fell 24.2% from a year earlier to 71,007, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Tuesday.
July 02, 2024
The short seller that took on Gautam Adani made surprisingly little money
July 02, 2024
A stampede at a religious gathering of thousands in northern India has killed at least 105 people, many of them women and children
July 02, 2024
Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment is finalising a draft plan to set up a fund to help attract foreign investment and maintain the country's competitiveness, according to
July 02, 2024
At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the
July 02, 2024
The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday of the need to "restore trust" and "rebuild confidence" to better manage maritime disputes, even as
July 02, 2024
A special court in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi granted interim bail on Tuesday to the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, media outlet ARY News said.
July 02, 2024
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the final details of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia were being worked out, and that deepening trade and economic
July 02, 2024
Heavy rain continued to trigger flood and landslides in India's north and north-east, killing at least 11 people and affecting hundreds of thousands,
July 02, 2024Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 27
July 02, 2024
Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society have rallied in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks in the country on Christians
July 02, 2024
The Biden administration has revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei,
July 02, 2024
The United States deported Chinese people who sought to enter the country illegally back to China over the weekend in the first large charter flight since 2018, the Department
July 02, 2024
The soccer academy that Premier League star Son Heung-min helped establish in South Korea is facing bullying allegations involving coaches and a young player
July 02, 2024
China and the Philippines have held a crucial meeting to try to ease mounting tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea last month
July 02, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security says it has deported 116 Chinese migrants from the United States in the first “large charter flight” in five years
July 02, 2024
Taiwan says that China’s coast guard has boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat and steered it to a port in mainland China
July 02, 2024
More than 100 people have been killed in a stampede in northern India following a Hindu religious gathering
July 02, 2024
CNN's Mike Valerio speaks with a North Korean defector who is part of a wider network of activists attempting to get information into North Korea via balloons.
June 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Third time lucky for Asian stocks?
July 02, 2024
Chinese officials boarded and then seized a Taiwanese fishing boat operating near China's coast close to a Taiwan-controlled island late Tuesday and
July 02, 2024
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, will make a mark in the Paris Olympics as a torchbearer from South after recently returning from his mandatory military service
July 02, 2024
Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and
July 02, 2024
How Japan’s newest yen note came from the Nepali mountains
July 03, 2024
South Korea's government on Wednesday vowed to support small businesses and the construction sector struggling due to high interest rates in the second
July 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping hailed their Eurasian security club on Wednesday as a force for global stability at a summit of the regional
July 03, 2024
Blackstone and MBK Partners said on Wednesday the U.S. private equity firm is selling Japanese drugmaker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to the North Asian buyout fund.
July 03, 2024
Green campaigners in a diving resort in the Philippines have come up with the town's shores - offering to swap a bag of rice for every sack of trash
July 03, 2024
Japanese service activity contracted for the first time in nearly two years in June as domestic demand cooled, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, although business
July 02, 2024
Taiwan says China ordered Taiwan's coast guard away from interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew off the Chinese coast in what is seen as an increasing Chinese attempt to encroach on Taiwanese territory
July 03, 2024
A Malaysian court dismissed jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak's legal bid to obtain a document that he said would allow him to serve his remaining prison
July 03, 2024
Police in Australia's Northern Territory said on Wednesday a missing 12-year-old child was reportedly attacked by a crocodile and a search and rescue operation was underway.
July 03, 2024South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) on Wednesday inaugurated Indonesia's first battery cell production plant
July 03, 2024
More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in northern India that culminated in a
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee It was a risk-on session in Asia, with European bourses poised for a similar start in the wake of comments by Fed Chair
July 03, 2024
Growth in India's dominant services industry accelerated last month, buoyed by strong demand and a record rise in export orders, according to a business survey
July 03, 2024
China coast guard detains Taiwanese fishing boat near frontline islands, Taiwan says
July 03, 2024
Authorities say massive overcrowding, insufficient exits, and other factors contributed to a deadly stampede at a religious festival in Northern India that killed at least 121 people
July 03, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday set July 17 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party, which has 30% of
July 03, 2024
Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Tesla zoomed upward, helping drive the U.S. stock market to more records
July 03, 2024
The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year
July 03, 2024
China's industry ministry has selected 20 localities, including Beijing and Shanghai, as participants in a pilot programme for application of "vehicle-road-cloud integration" for
July 03, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping said he supports Kazakhstan joining the BRICS bloc, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday, as the group of developing nations mulls
July 03, 2024
The Indian rupee will trade within the narrowest range in nearly three decades over the coming year as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to maintain its
July 03, 2024
South Korea's financial regulator imposed record high fines on two subsidiaries of the former Credit Suisse group for stock short-selling violations, the regulator said on Wednesday.
July 03, 2024
China is far ahead of other countries in generative AI inventions like chatbots, filing six times more patents than its closest rival the United States, U.N. data
July 03, 2024
TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin
July 03, 2024
Fearing a bank crisis, China is sounding the alarm about a bond market bubble
July 03, 2024Indian labour officials visited a Foxconn factory in the country's south this week and questioned executives about the company's hiring practices, an official said
July 03, 2024
With the clock ticking for the European Commission to impose provisional tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, automakers are bracing for
July 03, 2024
Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding.
July 03, 2024
China's Sinopec Corp has struck a high flow of oil and gas in an offshore exploration well in the Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea, it said on Wednesday.
July 03, 2024
Elon Musk will be among the keynote speakers at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on Thursday, according to an agenda released in advance of the
July 03, 2024
BTS member Jin to participate as South Korea torchbearer in Paris 2024 Olympic torch relay
July 03, 2024
More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years
July 03, 2024
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has named in-house executive Daniel Li as its new China head, a move that comes as it faces investigations by financial regulators in
July 03, 2024
A prominent Philippine senator has created a stir by saying on social media she has knowledge of a Chinese plan to target her country with
July 03, 2024
Thousands of devotees rushed to get a closer glimpse of a Hindu preacher, jostling and pushing on slippery ground, witnesses say, moments before a crush at
July 03, 2024
The U.N. intellectual property agency says China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, with the United States a distant second
July 03, 2024
A bomb blast killed five people including a former senator in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.
July 03, 2024Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal faced a crisis on Wednesday after a key ally in his multi-party coalition withdrew support, pushing his government into
July 03, 2024
‘Anyone who fell did not get up’: Locals recall chaos and confusion at scene of deadly crush in India
July 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 03, 2024
Samsung Electronics is expected to post a 13-fold increase in second-quarter profit from a year earlier as demand for artificial intelligence technology fuels a rebound
July 03, 2024
Japanese automakers Nissan Motor and Honda Motor are considering using standardised automotive software and working together on electric vehicle charging, the Nikkei newspaper said on
July 03, 2024
Turkmenistan and Iran have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship to Iraq
July 03, 2024
Four pro Palestine protesters were arrested for climbing the roof of Australia's Parliament House on Thursday in a security breach condemned by
July 03, 2024
In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities
July 03, 2024
China's seizure of a Taiwanese trawler operating close to the Chinese coast might be an act of psychological warfare by Beijing designed to further pressure Taipei, and Taiwan is
July 04, 2024
In the Vivekananda Camp slum, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, communal taps supply brackish water for about two hours a day.
July 04, 2024
China's BYD opened an electric vehicle plant in Thailand on Thursday, the automaker's first factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV
July 04, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered his armed forces to defuse tensions in the South China Sea, his military chief said on Thursday
July 04, 2024
China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather
July 04, 2024
Putin touts ‘stabilizing’ force of China-Russia ties as Xi hails ‘lasting friendship’ at security summit
July 04, 2024
South Korea should try to address the country's high prices through structural reforms, a Bank of Korea official said, as the central bank mainly targets
July 04, 2024
Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill
July 04, 2024
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues
July 04, 2024
Japan faces a shortage of almost one million foreign workers in 2040 if the government wants to achieve its economic growth goals as the population dwindles, an estimate from a state
July 04, 2024
China International Capital Corp (CICC) plans to expand its presence in Southeast Asia by opening offices in countries including
July 04, 2024
Japan court orders government to pay damages for forced sterilizations under now-defunct eugenics law
July 04, 2024
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 has surged to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia higher
July 04, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin pressed their case on Thursday for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian
July 04, 2024
Japanese financial groups including Tokio Marine, Sompo and two MS&AD units will sell Honda Motor shares worth 535 billion yen ($3.3 billion) to unwind cross-shareholdings, a
July 04, 2024
China's weather bureau warned on Thursday that a prolonged heatwave forecast in the country's eastern, central and southern regions in July may hit production of
July 04, 2024
Senior members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant network blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, have announced they are disbanding the
July 04, 2024China and Europe held several rounds of technical talks over tariffs on Chinese electric cars that the European Commission is set to confirm on Thursday, China's commerce ministry
July 04, 2024
Foreign investors channelled massive money into Asian equities in June, after two months of selling, as easing U.S. price pressures raised hopes that the Federal Reserve
July 04, 2024
Tesla's best-selling Model Y was included in a list of electric and plug-in hybrid models that a local government in China can purchase as a service car, according to the official
July 04, 2024
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence
July 04, 2024
Around 39 people at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur international airport fell ill on Thursday after a gas leak at an aircraft engineering facility, but no passengers were affected and
July 04, 2024Chinese automaker BYD has inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand, part of the company's effort to expand into Southeast Asia while also tackling wealthier markets in the U.S. and Europe
July 04, 2024
A Japanese hairstylist has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore this week for what the judge described as a “brutal and cruel” sexual assault and rape of a drunk student five years ago
July 04, 2024Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested six people over a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week in which
July 04, 2024
South Korea's parliament voted on Thursday to appoint a special prosecutor to probe allegations that military officials and the presidential office interfered in an internal
July 04, 2024The Kremlin says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin
July 04, 2024
A senior executive at Chinese technology giant Huawei on Thursday dismissed the idea that a shortage of the most advanced artificial intelligence chips will hinder the country's
July 04, 2024
Modi to visit Moscow next week as Kremlin says ‘all issues on the agenda’
July 04, 2024
Negotiations between Japan and the Philippines for a Reciprocal Access Agreement on defence and security are close to conclusion, Tokyo's ambassador to Manila said on Thursday.
July 04, 2024The European Union is moving to sharply increase customs duties on electric vehicles made in China
July 04, 2024
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet were allowed to continue competing
July 04, 2024
Cambodia’s culture minister says the return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors
July 04, 2024
China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but
July 04, 2024
Japanese household spending fell unexpectedly in May as higher prices continued to squeeze consumers' purchasing power, data showed on Friday,
July 04, 2024
Vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left undeveloped for years after they're felled
July 05, 2024
Nepal’s second largest party withdrew from the government Thursday to join its longtime rival in a new coalition, as pressure builds on the prime minister to resign
July 04, 2024
The 67-year-old man who stabbed the leader of South Korea's opposition Democratic Party in January was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court on Friday, the Yonhap news agency
July 05, 2024A South Korean court says a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison
July 05, 2024
An increase in the duty-free quota for Chinese tourists to Hong Kong may go some way to support the city's retailers, but visitors from the mainland
July 05, 2024
Taiwan on Friday reported renewed Chinese military activity nearby with another "combat patrol" as the government called on Beijing not to escalate tensions after the seizure of a
July 05, 2024
Militant group blamed for 2002 Bali bombings to be disbanded, say senior leaders
July 05, 2024
US sending dozens of new fighter jets to Japan bases in $10 billion force modernization
July 05, 2024
Japan's wholesale prices likely accelerated in June, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reflecting a mix of a weak yen, higher commodity import bills and rising
July 05, 2024
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong should be considered an active participant in a landmark subversion case involving 47 democrats, his lawyer said on Friday
July 05, 2024
Retail sales of cars in India fell 6.8% in June, marking their worst decline in almost two and half years, a dealers' body said on Friday, as heatwaves across the country kept
July 05, 2024
Shares are mostly lower in Asia after strong gains in Europe, while U.S. markets were closed for the July 4th holiday
July 05, 2024
Rows of what look like thin, white shipping containers are lined up on a barren dirt field in China's Shandong province.
July 05, 2024
Opinion: What Britain’s first Asian prime minister meant to my family
July 05, 2024Tesla cars included in Chinese government’s purchase catalogue for the first time
July 05, 2024
China's central bank has hundreds of billions of yuan worth of bonds at its disposal to borrow, and will sell them depending on market conditions, the bank told Reuters on Friday,
July 05, 2024
Toyota Motor did not find any new cases of wrongdoing in the certification applications of its car models beyond the ones it had already reported last month, the Japanese automaker
July 05, 2024
The Bank of Japan will highlight how wage hikes are broadening across companies, including at smaller firms, in a report later this month, sources familiar with its
July 05, 2024
Chinese tech companies, from industry giants to ambitious startups, converged at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week to showcase their latest innovations and express
July 05, 2024
Younger Mongolians helped deliver a setback to the ruling party in last week’s parliamentary elections after three decades of democracy but it’s unclear if the country is headed for a major changes
July 05, 2024
Several state-owned firms in China's financial hub of Shanghai have recently purchased Tesla's best-selling Model Y as service cars, a local government statement said on Friday.
July 05, 2024
Pakistan's largest province of Punjab is proposing a ban on all social media platforms for six days due to security concerns during thousands of
July 05, 2024The Philippines has turned down offers from the United States to assist operations in the South China Sea, after a flare-up with China over missions to resupply
July 05, 2024
New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war
July 05, 2024
The early discharge sought by India of its nationals who were "misled" into serving in the Russian army is expected to be discussed during Prime
July 05, 2024
Thailand's consumer protection agency has received about 70 complaints since initiating a probe into aggressive discounting by BYD
July 05, 2024
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways will buy back the remaining 50% of preference shares that were issued to the Hong Kong SAR Government on July 31, the company said on Friday.
July 05, 2024
The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest lender, was fined HK$10 million ($1.28 million) by Hong Kong's banking regulator for violating anti-money
July 05, 2024
China's securities regulator vowed on Friday to clamp down harder on financial fraud, saying it is pushing for harsher punishment against lawbreakers as it seeks to revive
July 05, 2024
China-based electric automaker Nio said on Friday Steven Wei Feng has stepped down as its chief financial officer, effective immediately, citing personal reasons.
July 05, 2024
The World Anti-Doping Agency says it is “disappointed” to learn of a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who were allowed to continue competing despite testing positive for a banned substance in 2021
July 05, 2024
Fixing India's trade imbalance with Russia and securing the discharge of Indians misled into fighting in the Ukraine war will be among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
July 05, 2024
Leading European cognac producers will attend a hearing on China's anti-dumping probe of the industry in Beijing on July 18 - their first chance to defend themselves
July 05, 2024
Vietnam has missed out on multi-billion dollar investments by multinationals including Intel and LG Chem because it lacks sufficient investment incentives, the country's investment
July 05, 2024First baseman and designated hitter Mike Ford has signed a contract for the 2024 season with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced Friday.
July 05, 2024
The chief organiser of an Indian preacher's event where a stampede killed 121 people this week surrendered to police on Friday, a lawyer for the preacher said, after police had
July 05, 2024
Diaper change: Japan’s aging society is transforming the baby care business
July 05, 2024
Justin Bieber to Mughal jewels: Ambani wedding transfixes India
July 06, 2024
In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints
July 06, 2024
Taiwan prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating a senior official and member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who deals with China on suspicion of
July 06, 2024Indonesia's immigration agency deported 13 Taiwan citizens suspected of serious crimes to face legal proceedings in Taiwan, the directorate general of immigration said in a
July 06, 2024Rescue personnel began sealing a breached dike at China's second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country on Saturday afternoon after water levels stabilised on
July 06, 2024
India's pharmaceutical companies are hoping for tax incentives and financial assistance for research on innovative drugs as Prime Minister
July 06, 2024
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant
July 06, 2024
The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he is recovering from a knee surgery and feels "physically fit", brushing aside rumours of ill health on his 89th birthday.
July 06, 2024
Tornado leaves 5 dead and dozens injured in eastern China
July 06, 2024
China's anti-dumping probe into Europe's cognac industry is a tit-for-tat reaction to European Union tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, the finance chief at
July 06, 2024
The recently retired CEO of semiconductor equipment maker ASML said in an interview with Dutch radio station BNR on Saturday that U.S.-China disputes over computer chips are
July 06, 2024
Vietnam is targeting gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.5%-7.0% in the third quarter, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Saturday.
July 06, 2024
China's BYD will acquire a 20% stake in its local distributor Rever Automotive in Thailand, its largest market outside of China where it is an electric vehicle market leader, the
July 06, 2024
Fossil analysis reveals how Denisovans thrived on the ‘roof of the world’
July 06, 2024These scientists want to give patients medicines wrapped in silk
December 02, 2024
The ‘fearless young activists’ thrown in jail for climate campaigns in Cambodia
July 07, 2024
At least seven people killed, several feared trapped in India building collapse
July 07, 2024
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on
July 07, 2024
South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery producer SK On has declared itself in crisis as its customers struggle with disappointing EV sales in Europe and the U.S., the Financial Times
July 07, 2024
Taiwan's central bank said on Sunday that it has no timetable for launching a digital currency, warning the process will be "huge and complex", but it will hold public hearings on
July 07, 2024
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has won re-election to a third term on Sunday, fending off challenges from dozens of candidates vying to unseat the ruling Liberal Democratic
July 07, 2024
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accused South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol of generating tensions on the Korean
July 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 07, 2024
U.S. and Australian officials said on Monday they were committed to improving financial connectivity in the Pacific, as lenders and policymakers
July 07, 2024
Indonesia's
July 07, 2024
Samsung Electronics workers began a three-day strike for better pay on Monday, with their union pointing to further action should South Korea's
July 07, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal, paying the
July 07, 2024
Japanese workers saw their average base pay climb 2.5% in May - the fastest pace in 31 years as bumper pay hikes offered by companies in annual wage negotiations
July 07, 2024
Japan and the Philippines are signing a defense pact that will allow Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills
July 07, 2024
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has easily won reelection to a third four-year term as head of Japan’s influential capital
July 07, 2024
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps if further provoked
July 07, 2024
Japan's current account surplus grew for the 15th straight month in May as a record primary income surplus more than offset the trade deficit, the Ministry of
July 07, 2024
At least 10 people have died and 40 are missing after torrential rain caused a landslide in a gold mine in Indonesia's Sulawesi island at the weekend, officials said on Monday,
July 08, 2024The Philippines hailed an "unprecedented" high in defence ties with Japan after the signing on Monday of a landmark military pact allowing
July 08, 2024
China's central bank said on Monday it would start conducting temporary bond repurchase agreements or reverse repos to make open market operations more efficient and keep
July 08, 2024
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow on a two-day visit, his first since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which has complicated the relationship between the longtime partners and pushed Russia closer to India’s rival, China
July 08, 2024
The Philippines wants to boost cooperation on rice with Vietnam to ensure its food security, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said during a visit to Vietnam over
July 08, 2024
Heavy rains flooded roads and railway lines on Monday in India's financial capital Mumbai, disrupting flights and forcing the closure of schools
July 08, 2024
Two corvettes of the Russian navy's Pacific Fleet left the port of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East to carry out training missions in the Asia-Pacific region, the Interfax news agency
July 08, 2024Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Wall Street benchmarks reached more milestones
July 08, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would discuss with NATO leaders the distinct threat North Korea poses to Europe by deepening military ties
July 08, 2024
South Korea says it’ll withdraw its earlier plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve the country’s long medical impasse
July 08, 2024
A landslide triggered by torrential rains has crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people
July 08, 2024
Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China's western region of Xinjiang that could help sustain possible colonies on Mars, a study by the Chinese
July 08, 2024
Japan is keen to deepen security ties with the Philippines, the United States and Australia under trilateral and quadrilateral arrangements, its defence minister said on Monday.
July 08, 2024
The Bank of Japan said wage hikes were broadening across the economy due to tight labour market conditions, signalling its confidence the country was making progress
July 08, 2024
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) resumed trading on Monday after a two-hour suspension due to a fire in the bourse's Karachi headquarters.
July 08, 2024
Rural Chinese student sparks awe and suspicion after beating math elites in global contest
July 08, 2024Thailand's current potential economic growth rate of 3% is not satisfactory and prolonged below-target inflation is dangerous for
July 08, 2024German exports fell more than expected in May due to weak demand from China, the United States and European countries, data from the federal statistics office showed on
July 08, 2024
The first budget by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government may tilt towards, but not pivot to welfare spending, with a focus on rural economy and job creation, economists at
July 08, 2024
The prospect of European tariffs cut 20-30 percentage points off China's growth in exports of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in recent months, an official at a leading Chinese
July 08, 2024
Indonesia's budget deficit this year is forecast to widen to 2.7% of gross domestic product on a estimated rise in spending due to the rupiah's depreciation and as tax revenue from
July 08, 2024
South Korea said on Monday it would drop a plan to suspend the licenses of striking trainee doctors, offering a concession to end a months-long walkout prompted by the
July 08, 2024
Indonesia's central bank governor said on Monday there could be room for an interest rate cut in the fourth quarter as the rupiah is expected to be more stable, but will focus its
July 08, 2024
Beijing steps up probe into EU brandy imports as trade tensions deepen after tariffs on Chinese EVs
July 08, 2024
Indian lawyers and activists are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to put on hold three sets of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase
July 08, 2024
China said on Monday "illegal" beaching of Philippine warships at the Nansha islands in the South China Sea had "gravely damaged" the coral reef ecosystem in the area, as both
July 08, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Monday and toured him around his residence outside Moscow ahead of official talks in the Kremlin
July 08, 2024
Chinese state media on Monday criticized the state grains stockpiler Sinograin after local media reported that its fuel tankers were allegedly also used to transport cooking oil,
July 08, 2024
China and Belarus conduct joint military exercises right next to NATO and EU’s border
July 08, 2024
China's capital Beijing has plans to support the use of self-driving cars in online ride-hailing services, the official Beijing Daily reported on Monday, citing municipal draft
July 08, 2024
Hyundai Motor Co reached a tentative wage agreement with its South Korean labour union on Monday, a union official said, potentially avoiding a strike in the carmaker's biggest
July 08, 2024
Eight years ago Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor
July 08, 2024
China has shown the "utmost sincerity" over consultations relating to a European Union investigation into electric vehicle subsidies, and a comment attributed to an EU official is
July 08, 2024
Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister’s office to protest a possible ban on general use
July 08, 2024
The Hong Kong government is seeking to regulate online car-hailing platforms through licensing and impose tougher penalties on illegal ride services
July 08, 2024The Philippines rejected on Tuesday China's accusation that its grounded warship on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China had damaged the coral reef ecosystem in the
July 09, 2024
A North Korean elite military training delegation has left for a visit to Russia, the North's state media said on Tuesday, the first military exchange between the two countries since
July 09, 2024
Australia's DigitalX said on Tuesday that it has obtained approval to list its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange.
July 08, 2024
The Bank of Korea (BOK) will keep its policy rate on hold at a 15-year high of 3.50% on Thursday, but was expected to cut the rate next quarter -
July 08, 2024
Unable to get married legally in Japan, LGBTQ couples are celebrating their special bond by donning traditional kimonos and
July 08, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 08, 2024
DBS Group is looking for bolt-on acquisitions that would support its geographic and business strategy but has ruled out making a major buy to save
July 09, 2024
‘Huge disappointment:’ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
July 09, 2024
ANZ bank is in talks with the Australian government about ways to make its business in the Pacific Islands more viable as an exodus of Western financial services
July 09, 2024
Sri Lanka will wrap up talks with international bondholders on restructuring $12.5 billion in debt within a few weeks, Foreign Minister Ali
July 09, 2024
China International Capital Corp is seeing more strategic opportunities for Chinese corporate clients in Vietnam, the bank's head of Southeast Asia and Singapore CEO Stephen Ng
July 09, 2024
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai visited technology company Huawei in Shenzhen and viewed surveillance technology used to enhance policing and reduce criminal
July 09, 2024
New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in Washington this week as the military alliance shows growing interest beyond Europe and the Western Hemisphere
July 09, 2024
Silkworm satay? Singapore approves insects as food
July 09, 2024
Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they search for dozens of missing people after a landslide hit an unauthorized gold mining area on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 23 people
July 09, 2024
Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader has urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the petroleum minister who is stepping down from office as he faces alleged domestic assault charges in Australia instead
July 09, 2024Singapore Exchange (SGX) has no immediate plans to allow cryptocurrency listings on its bourse, CEO Loh Boon Chye said on Tuesday, adding that conditions are still not ripe for
July 09, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a bill mandating a special counsel probe into allegations that military officials and the presidential office
July 09, 2024
(This July 9 story has been officially corrected to remove reference to Honda having no current plans to make new investments in Thailand at company's request and replaces
July 09, 2024
Chinese property developer Guangzhou R&F Properties said on Tuesday its unit Trillion Glory had received a winding-up petition from a Singapore-based private equity fund due to non-
July 08, 2024
There are many examples in history of smaller militaries beating larger opponents, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told air force officers in comments released on
July 09, 2024
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it won an order from Japanese artificial intelligence company Preferred Networks to make chips for AI applications using the South Korean firm's 2
July 09, 2024
Australia's government cybersecurity agency on Tuesday accused a China-backed hacker group of stealing passwords and usernames from two unnamed Australian networks in
July 09, 2024
Indonesia's incoming President Prabowo Subianto is exploring ways to remove the fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio ceilings, aiming to fund his campaign pledges, investigative
July 09, 2024
An Indonesian court has acquitted a former government official accused of human trafficking after people were found in cages near his palm oil plantation, a ruling the country's
July 09, 2024Singapore's digital development minister Josephine Teo said the future looks "messy" without an internationally agreed upon framework for artificial intelligence (AI) governance.
July 09, 2024
Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi is preparing to compete at her third Olympics after being selected for the Paris Games from her training base in Australia
July 08, 2024
Russia's deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties with NATO as regional security threats
July 09, 2024
Singapore state fund Temasek will consider investing in fossil fuel and other carbon-intensive projects if they make environmental as well as commercial sense, it said on Tuesday
July 09, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely more than doubled in June from May, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, as the central bank kept up policy support for the economy amid a shaky recovery
July 09, 2024
Indonesia deployed a helicopter and hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday as it resumed a search for 35 people still missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine on the island of
July 09, 2024India's relationship with Russia is based on "mutual trust and mutual respect," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Moscow on Tuesday, where he also said he appreciated President
July 09, 2024
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans
July 09, 2024
A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker’s side, because the person was reportedly crossing against the light
July 09, 2024
India's beleaguered Paytm has secured approval from a government panel that oversees investments linked to China to invest 500 million
July 09, 2024
Flooding in Bangladesh has swept away homes and shut schools, displacing tens of thousands of people, the disaster and relief ministry said on Tuesday, and a forecast
July 09, 2024Asia's rich and their bankers said they are backing an eventual recovery in China and betting exposure to a region that even in a slowdown is
July 09, 2024
Chinese EV giant BYD to build $1 billion plant in Turkey
July 09, 2024
Indian authorities have suspended six police and government officials after a stampede that killed 121 people last week, accusing them of
July 09, 2024
Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in June, with the island benefiting from its position as a key link in the supply chain of the booming artificial intelligence (AI) industry
July 09, 2024
South Korea and the U.S. will reach agreement on sharing the cost of U.S. troops in the country if Donald Trump is elected president, even though he
July 09, 2024
Japan warned on Tuesday against the risk of heatstroke in Tokyo and areas in its east and west, as hot and humid conditions behind several recent deaths drove some
July 09, 2024
Thailand needs stronger economic growth as the current potential growth rate of about 3% is not high enough to help the economy expand sustainably in the long term, the central bank
July 09, 2024
Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world's population, from Taiwan's general election in January to
July 09, 2024
India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, two
July 09, 2024
India consumer price inflation probably edged up in June, snapping five months of declines, largely because of a jump in vegetable prices caused by the damage to
July 09, 2024
(This July 9 story has been refiled to correct the title of Kaifu Zhang in paragraph 1) SINGAPORE - Chinese tech giant Alibaba's international e-commerce unit is tapping generative AI-powered tools to
July 09, 2024
Sri Lanka's parliament approved amendments to a decades-old law on Tuesday to allow Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, to set up operations in
July 09, 2024
Russia and India agreed to increase cooperation in sectors ranging from nuclear power to shipbuilding and discussed how to fix payments problems as their leaders met in Moscow on
July 09, 2024
A Japanese navy report says lack of instructions to the crew and their failure to keep a lookout and communicate led two Japanese navy helicopters to collide during nighttime training in April, killing all eight people on board
July 09, 2024Russia has promised to discharge Indians who were falsely induced to join its army, an issue Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised at talks with President Vladimir Putin, an Indian
July 09, 2024
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching its formal outreach campaign to Asian American voters and putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the forefront of the effort with events in Nevada and Pennsylvania this week
July 09, 2024
Riyadh Air has partnered with U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines as the Saudi startup carrier grows its potential network ahead of launching commercial operations
July 09, 2024
An investigator backed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers, while also publishing notes indicating WADA’s own science director doubted China’s explanation that the athletes had been subject to contamination
July 09, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Is a U.S. interest rate cut coming? If so, when?
July 09, 2024
Kokusai Electric said on Wednesday it would hold a secondary offering of up to 60.4 million shares, with investors including private equity firm to sell shares.
July 10, 2024
China's coast guard said it had on humanitarian grounds "allowed" the Philippines to evacuate a person who had fallen ill on a rusting warship beached on the Second Thomas Shoal, a
July 09, 2024
China's Ping An Insurance is considering issuing a convertible bond worth up to $5 billion, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
July 09, 2024
Two Chinese companies sunk by 15% in their Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPO)
July 10, 2024Chinese aircraft carrier the Shandong passed close to the northern Philippines on its way to drills in the Pacific, Taiwan's defence minister said on Wednesday, as
July 10, 2024
China's consumer prices grew for a fifth month in June but missed expectations, while producer price deflation persisted, with domestic demand mired on a
July 10, 2024
South Korea's national rail company on Wednesday suspended some regular routes and slowed bullet trains because of heavy rain in the central region that caused flooding and landslides
July 10, 2024
More than 130 people including tourists were trapped in Tibet near China's rugged Himalayan border with Nepal on Wednesday after incessant
July 10, 2024China is the world’s largest textile producer and consumer, throwing away 26 million tons of clothes each year, mostly made of unrecyclable synthetics
July 10, 2024At least 18 people were killed when a double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in northern India
July 10, 2024
Search efforts for the trapped victims of a deadly landslide have intensified, with more rescuers deployed to search an unauthorized gold mine on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island that saw 23 deaths over the weekend
July 10, 2024Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics have declared an indefinite strike to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pays and other benefits
July 10, 2024
Former Japanese soldier reaches settlement with sexual assault perpetrators
July 10, 2024
Shares are mixed in Asia, while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index has closed at another record high as investors awaited further comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before Congress
July 10, 2024
No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
July 10, 2024
India's growing employment stems largely from self-employed individuals, unpaid workers and temporary farm hires, whose jobs are not
July 10, 2024
Food safety scandal rocks China as report claims cooking oil carried in same trucks as fuel
July 10, 2024
The Philippine senate threatened on Wednesday to arrest a small town mayor for contempt during a hearing investigating her alleged ties
July 10, 2024Malaysia said on Wednesday it will seek to finalise plans and sign a full-fledged pact with Singapore to develop a special economic zone (SEZ) between the countries in
July 10, 2024Thailand's economy is not good and the property sector needs urgent support due to weak demand and rising bad loans, the country's
July 10, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday set July 24 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as it seeks more evidence.
July 10, 2024
Japan's Yokohama Rubber is in talks to buy Goodyear Tire & Rubber's off-road tyre business for at least $1 billion, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
July 10, 2024
Japan's weather bureau said on Wednesday there was a 60% chance that La Nina would form towards the northern hemisphere autumn.
July 10, 2024North Korea's trash balloon campaign, missile launches and the emergence of GPS "spoofing" have increased risks in South Korean airspace, aviation experts say,
July 10, 2024
Samsung workers declare an indefinite strike to campaign for better pay and leave policies
July 10, 2024
The United States’ new top envoy to Taiwan has promised Washington will help the self-ruled island defend itself as China ramps up its military threats against Taipei
July 10, 2024
Officials say a jeep has fallen from a mountain road into a ravine in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing 14 people
July 10, 2024Pakistan has authorised its army-run spy agency to tap telephone calls and messages, strengthening its key role in the politics of the nation, as opposition
July 10, 2024Japan's price increases and higher interest rates could benefit the country's credit profile by inflating debt away and promoting productivity despite higher
July 10, 2024
Thailand's government has sufficient funds to finance a 500 billion baht ($13.8 billion) household handout scheme, which is on
July 10, 2024
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has signed a deal with Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma to package insulin to combat diabetes in the Southeast Asian country, a
July 10, 2024
More than 150 animals, nine of them rare one-horned rhinoceros, have drowned in floods at the Kaziranga National Park in India's northeastern state of Assam
July 10, 2024Rescue efforts were underway for more than 130 people including some tourists who were trapped in a mountainous town in China’s Tibet region after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway
July 10, 2024A group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data centre planned by Singaporean developer GLP
July 10, 2024Thailand's Election Commission on Wednesday endorsed 200 new senators who will replace a military-appointed upper house, revealing a new
July 10, 2024
China's Ministry of Finance is conducting more rigorous checks of work done by the Big Four auditing firms for local companies, three people with knowledge
July 10, 2024
A Chinese report on the waters around the disputed fishing ground of Scarborough Shoal have deemed it to be of excellent quality with a healthy coral reef, months after the
July 10, 2024
Both India and Russia on Wednesday denied there had been any disagreement between President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their talks in Moscow this week.
July 10, 2024
China's economy likely grew 5.1% in the second quarter from a year earlier, slowing from a strong start in the first three months due to sluggish
July 10, 2024
Officials say security forces have raided a hideout of Pakistani Taliban on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar, triggering a shootout that killed three officers and as many insurgents
July 10, 2024China, the world's largest beef importer and Brazil, the biggest supplier, will set up a pilot scheme as part of efforts to make beef production more sustainable, state media said
July 10, 2024
China's securities regulator on Wednesday announced more curbs on short-selling and pledged tighter scrutiny of computer-driven programme trading in its latest effort to bolster a
July 10, 2024
India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in response to a Reuters report on New Delhi's plans to
July 10, 2024
Pakistan will extend expired registration cards given to almost 1.5 million Afghans for a year, the prime minister said on Wednesday, after the U.N.
July 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
December 02, 2024
North Korea will convene a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee in late December, KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday, announcing a conference where the
December 02, 2024Joining this week's meeting of NATO leaders in Washington will be some countries far from Europe or North America - Australia, Japan, New
July 10, 2024
Operations at Hawaii’s Hilo International Airport were halted when security screeners spotted two items that looked like grenades in a bag belonging to a man from Japan
July 10, 2024The euro faltered on Monday against a strong U.S. dollar on growing concerns about a possible government collapse in France, which would stall plans to
December 01, 2024
The fraud trial of Guo Wengui neared its end on Wednesday, as a prosecutor told jurors the exiled Chinese businessman duped his followers into providing millions of
July 10, 2024
The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threaten health and economies from central Africa to northern China
July 10, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 10, 2024
A Japanese navy destroyer made a rare entry into China's territorial waters near Taiwan earlier this month without notifying China, prompting Beijing to lodge an official complaint.
July 10, 2024Several Macau government websites were hacked and police have launched a criminal investigation to trace the source of the crime, Chinese state media reported late on Wednesday.
July 10, 2024
Taiwan said on Thursday that it was closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region, after a flurry of
July 11, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shared concerns over growing ties between Russia and North Korea and agreed to continue their security
July 11, 2024
South Korea's central bank said it was time to prepare for a pivot to interest rate cuts but more evidence is needed to strengthen confidence that
July 10, 2024
South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world's first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the
July 11, 2024
China on Thursday criticized a communique from the NATO summit in Washington that described it as decisive enabler of Russia's war effort in Ukraine as biased and 'sowing discord'.
July 11, 2024
Hedge funds hunting for artificial intelligence-related stock market bargains are rushing into South Korea's chipmakers, betting a new wave of demand for high-end
July 11, 2024
The launch of a Hyperbola-1 rocket developed by China's private aerospace company i-Space failed on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency said.
July 11, 2024Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto will allow the nation's debt-to-GDP ratio to rise to 50%, provided his administration can boost tax revenue, the Financial Times reported
July 11, 2024
A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck early Thursday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a northern Philippine town
July 11, 2024A Seoul neighborhood is so crowded with tourists that the government is taking over
July 11, 2024
Eleven mourners were killed when the pick-up truck taking them home from a funeral was involved in a collision with a bus in the northern Philippines, police said on Thursday.
July 11, 2024Thai consumer confidence dropped for a fourth straight month in June to its lowest level since last September due to concerns about an economic slowdown and political uncertainty,
July 11, 2024
The yen has been sliding to fresh 38-year lows day by day, with market participants on alert for Japanese authorities to step in again, as they did in March, to defend the
July 11, 2024
The Japanese operator of fashion giant Uniqlo on Thursday raised its forecast for what would be its third consecutive year of record profits, buoyed by strong sales at
July 11, 2024
China's central bank introduced a new cash management tool this week in the form of temporary bond repurchase (repo) agreements and reverse repos, adding to its various open
July 11, 2024
Taiwan's TSMC scaled a record high on Thursday after posting strong second-quarter revenue on booming demand for AI applications, cementing its position as Asia's most valuable
July 11, 2024
The Thai government's flagship 500 billion baht ($13.8 billion) "digital wallet" handout scheme will spur job creation and stimulate underdeveloped provinces and regions, Prime
July 11, 2024
An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo to 10 years in prison for corruption involving travel in private jets and jewellery for his
July 11, 2024South Korea to mass produce lasers that can take out drones at $1.50 a hit
July 11, 2024
Asian shares have carried on with the blistering rally on Wall Street, as Japan's Nikkei 225 index surged over 42,000 for the first time
July 11, 2024
NATO allies call China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia in Ukraine war as bloc eyes Asia security threats
July 11, 2024
Customers have booked out South Korean cosmetics giant AmorePacific's new artificial intelligence (AI) beauty lab, where robots custom mix face
July 11, 2024
Short positions on most Asian currencies eased, as rising expectations of at least two rate cuts by the U.S.
July 11, 2024
China's leaders will seek to inject confidence in the economy at a highly anticipated meeting next week, but conflicting goals, such as boosting growth while cutting
July 11, 2024
A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach has been rescued 37 hours later after drifting in a swimming ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean
July 11, 2024Indonesia’s anti-graft court has sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison for extortion, abuse of power and bribery involving ministry contracts with private vendors
July 11, 2024
Pakistan extends visas for 1.45 million Afghans but denies deportations on hold
July 11, 2024
China has accused NATO of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia
July 11, 2024
South Korean YouTuber Tzuyang was a victim of dating violence for years, she said on Thursday, stoking a bitter debate over a rise in gender-based violence in the
July 11, 2024Ridwan Wadjah vividly remembers the moment a torrent of mud came crashing down on him and the dozens of miners working this week in an illegal
July 11, 2024A timeline of the 7-month-long Ambani mega-wedding
July 11, 2024
Singapore's competition watchdog asked ride-hailing firm Grab and Trans-cab for solutions to address competition concerns following a deal last year to buy the taxi operator.
July 11, 2024
Major Thai banks defended themselves on Thursday against criticism that they facilitated weapons purchases by the Myanmar junta, saying they lacked the capacity to investigate all
July 11, 2024
Torrential rain in the megacity of Chongqing in southwestern China triggered mudslides and flooding that killed at least six people and caused widespread
July 11, 2024Officials say two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion were killed in a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital, and police were trying to identify and track down the suspects
July 11, 2024
Higher-for-longer interest costs and ample retail and office vacancies have pushed the sales of distressed investment properties in Hong Kong higher in the second
July 11, 2024
South Korea will deploy laser weapons systems designed to intercept will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, as their launches in recent years have caused security concerns in the South
July 11, 2024
Parts of north-west Delhi were flooded on Thursday after a breach in a canal that supplies water from a nearby state, and repair work was being carried out to minimize the impact
July 11, 2024
Indonesia is reviewing rules in a government programme to subsidise micro loans, a senior minister said on Thursday, after the country's banking regulator signalled it would turn
July 11, 2024
The Japanese yen surged nearly 3% on Thursday in its biggest daily rise since late 2022, a move that local media attributed to a round of official buying to prop up a currency that has
July 11, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are set to hold talks with Asia-Pacific leaders amid concerns about tensions with China
July 11, 2024
A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery
July 11, 2024A U.S. appeals court on Thursday tossed the conviction of a former University of Kansas professor for making a false statement related to work he was doing in China, marking
July 11, 2024
Four Indo-Pacific countries attending the NATO summit have issued a joint statement to “strongly condemn the illicit military cooperation” between Russia and North Korea
July 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Did they or didn't they?
July 11, 2024
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by 13% in June versus the same month in 2023 driven by growth in China, while they dropped in Europe,
July 11, 2024
Japan's top currency diplomat said on Friday authorities would take action as needed in the foreign exchange market, resuming his jawboning after
July 11, 2024
Japan warned on Friday that China risked escalating tension with Taiwan with an increase in military exercises that appeared aimed in part at readying Beijing's forces
July 12, 2024
A large metal arm in a Japanese factory swept a cluster of fluffy white fabric rectangles off a carousel into a group to be wrapped in plastic before packaging for
July 12, 2024
China will never accept the "unfounded accusations" made against it at the NATO summit this week in Washington, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said to his Dutch counterpart over a phone
July 11, 2024
What it’s like to go to summer camp in North Korea
July 12, 2024
China has rebuked the European Union over a statement about the South China Sea, saying the bloc ignored historical and objective facts of the issue and "blatantly" endorsed what
July 12, 2024
The Philippines rejects the "use of force" to undermine its interests in the contested South China Sea but it does not want any conflict and has
July 12, 2024
Air Incheon, set to become South Korea's second-biggest freight carrier once a deal to buy Asiana Airlines' cargo unit is finalised, will consider both Boeing and
July 12, 2024
Japan on Friday disciplined more than 200 defence personnel, including the military's top brass and senior bureaucrats, for mishandling classified material and other
July 12, 2024
Chinese e-commerce vendors are struggling for survival as sales growth slows, price pressure rises and shopping platforms compete with ever-more
July 12, 2024
One person is dead and two are missing in Hawaii after a tour company helicopter crashed off the island of Kauai
July 12, 2024Natural disasters such as flooding, drought and extreme temperatures cost China 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion) in the first half of this year, with almost 33 million
July 12, 2024
A landslide has swept two buses carrying more than 50 people into a swollen river in Nepal, and continuous rain and more landslides were making rescue efforts difficult
July 12, 2024
China's National Medical Products Administration has given regulatory clearance for CSPC Pharmaceutical Group's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate to begin human
July 12, 2024China's exports grew at their fastest in fifteen months in June, suggesting manufacturers are front-loading orders ahead of tariffs expected from a growing number of
July 12, 2024
Indonesia said it is beginning to recover data that had been encrypted in a major ransomware attack last month which affected more than 160 government agencies.
July 12, 2024
Nearly 90% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey showed on Friday, a sign of heightening
July 12, 2024
Rescuers in Nepal have suspended their search for 51 passengers who are missing after a landslide swept the buses in which they were travelling into a swollen river, authorities
July 12, 2024
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has asked the Bank of China to set up operations in the Pacific Island nation, his office said in a statement on Friday.
July 12, 2024
The U.S. and South Korea signed new joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, weeks after North Korea and Russia struck a defense pact that raised concerns in the region about the North’s growing nuclear threats
July 12, 2024
Beachgoer swept away on floating ring survives 36-hour ordeal off Japan’s coast
July 12, 2024
Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians are arriving in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, the world’s ninth richest man
July 12, 2024
Tata Consultancy Services' shares gained nearly 3% on Friday, a day after India's top IT services firm reported first-quarter results that signalled early signs
July 12, 2024
India's Supreme Court granted interim bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, but he will stay in jail due to his arrest in
July 12, 2024
HSBC Bank on Friday raised its forecast for Vietnam's gross domestic product growth for this year to 6.5% from its previous forecast of 6.0%, after second-quarter growth beats
July 12, 2024
Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism", the
July 12, 2024
China's central bank is widely expected to leave a medium-term interest rate unchanged and drain some cash from the banking system when rolling over such maturing loans
July 12, 2024
China's yuan-denominated exports to Russia grew 4.76% in June from a year earlier, faster than the 0.92% pace in May, but still much slower than double-digit export growth at the
July 12, 2024
Momentum to raise wages has been spreading among small and medium firms in Japan this year, reflecting labour shortages and efforts to help employees tackle an inflationary squeeze,
July 12, 2024
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up in June for a second straight month, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed, keeping the central bank under
July 12, 2024
Japan is expected to slightly cut its forecast for economic growth of 1.3% in the fiscal year ending March 2025 as consumption takes a hit from rising import
July 12, 2024
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was eligible for over 20 extra reserved seats in parliament, ramping up pressure on
July 12, 2024
Australia's competition watchdog has started an informal review of the network sharing deal between TPG Telecom and Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, the regulator said on
July 12, 2024
The wedding of a scion from India's ultra-wealthy Ambani family - much in the news for its opulent celebrations and VIP-studded guest list - has
July 12, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te thanked memory chipmaker Micron's Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra on Friday for his trust and continued investment in the island, in a rare public
July 12, 2024
Philippines police are investigating a suspected murder of an Australian couple and their Filipino relative who were staying at a hotel in a
July 12, 2024
Chinese bank lending jumped less than expected in June while some key money gauges hit fresh record lows, highlighting weak demand in the world's second
July 12, 2024
Saudi Arabia and the IOC are teaming up for their first commercial deal together with the oil-rich kingdom set to host the first Esports Olympics next year
July 12, 2024
Nepal’s prime minister has lost a vote of confidence in parliament after losing the support of the largest party in his governing coalition, forcing him to step down after 19 months in power
July 12, 2024
India's main opposition Congress party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to impose an additional tax on the country's billionaires to generate funds for
July 12, 2024
Nepal is set for a new coalition government led by politician K.P.
July 12, 2024
India's retail inflation rate rose for the first time in five months in June due to a sharp rise in food prices, government data
July 12, 2024
Germany is set to abstain in Monday's vote by European Union member states on imposing provisional tariffs on China-made
July 12, 2024
China's central bank is determined to maintain a normal upward-sloping yield curve and correct bond-market risks, the bank-backed Financial News reported late on Friday, citing
July 12, 2024
Japan’s Ayaka Furue is holding a three-shot clubhouse lead at the Evian Championship
July 12, 2024Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking a business trip to Asia to promote the Bluegrass State
July 12, 2024Hyundai Motor and a union representing its South Korean workforce on Saturday sealed a wage deal that will boost annual pay by about 4.65%, the union said, avoiding a strike in the
July 12, 2024
South Korean EV battery maker SK On is in talks with automakers to supply prismatic batteries, expanding from its existing pouch-type batteries, a senior executive
July 12, 2024
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is delaying the launch of its planned $4 billion factory in North Carolina to 2028 and cutting its delivery forecast
July 13, 2024
Russia accused Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" for charging a Russian-born couple with espionage, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday to tell Moscow
July 13, 2024
The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year
July 13, 2024
In 1966, Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun living in eastern Taiwan, asked local housewives to contribute 50 cents a month to fund her charity
July 13, 2024
Nepali authorities say rescuers have recovered the first body from two buses that were swept away by a landslide and submerged into a raging river in a raging river
July 13, 2024
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday it was monitoring "waves" of missile tests taking place in China's far northern region of Inner Mongolia and that its air defence forces
July 13, 2024
The Philippine Senate has ordered the arrest of a small-town mayor after she refused to appear at hearings investigating her alleged ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, a case
July 13, 2024
Rescuers in Nepal searched on Saturday for 51 passengers and crew who went missing after a landslide swept their buses into a river swollen by heavy rain, an official said,
July 13, 2024
China's Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen met the chief executive officer of Walmart Inc, Kathryn McLay, on Friday, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
July 13, 2024
Financial institutions snapping up Chinese government bonds are basically shorting the Chinese economy, China's central bank-backed Financial News reported on Saturday, citing
July 13, 2024
The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year
July 13, 2024
North Korea has threatened to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the United States and South Korea pay “an unimaginably harsh price” as it slams its rivals’ new defense guidelines that it says reveal an intention to invade the North
July 13, 2024
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his third wife were acquitted on charges of marrying unlawfully by a Pakistan court on Saturday, yet he will not be freed
July 13, 2024
Landslides triggered by torrential rains in mountainous northern Vietnam buried a 16-seater van, killing at least 11 people and leaving some missing on Saturday, state media reported
July 13, 2024A Pakistani court has overturned the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a case relating to the legality of their marriage
July 13, 2024
Following are some details of the convictions and other cases facing jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
July 13, 2024
A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a researcher who was accused of hiding work he did in China while employed at the University of Kansas
July 13, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday that we must stand firm against any form of violence that challenges democracy, after multiple shots rang out at a rally held by
July 14, 2024
Chinese and Russian naval fleets recently conducted their fourth joint sea patrol in the Western and Northern Pacific Ocean, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday.
July 14, 2024The new hot truck comes from Japan and looks like a toy
July 14, 2024
Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid mixed trading
December 02, 2024
A wedding reception in India completes the monthslong celebrations as the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, married his longtime girlfriend
July 14, 2024
Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups not previously involved in the fighting stepped into the fray
July 14, 2024
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is vowing to respond to what she calls a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign
July 14, 2024
King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Australia and Samoa
July 14, 2024
The World Bank is preparing a financial lifeline for Pacific Island nations, backed by the U.S. and Australia, as an exodus of Western
July 14, 2024
When Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD opened its first Southeast Asian factory in Thailand earlier this month, the nation of 66
July 14, 2024
"This is a career highlight," popular K-pop group Stray Kids said as they headlined the British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park Festival on Sunday.
July 14, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 14, 2024
Tokyo badminton gold medallist Viktor Axelsen is not resting on his laurels ahead of the Paris Olympics but the Dane is being careful not to overdo it in training
July 15, 2024
China’s ruling Communist Party is starting a four-day meeting that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology
July 15, 2024
China's central bank left a medium-term rate unchanged as expected on Monday when rolling over maturing medium-term loans.
July 15, 2024
China's new home prices in June fell at the fastest clip in nine years while property sales and investment slumped, increasing pressure on policymakers
July 15, 2024
Bank Indonesia (BI) will keep its key interest rate at 6.25% on Wednesday but will cut it by 25 basis points next quarter, earlier than previously
July 15, 2024
China's economy slowed in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, as a protracted property downturn and job insecurity weighed on domestic demand, keeping alive expectations Beijing
July 15, 2024
China's economy expanded 4.7% in the second quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, missing analysts' expectations, even as policymakers seek to boost domestic
July 15, 2024
China's industrial output rose 5.3% in June from a year earlier, slowing from 5.6% in May, as sluggish domestic demand continued to weigh on the country's patchy economic recovery.
July 15, 2024
Property investment in China fell 10.1% in the first half of 2024 from a year earlier, matching a figure in January-May, suggesting the sector is still not out of the woods despite
July 15, 2024
China’s Communist Party meets to set direction for troubled economy
July 15, 2024
Asian stocks are mixed as investors grappled with the weak economic data from China and waited to see the outcome of a top Communist Party policy meeting in Beijing
July 15, 2024
Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week's landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen by heavy rain, authorities
July 15, 2024
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered a total of 11 bodies from the river that two buses full of people were swept into by a landslide
July 15, 2024
Shares of HCLTech rose as much as 5% in early trading on Monday after India's No.3 IT services provider projected growth in most verticals and geographies in the upcoming quarter
July 15, 2024
China's ruling Communist Party commenced its so-called third plenum on Monday, a major meeting held roughly once every five years to map out the general direction of the country's long-
July 15, 2024
Thailand will finance a 500 billion baht ($13.8 billion) household handout scheme using the 2024 and 2025 budgets after an inter-agency
July 15, 2024
African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam and could affect its food supplies and put upward pressure on inflation, according to a government document.
July 15, 2024
Trump’s ‘luck’ and American ‘violence’ are the talk of China’s internet
July 15, 2024
A major Cambodian payments firm received crypto worth over $150,000 from a digital wallet used by North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus, blockchain data shows, a glimpse
July 15, 2024
Pakistan is planning to ban former Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party and move the country's top court to press
July 15, 2024
Goldman Sachs aims to raise $2 billion in its first Asia Pacific-focused private equity fund, two people with knowledge of the bank's fundraising plan said, as it
July 15, 2024
Veteran communist politician K.P.
July 15, 2024
India's wholesale prices rose at their fastest annual pace in 16 months in June on the back of costlier food, government data showed on Monday.
July 15, 2024
Airbus on Monday revised up its 20-year demand forecast for jetliners as many airlines modernise long-haul fleets and Asia's surging economies lock into air travel.
July 15, 2024
Thousands of lawyers in India's capital protested on Monday against an overhaul in criminal legislation by staying away from work and boycotting court
July 15, 2024
A Taliban official says that a storm that brought heavy rainfall to eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 35 people
July 15, 2024
Floods in southern Kyrgyzstan have killed four people and flooded hundreds of houses in Osh, the central Asian nation's second-biggest city, the emergencies ministry said on Monday
July 15, 2024Performing with a live band gave South Korean girl group NMIXX new means to connect with audiences as they brought their "mix pop" sound to the
July 15, 2024A World Aquatics audit into the handling of positive drug tests by Chinese swimmers concluded there was no mismanagement or cover-up by the governing body while offering
July 15, 2024
More than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh on Monday in clashes between those protesting to end a quota system for government jobs and others loyal to the ruling party,
July 15, 2024
Chinese authorities have placed the country's northern region on high alert for heavy rains and are preparing full emergency measures to mitigate any impact, state news agency Xinhua
July 15, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 15, 2024
São Paulo's Liberdade neighborhood, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, is renowned for its Asian-style architecture, restaurants and
July 15, 2024
Thailand’s prime minister has said that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy
July 15, 2024
Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel metal, traditionally used in making stainless steel but increasingly for batteries for electric cars and clean electricity projects
July 16, 2024A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected with his wife and child to South Korea in November, South Korean media reports said on Tuesday, the
July 16, 2024For much of its 72 years, Hitoshi Fujita's company was just another mom-and-pop business grinding out metal parts.
July 16, 2024
North Korean fashion, drums, and jubilation: Here’s how South Koreans celebrated the first-ever Defectors’ Day
July 16, 2024
South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea
July 16, 2024
South Korea will face "devastating consequences" for dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets over North Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, citing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim
July 16, 2024
Stocks in the U.S. and Europe were mixed on Monday, while the dollar gained versus the euro, amid political turmoil in France and positive signals for the U.S.
December 02, 2024
A small town in China's Henan was lashed by almost a year's worth of rain in one day as the extreme storms that battered the south this summer shift to the central and northern
July 16, 2024
Media reports in Bangladesh say at least five people have been killed and dozens injured in violence around the country connected with student protests against a government jobs quota
July 16, 2024
After Beijing ordered Chinese cities to buy newly-completed apartments and turn them into affordable housing, the first steps they
July 16, 2024
China's Ping An Insurance said on Tuesday it has raised $3.5 billion through a convertible bond sale.
July 16, 2024
Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions like China
July 16, 2024
Sales at Cartier-owner Richemont were almost flat in the three months through June, the luxury group said on Tuesday, with a slump in Chinese demand pushing the overall result
July 16, 2024
For global investors with money in China's stock markets, the latest economic numbers are not of any comfort and just a
July 16, 2024
The Indian military says four of its soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir
July 16, 2024Asian stocks are mostly lower even as investors wager that the Federal Reserve will come ahead with a cut to interest rates, while Australia's benchmark hit a new record
July 16, 2024
A militant attack on an Indian Army patrol in Jammu and Kashmir killed four soldiers, including an officer, the army said on Tuesday, the latest incident of
July 16, 2024A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between presidential offices of China and the Philippines to help prevent any new confrontation from spiraling out of control in the disputed South China Sea
July 16, 2024
Two separate attacks by militants on an army base and a health centre in northwest Pakistan killed 28 people, including 10
July 16, 2024Taliban officials say heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others
July 16, 2024
At least five people were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh on Tuesday as young government supporters and police firing tear gas clashed with students
July 16, 2024
A Malaysian court will hear jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak's appeal against the dismissal of his legal bid to serve his sentence under house arrest on Oct. 7, his
July 16, 2024
A unit of state-owned brokerage China Galaxy Securities (CGS) plans to expand its investment banking team in Southeast Asia to 50 people next year from 30 now,
July 16, 2024
Officials in Pakistan say security forces have killed all ten militants who attacked a military facility in the northwest, leaving eight soldiers dead
July 16, 2024
Chris Harper of Australia has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of Tuesday’s 16th stage as COVID-19 infections continue to hit cycling’s marquee event
July 16, 2024‘They just won the Olympics’: Internet goes wild for Mongolia’s Paris 2024 outfits
July 16, 2024
Edtech company Byju's, once India's biggest startup valued at $22 billion, will face insolvency proceedings for failure to pay $
July 16, 2024
Oil prices were little changed on Monday, as hopes of stronger demand stemming from higher factory activity in China was largely offset by concerns that the U.S
December 02, 2024
Taiwan firms are shifting supply chains to India from China, as Taipei and New Delhi strengthen economic ties, the head of the island's key trade body told
July 16, 2024
Seven people including health workers, children and soldiers were killed in a militant attack on a health centre in northwest Pakistan, the military said on Tuesday.
July 16, 2024A Hindu group that marks Donald Trump's birthday each year in Delhi offered prayers for his safety on Tuesday following the assassination attempt on him, saying he
July 16, 2024
The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic outlook this year for China, India and Europe while modestly lowering expectations for the United States and Japan
July 16, 2024
Thai police are investigating the deaths of six foreign nationals whose bodies were found in a room at an upmarket hotel in Bangkok
July 16, 2024
Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to a draft government plan
July 16, 2024
Police say the bodies of six people were found in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok, with poisoning a possibility
July 16, 2024
Digital platform Qifa has expanded into facilitating two-way trade between Russia and China as it seeks to solve payment issues currently stunting the flow of
July 16, 2024
Six people found dead in luxury Thai hotel, with police exploring possible poisoning
July 16, 2024
A Chinese business tycoon who sought asylum in the U.S. now stands convicted on charges that he engaged in a massive, multiyear fraud
July 16, 2024
Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese businessman and outspoken opponent of Beijing's communist government, was convicted on Tuesday in his U.S. trial on charges of stealing
July 16, 2024
Philippine officials say the suspect in last week's killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a Philippine hotel in a popular resort city south of Manila has surrendered
July 16, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 16, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department says a former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service
July 16, 2024
Lawyers representing US soldier who crossed into North Korea are in plea negotiations with prosecutors
July 16, 2024
The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California
July 16, 2024
Exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui found guilty on federal fraud charges
July 16, 2024
A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years
July 16, 2024Deadly floods engulf parts of South Asia as extreme weather devastates vulnerable region
July 16, 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) slightly raised its growth forecast for developing Asia this year due to stronger domestic demand and export growth, but said downside risks from a
July 16, 2024
Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defence as it does not give the country anything, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek, sending shares of
July 17, 2024
The yen rose sharply on Wednesday
July 17, 2024
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports in June fell 8.7% from the same month a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday, weighed down mainly by weakness in non-electronic products.
July 16, 2024
One in 10 young people in Japan say they have been groped in public, survey finds
July 17, 2024
The Thai industrial sentiment index fell for a third straight month to its lowest in two years in June due to a slow economy, weak demand and bad debt problems, the Federation of
July 17, 2024
The jobless rate for 16 to 24 year olds in China, excluding college students, was at 13.2% for the month of June, the country's statistics bureau said on Wednesday.
July 17, 2024
China still has plenty of appetite for official gold purchases despite pausing in May and June, as its bullion holdings remain low as a share
July 17, 2024
China and Russia carried out live-fire naval exercises in the South China Sea this week, Russian and Chinese state media reported, with the two countries having
July 17, 2024
The Biden administration has informed allies that it is considering using the most severe trade restrictions available for China if companies including Tokyo Electron and ASML Holding NV
July 17, 2024
Cyanide poisoning caused the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, Thai authorities said
July 17, 2024
Delivering growth amid falling interest rates, navigating tensions between China and the West, and managing HSBC's exposure
July 17, 2024
The Thai government's additional 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) budget bill for the 2024 fiscal year to finance its signature
July 17, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that it will hand down its verdict in a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition group Move Forward, the biggest party in
July 17, 2024Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six people who were found dead in a room at a central Bangkok luxury hotel
July 17, 2024
The prolonged downturn in luxury spending in China is unlikely to reverse this year, analysts and executives warn, deepening a rout which has wiped almost $200
July 17, 2024
Hearing impaired children in Japan's coastal city of Shizuoka will from next year be able to listen, learn and speak better thanks to an A$6.5 million ($4.4 million) programme
July 17, 2024Former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry indicted on charges of secretly working for South Korea
July 17, 2024
A spate of stabbings has sparked online debate about China’s economic woes
July 17, 2024
In a year of major elections setting the course of many countries for years to come, China’s ruling Communist Party is holding top-level meetings in Beijing to draft policies for reviving its slowing economy
July 17, 2024Indian education technology company Byju's will challenge insolvency proceedings initiated against it in an attempt to block the process this week, as the startup
July 17, 2024
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the government's job quota system on Wednesday, a day after violent
July 17, 2024
Hong Kong saw record home purchases by mainland Chinese buyers in the first six months after the financial hub removed all buying curbs, major realtor Centaline Property Agency
July 17, 2024
Foreigners were net investors in Asian bonds for a second straight month in June, buoyed by expectations of an interest rate cut by the U.S.
July 17, 2024
Several major universities in Bangladesh have agreed to shut their doors after at least six people died in violent campus protests
July 17, 2024
The Philippines and China have agreed to set up new lines of communication to improve their handling of maritime disputes, according to a document
July 17, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower, with Tokyo's benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Street’s record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China
July 17, 2024
Cyanide poisoning likely killed six found dead in luxury hotel, including two US citizens, Thai police say
July 17, 2024
North Korean soldiers have been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the front line for months despite accidents, South Korea's military said on Wednesday.
July 17, 2024India's economy is expanding at the fastest rate among major emerging economies, and tax receipts are higher, factors that could prompt Finance Minister Nirmala
July 17, 2024
India is likely to speed up processing of visas for Chinese technicians, three government officials said, as it looks to overcome delays at
July 17, 2024Pakistan's foreign ministry summoned the Taliban's deputy head of mission on Wednesday and urged the latter's administration to take action against
July 17, 2024A suspect in the July 10 killing of an Australian couple and their Filipino relative at a Philippine hotel has surrendered,
July 17, 2024
China's central bank has made a fresh round of surveys on bond investments held by some regional banks, weeks after it hinted that it could use the billions of yuan worth of
July 17, 2024
A North Korean official visiting Russia whose name matches that of a man cited by the secretive state's media as the leader of a military training contingent has drowned while
July 17, 2024Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Wednesday he would have to respond if speculators cause excessive moves in the currency market and that there
July 17, 2024
Fire at shopping mall in southwest China kills 16 people
July 17, 2024
The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after she refused demands
July 17, 2024
Sixteen people were killed in a fire at a department store in Sichuan province in China's southwest on Wednesday evening, state media said on Thursday.
July 17, 2024
Google and Microsoft's cloud divisions are offering Chinese companies access to Nvidia's AI chips by providing data center services in locations outside China, the Information reported on
July 17, 2024
A high-level U.S. civilian and military delegation visited Papua New Guinea this week to stress U.S. commitment to the strategic Pacific territory, where China is competing for
July 17, 2024The United States has called on Bangladesh to uphold the right to peaceful protest amid demonstrations against the government's job quota
July 17, 2024
Historical drama "Shogun," the sweeping story of a struggle for power in feudal Japan, racked up 25 nominations on Wednesday to lead this
July 17, 2024
Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, raised its full-year revenue forecast on Thursday given surging demand for chips
July 17, 2024
Japanese exports rose in June for a seventh straight month, but the pace of growth slowed to its lowest since late last year, data showed on
July 17, 2024
Nearly a quarter of Japanese companies have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) in their businesses, while more than 40% have no plan to make use of the cutting-
July 17, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 17, 2024
The Indian villages with rooftop sculptures of planes, tanks and cars
July 18, 2024
The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group says she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post
July 17, 2024
Japan’s prime minister apologizes to people forcibly sterilized under former eugenics law
July 18, 2024
Indonesia's outgoing leader Joko Widodo swore in on Thursday as a deputy finance minister Thomas Djiwandono, nephew of President-elect
July 18, 2024
South Korea's major chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell 1.9% and 3.9%, respectively, on Thursday, following losses in global chip stocks.
July 18, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD on Thursday outlined plans to aggressively expand its dealership network in Vietnam as it opens its first stores in the country this week, posing a
July 18, 2024
Vietnam has filed a claim with the United Nations for an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, a month after regional neighbour the Philippines made a similar move,
July 18, 2024
Standard Chartered has hired more than a dozen new bankers to its private banking teams in Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates in a bid to grow the affluent
July 18, 2024
Two buses carrying Chinese tourists have veered off a road on New Zealand’s South Island in separate crashes, and 15 passengers were taken to hospital
July 18, 2024
South Korea ordered people living near rivers in its central region to evacuate homes on Thursday as heavy monsoon showers dumped more than 300 mm (12 inches) of rain, while warnings
July 18, 2024Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval and trust ratings slightly dropped as he entered his third year in office, according to independent opinion pollster Pulse Asia.
July 18, 2024
Malaysia's 99-year-old former prime minister of two decades, Mahathir Mohamad, has been admitted to hospital for coughing, his spokesman said on Thursday.
July 18, 2024
Thai Beverage, Southeast Asia's biggest brewer, plans to divest its real estate assets and become a pure-play drinks and food firm in a share swap
July 18, 2024
Singapore's full-year economic growth will come in closer to its potential rate of 2% to 3% and core inflation is expected to ease more significantly in the final
July 18, 2024
Thirteen people were killed as thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday, the worst day of violence so far in
July 18, 2024
South Korea's finance minister on Thursday vowed to take policy steps to stabilise the real estate market, as house prices are rising in the area of the capital Seoul.
July 18, 2024
South Korea's supreme court on Thursday upheld a ruling that a same-sex partner was eligible for spousal benefits from state health insurance, a move hailed as a win
July 18, 2024
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC posted a 36% rise in second-quarter net profit on Thursday that beat market expectations as it rides a surge in demand for semiconductors used in artificial
July 18, 2024
A senior Bank of Japan official said the central bank wants to maintain an accommodative monetary environment as much as possible, Jiji news agency reported on Thursday.
July 18, 2024
Shares have fallen in Asia after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower
July 18, 2024
An influential Philippine governor is the subject of controversy following an Associated Press investigation into his links to the expanding natural gas industry in his province
July 18, 2024China's ruling Communist Party has ended a top-level meeting by endorsing policies aimed at building the country's technological power and fortifying its national security
July 18, 2024
Japan’s top general lauds closer South Korea military ties as mutual concerns grow over China, North Korea
July 18, 2024
Hong Kong journalist says she was fired by WSJ after taking top post at union under attack by Beijing
July 18, 2024
Media reports from Bangladesh say 19 more people have died in clashes between police and student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” of the country, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over a system of allocating government jobs
July 18, 2024
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year
December 01, 2024
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has asked its China-based partners to take a pay cut of up to 50%, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as a regulatory probe
July 18, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to mend his relationship with voters in the federal budget to be announced next week, economic
July 18, 2024
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked nationwide protests by students that have killed at least 139 people
July 18, 2024
Vietnam's President To Lam has taken over the duties of Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong who is focusing on an unspecified health
July 18, 2024
South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches
July 18, 2024
Sanofi plans to invest around 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to build a new insulin production base in Beijing, which will mark the French drugmaker's largest single investment in
December 02, 2024
Computer chip equipment maker ASML said it does not expect new U.S. restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, announced on Monday, to affect its most recent
December 02, 2024China's Communist Party removed its former foreign and defence ministers, Qin Gang and Li Shangfu, from its Central Committee on Thursday
July 18, 2024
Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas have agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region’s development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, as Tokyo seeks greater engagement to counter China’s influence
July 18, 2024
At least two people were killed and 20 injured after several coaches of a passenger train jumped the tracks in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on
July 18, 2024Prices of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, hit a record high on Wednesday in top producer China, driven by speculation of possible state buying, industry
July 18, 2024
An Italian carrier strike group on its first deployment to the Indo-Pacific region will sail through the South China Sea to the Philippines after
July 18, 2024
South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups
July 18, 2024
Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of Zigong
July 18, 2024
Russia's Nornickel is in talks with several Chinese battery companies to build a plant jointly producing nickel material from Russian semi-
July 18, 2024
Dutch swimmer Arno Kamminga described the case of the 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned drug as a "lose-lose situation" while also questioning how the
July 18, 2024
Indonesia will launch an online tracking system next week for nickel and tin shipments to increase government revenue and improve mining
July 18, 2024
Crocodiles that were nearly extinct make a comeback in Cambodia
July 18, 2024
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will meet with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday for talks on bilateral relations and security issues, Ottawa said on
July 18, 2024
China has suspended the import, sale and use of Daewoong Bio's cefodizime sodium for injection, after the South Korean company rejected an inspection request at its production site
July 18, 2024Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the 2025 season against Japanese countrymen Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo on March 18-19, Major
July 18, 2024
The Associated Press has withdrawn its July 27, 2023, story about purported bomb threats allegedly aimed to implicate a Chinese family seeking visas to the Netherlands and who then wound up in immigration detention in Thailand instead
July 27, 2023A passenger train has derailed in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others
July 18, 2024
South Korea's military said on Friday it had decided to resume its round-the-clock loudspeaker broadcast campaign targeting North Korea in response to what it called the "despicable,
July 18, 2024The United States opened an embassy in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, the latest U.S. move in a long-running competition with China for influence in the Asia
July 18, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received Russian vice minister of defence Aleksey Krivoruchko and discussed the importance of the two countries' militaries to unite more firmly to
July 18, 2024
Chinese consumer spending has failed to respond to government measures even though household deposits are slowing and banks have slashed interest rates, a sign risk-
July 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 18, 2024
Artificial intelligence is taking a major leap forward in sport in the form of unmanned cameras that will broadcast the Marshall Islands' first ever futsal match against Micronesia on
July 18, 2024Super cheap robotaxi rides spark widespread anxiety in China
July 19, 2024
Samsung Electronics and representatives of its biggest workers' union in South Korea that has been on a strike since early last week have agreed to resume negotiations on Friday, the
July 19, 2024
What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter
July 18, 2024
Japan's government cut this year's growth forecast on Friday as consumption took a hit from rising import costs due to a weak yen, highlighting the fragile nature of
July 19, 2024
The Bangladesh government has decided to impose a curfew across the country and deploy the army, BBC Bangla reported on Friday, citing Prime
July 19, 2024
Japan set a record high for monthly visitors in June, official data showed on Friday, as its weak yen fuelled a tourism boom that is becoming a key driver for the
July 19, 2024
China’s giant panda loan program has long been a tool of diplomacy, but its significance for species conservation has proved important, too
July 19, 2024
Chinese officials acknowledged on Friday the sweeping list of economic goals re-emphasised at the end of a key Communist Party meeting this week
July 19, 2024
China's economic recovery is not strong enough and the government needs to implement macro policies more effectively, said the senior Communist Party official for financial and
July 19, 2024
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that he would convey Japan's stance on foreign exchange at meetings of the Group of Twenty (G20) finance leaders to be held in Rio de
July 19, 2024
Taiwan must rely on itself for defence and is likely to keep increasing spending and modernising its military given the threat it faces from China, Foreign Minister
July 19, 2024
The Bank of Japan will skip raising interest rates at its policy-setting meeting at the end of July as it looks to boost tepid economic growth, more than three-
July 19, 2024
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs
July 19, 2024
Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew
July 19, 2024
Bangladesh has erupted over jobs reserved for the children of ‘freedom fighters.’ Here’s what you need to know
July 19, 2024
The nominal president of military-ruled Myanmar is suffering from serious illnesses, state media reported on Friday, in a rare statement on the health of a key junta figure just weeks
July 19, 2024
Chinese wind turbine-makers this month clinched their first order in Germany, as they build momentum in the
July 19, 2024
Japan's largest banking group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) will cut the pay of its CEO and five other executives following the breaching of "firewall"
July 19, 2024
Thailand is planning to introduce a new financial business law to attract foreign funds and facilitate investment in the sector, a deputy finance minister said on Friday.
July 19, 2024
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday, while more market participants project further monetary easing to aid the economy following
July 19, 2024
Singapore has ordered five social media platforms to block users in the city-state from accessing 95 accounts mostly linked to exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, the
July 19, 2024
Pakistani counter-terror officials have arrested an Al-Qaeda leader, Amin ul Haq, who figures on a U.N. sanctions list, they said on Friday, describing
July 19, 2024China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend the 21st China-Russia Energy Cooperation Committee meeting and the sixth China-Russia Energy Business Forum on July 21-23, the
July 19, 2024
South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches
July 19, 2024
A Thai investigation into discounts from China's BYD will continue despite a cash-back programme from its distributor in response to
July 19, 2024
Eli Lilly said in a social media post Friday its weight loss drug tirzepatide had received approval from Chinese regulators, further intensifying competition with
July 19, 2024
Armenian authorities say that a small training plane of the Armenian air force has crashed
July 19, 2024Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died at age 78
July 19, 2024
Volkswagen's CEO discussed free and fair trade, the global economy and technology in meetings with China's industry and commerce ministers on Friday, according to statements
July 19, 2024
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), Asia's largest refiner, on Friday reported first-half crude throughput little changed year on year.
July 19, 2024
Wipro missed quarterly revenue estimates on Friday due to weak demand in Europe and Asia-Pacific, highlighting the tough task its new
July 19, 2024
Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards have conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan’s eastern coast, officials said Friday, a move seen as an effort to expand maritime cooperation amid concern about China’s increasingly assertive activity in regional seas
July 19, 2024Officials say two Australian and three Indonesian nationals have survived after a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali, due to being entangled in a kite string
July 19, 2024Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health
July 19, 2024
China will step up support for its program of equipment upgrades and consumer goods trade-ins, state media reported on Friday, citing a cabinet meeting.
July 19, 2024
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on Friday after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years during
July 19, 2024
China's lithium prices rebounded on Friday after a powerful earthquake hit Chile's major lithium producing region, although growing demand concerns weighed on the metal used in
July 19, 2024
Nguyen Phu Trong, the Marxist-Leninist who led Vietnam for more than a decade overseeing rapid economic growth and more recently trod a fine
July 19, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to sell its Malaysian oil and gas assets to state energy firm Petronas, exiting the country's upstream sector where
July 19, 2024
A Russian military delegation is in North Korea to work on implementing agreements reached during President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Pyongyang, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
July 19, 2024
Cheng Pei-pei, ‘queen of martial arts’ movies, dead at 78
July 19, 2024
Asia's foreign reserves have dropped this year as central banks have intervened to support their currencies, with Japan, Indonesia and South
July 19, 2024
Vietnam's President To Lam, who has taken on the duties of deceased Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, is a skilful behind-the-scenes
July 19, 2024
Pakistan will focus on meeting its external financing needs by speaking with foreign governments and lenders to draw foreign investment as well as seeking loan
July 19, 2024
Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi
July 19, 2024
Insolvency proceedings against ed-tech giant Byju's, once India's biggest startup valued at $22 billion, will likely force thousands of
July 19, 2024
Pakistan counterterrorism police say they have arrested an al-Qaida leader who was a close aide to Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States
July 19, 2024Violence between groups of men broke out in east London on Thursday night and police said the unrest was linked to protests in Bangladesh.
July 19, 2024A fleet of taxis, a security escort, and a harrowing six-hour journey brought Asif Hussain and about 80 other Indian students back home on Friday from
July 19, 2024
Deadly protests by thousands of students in Bangladesh against quotas in government jobs has brought focus to a history of violence in a country born out of a war between India
July 19, 2024
Britain's new defence minister will meet with counterparts from Japan and Italy next week to discuss a joint fighter jet programme, as the new Labour government
July 19, 2024PVR Inox, India's largest multiplex operator, reported a first-quarter loss that more than doubled on Friday due to fewer big-budget Bollywood releases and weak box office
July 19, 2024
A decision by the Trump administration to sanction China’s Xiaomi Corp in early 2021 was the catalyst for the company’s decision to build its first electric car, CEO Lei Jun said
July 19, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he speaks with his Chinese counterpart fairly regularly, adding that he will see him next week in Laos.
July 19, 2024
Sunday morning hackers watching the professionals often think they are watching a different sport to the one they play but they will identify with Japan's Aguri Iwasaki.
July 19, 2024
Maersk on Friday said there was a fire incident on one of its chartered vessels sailing from Mundra, off the western coast of India to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
July 19, 2024Israel’s invitation to this year’s atomic bomb commemorations in Japan has sparked a controversy over double standards
July 20, 2024
Hong Kong International Airport has resumed normal operations, Chinese state media said on Saturday, after a mistake in a security software update sparked hours-long outages in
July 20, 2024
Chinese authorities say 11 people have died in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the country's northwest following heavy storms and flooding
July 20, 2024
The Philippine Air Force must ramp up pilot training if it is to buy 20 or more multi-role fighter jets as it modernises and expands joint operations
July 20, 2024Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday and the government ordered all offices and institutions to stay
July 20, 2024
Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs
July 20, 2024
Japan's biggest steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp., has hired former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to help with its effort to acquire U.S.
July 20, 2024
President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts after a highway bridge collapse on Friday in Shaanxi province in China's northwest killed 11 people, state media reported on
July 20, 2024
A group that monitors armed conflict in Myanmar says an intensification of fighting in the Southeast Asian nation's civil war has resulted in a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools
July 20, 2024
Traditional pomp and cannon fire marked the coronation of Malaysia’s billionaire King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, who pledged to govern fairly the five-year term he will serve under a unique rotating monarchy system
July 20, 2024
Bridge collapses in China killing 15 after flash floods
July 20, 2024One of the world's youngest air forces is taking part in war games alongside cutting-edge stealth fighter jets as the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea
July 20, 2024
Malaysia's coast guard
July 20, 2024Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on Friday, the government said on Saturday.
July 20, 2024
They used to work for China’s biggest companies. Now they’re doing manual labor
July 21, 2024
South Korea says it is bolstering anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the tense border with rival North Korea, after the North launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea
July 20, 2024
North Korea on Sunday floated balloons carrying trash towards South Korea, South Korea's military said, declaring it would respond with "full-scale" loudspeaker broadcasts.
July 20, 2024
India will compete in the men's and women's table tennis team event at the Olympics for the first time at the Paris Games after climbing into the top 16 in the rankings, but
July 21, 2024Chinese-made lidar sensors could expose the U.S. military to hacking and sabotage during a conflict, according to a Washington think tank report
December 02, 2024
Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters that have killed scores of people
July 21, 2024
(This July 21 story has been corrected to say that Prapiroon was the second tropical cyclone to hit China this year, not first, in paragraph 2) Two tropical cyclones will bring
July 21, 2024
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most quotas on government jobs after nationwide action led by students spiralled into clashes that
July 21, 2024
Malaysia's coast guard said on Sunday it had located and intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a fiery collision with another vessel two days ago off Singapore.
July 21, 2024
Authorities in southern India's Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 persons in the
July 21, 2024
Taiwan must protect its sovereignty and know its own culture and history, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, rejecting what he said was the previous mistaken
July 21, 2024
Bangladesh’s top court rolls back most government job quotas after violent protests
July 21, 2024
The Philippines and China have "reached an understanding on the provisional arrangement" for resupply missions to a beached Filipino naval ship in the South China Sea, Manila's
July 21, 2024
China and the Philippines have reached a deal intended to end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea
July 21, 2024
China released a policy document on Sunday, outlining known ambitions, from developing advanced industries to improving the business environment, with analysts spotting no sign of
July 21, 2024
Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister has secured overwhelming support in parliament with more than two-thirds of members voting in his favor
July 21, 2024
Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan
July 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Noel Randewich. Markets face a new U.S. electoral calculus after U.S.
July 21, 2024
Geopolitical rivalries, including brewing trade battles between the United States and China, now trump inflation as the biggest worry for sovereign
July 21, 2024
China surprised markets by cutting major short and long-term interest rates on Monday, its first such broad move since August last year, signalling intent to boost growth in the
July 21, 2024
The Philippines is looking to forge reciprocal troops access agreements with Canada, France, New Zealand, and other countries, the defence minister said on Monday.
July 21, 2024
A tanker that fled the scene of a fiery Friday collision off Singapore entered the area of Malaysia's Bertam floating oil terminal on Monday
July 22, 2024
China cut benchmark lending rates at a monthly fixing on Monday, after the central bank surprised the markets by lowering a key short-term policy rate earlier in the session.
July 22, 2024
Taiwan carried out anti-landing drills on a strategic river on Monday at the start of the annual Han Kuang war games, which this year aim to be as close
July 22, 2024
Byju Raveendran, an Indian mathematics whiz who soared from teacher to startup billionaire before his education-technology company imploded this year, now faces
July 22, 2024
They built a home in Thailand after their US property was flooded in a hurricane
July 22, 2024
Nvidia is working on a version of its new flagship AI chips for the China market that would be compatible with current U.S. export controls, four sources familiar
July 22, 2024
Shares are mostly higher in Asia after a rally on Wall Street
July 22, 2024
Japanese ministries' budget demand for the next fiscal year is likely to exceed 110 trillion yen ($698 billion) for the fourth straight year, according to a
July 22, 2024
Wipro's shares dropped the most in over four years on Monday morning as investors punished India's no.
July 22, 2024
Rescuers are searching for dozens missing after heavy rains caused flash flooding and a bridge collapse in different parts of China, killing at least 25 people
July 22, 2024
Summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge for China as it grapples with extreme weather
July 22, 2024
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed her political opponents for deadly violence that swept the country during recent
July 22, 2024
As imbalances in China's economy deepen, pressure is growing on Beijing to deliver on the decade-old policy promises it revived at an agenda-setting
July 22, 2024
India's monetary policy framework should consider targeting inflation that excludes food, the prices of which are influenced more by supply than demand, the government's 2023/24
July 22, 2024
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will visit Vietnam next week to discuss how to boost cooperation with the Southeast Asian country in areas
July 22, 2024
The Philippines will keep asserting its rights in the South China Sea after it reached a "provisional arrangement" with China about its resupply missions to the contested Second
July 22, 2024
China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age, now among the world's lowest, to allow people to work longer, as it struggles to relieve soaring pressure on pension
July 22, 2024
A top Chinese university has fired a professor a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment and posted recordings online as evidence
July 22, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank is expected to hold interest rates for a second straight meeting on Wednesday as it attempts to maintain monetary stability in the
July 22, 2024
China's fiscal revenue slid 2.8% in the first half of 2024 from a year earlier, unchanged from a 2.8% fall in the January-May period, official data showed on Monday, as prolonged
July 22, 2024
India's annual economic report card has backed more Chinese investment in the country, even as investments worth billions of dollars from China suffer disruption due to increased
July 22, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose less than expected in June on weak demand from the island's top trading partner China and for laptops and mobile phones, even as chips saw continued
July 22, 2024
India will apply for licences to explore for deep-sea minerals in the Pacific Ocean as it competes to secure supplies of minerals critical for
July 22, 2024Indonesian rescuers are searching for a cargo ship with 12 people on board that has been missing since last week off the easternmost Papua region, officials said on Monday.
July 22, 2024China surprised markets by lowering a string of major short and long-term interest rates on Monday, in an effort to boost growth in the world's second-largest economy.
July 22, 2024India's top court ruled on Monday that restaurants cannot be forced to display the names of their owners, suspending police orders in two northern states that critics had said
July 22, 2024
The Bank of Japan should more clearly indicate its resolve to normalise monetary policy, including through steady interest rate hikes, senior ruling party official
July 22, 2024
India's antitrust body has asked Reliance Industries and Walt Disney around 100 questions linked to their $8.5 billion India media assets merger, including
July 22, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday his country "cannot yield" and "cannot waver" on its position in the South China Sea, but it will find ways to de-escalate
July 22, 2024
The sharp jump in derivative trading by Indian retail investors is likely driven by a "gambling instinct", a finance ministry report said on Monday, cautioning that any sharp
July 22, 2024
Asia's first inverse bitcoin exchange-traded fund that allows investors to bet on a fall in the cryptocurrency, is set to debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
July 22, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos banned offshore gambling operators on Monday, targeting an online industry that the regulator has said is dominated by Chinese firms and
July 22, 2024
Ukraine's top diplomat will visit China on Tuesday at the invitation of Beijing for talks that Kyiv said would focus on how to end Russia's war in Ukraine and on a possible
July 22, 2024
Belarus’ foreign minister is to visit North Korea for a rare trip expected to focus on forging trilateral cooperation involving Russia
July 22, 2024A U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling activist has been detained in Greenland and faces possible extradition to Japan which has issued an international warrant for his arrest, the Arctic
July 22, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate ban on the mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations in the country
July 22, 2024
Foreign and defence ministers from Japan and the United States will hold security talks on July 28 that for the first time will cover "extended deterrence", a term used
July 22, 2024
China's truck manufacturers released safety standards for vehicles carrying edible oil on Monday, as firms attempt to regain consumer trust after a report about fuel
July 22, 2024
Pakistan's Interior Ministry says police have raided the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party office in Islamabad and arrested its spokesman for carrying out anti-state propaganda
July 22, 2024
Pakistan police arrested two aides of former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday in a raid on his party's secretariat, despite the jailed ex-leader having won a
July 22, 2024
The Philippines and the United States will hold a 2+2 dialogue between their foreign and defence ministers in Manila on July 30, Manila's foreign ministry said on Monday.
July 22, 2024
All duties of Myanmar's figurehead president have been transferred to the chief of the ruling junta, Min Aung Hlaing, after the nominal head of state was placed on medical leave following a
July 22, 2024
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata withdraws from Olympic Games after smoking and drinking alcohol
July 22, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Asia this week on an eight-day trip aimed at shoring up ties with Indo-Pacific allies and partners but with the priority of assuring them that the United States remains committed to the region
July 22, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin head to Asia this week to reassure allies and partners of
July 22, 2024
Myanmar junta leader assumes presidential powers as president takes ‘sick leave,’ state media reports
July 22, 2024
By Alden Bentley A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Alden Bentley.
July 22, 2024
Lynas Rare Earths posted a drop in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, hit by production decline at its Kalgoorlie facility in Western Australia and lower underlying prices,
July 22, 2024
South Korean authorities arrested Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao Corp on Tuesday, on accusations of manipulating stocks during the acquisition
July 22, 2024
Oil prices fell about 2% to a six-week low on Tuesday on rising expectations of a ceasefire in Gaza and growing concerns about demand in China.
July 22, 2024
India's government assigned billions of dollars for job creation and regions run by key coalition partners in a budget
July 22, 2024
The yen rose for a second straight session against the dollar on Tuesday, boosted by comments from a senior Japanese politician about normalizing
July 23, 2024
Some of the biggest global drugmakers, undeterred by mounting Sino-U.S. tensions, are scouring for deals in China to replenish drug
July 23, 2024
Financial markets will close and people given the day off work as Typhoon Gaemi barrelled towards Taiwan on Tuesday bringing strong winds and torrential
July 23, 2024
After more than a year of moderate expansion, South Korea's economic growth likely slowed to a near halt last quarter as higher borrowing costs held back
July 23, 2024
China said on Tuesday that it added 6.98 million urban new jobs in the first half of the year, according to the human resources ministry.
July 23, 2024
Police in Vietnam have arrested a former environment deputy minister and four other senior officials accused of violating mining regulations, following a wider investigation into
July 23, 2024The Philippines gaming regulator will cancel the licenses of offshore gambling firms, most of them Chinese owned, and will work with law enforcement agencies
July 23, 2024
China's central bank's decision to lower the collateral requirement for medium-term loans will alleviate the "asset famine" pressure on the bond market, state media reported on
July 23, 2024
Equinix has acquired three data centers in the Philippines from Total Information Management to expand its presence in the high growth potential region of Southeast Asia, the global data
July 23, 2024
Singapore's central bank is widely expected to keep monetary policy unchanged this week and hold off easing settings amid lingering risks to the inflation outlook
July 23, 2024
Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it
July 23, 2024
A charted flight carrying Malaysian nationals evacuated from deadly violence in Bangladesh is expected to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday afternoon, Malaysia's foreign
July 23, 2024An approaching typhoon has prompted the cancellation of air force drills off Taiwan's east coast
July 23, 2024China’s leaders have floated the idea of raising the retirement age. It hasn’t gone down well
July 23, 2024
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 2.9% in June from a year earlier, lower than economists' forecasts and the lowest reading since March 2022, official data showed on
July 23, 2024
The first Black Marsh Turtle hatched in captivity in Cambodia is being carefully nurtured by conservationists until it can be released back into the wild as part of a
July 23, 2024
Philippines bans gambling operations catered to illicit Chinese players
July 23, 2024
South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on suspicion of stock price rigging during his company’s takeover of a major K-pop agency last year
July 23, 2024
Australian police said on Tuesday a 43-year-old man had been charged with allegedly trafficking a teenager from Indonesia for sex work, while a woman was arrested in Jakarta
July 23, 2024The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition,
July 23, 2024
Bangladesh is still without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that scaled back a controversial system for allocating government jobs that sparked violent protests
July 22, 2024
Two of China's leading fund managers have capped staff's annual income and will claw back any excess, five people with direct knowledge of the
July 23, 2024
Thailand recorded 19.6 million foreign tourist arrivals from January to July 21 period, the Tourism Ministry said Tuesday, up 34% from the same period a year earlier.
July 23, 2024
Japanese electric motor maker Nidec raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 4.3% on Tuesday off the back of a recovery in demand for hard drive motors, efforts to raise its
July 23, 2024
India will spend $24 billion in job-spurring efforts over the next five years and boost rural spending, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday in the 2024/25 budget, unveiled
July 23, 2024
The Indian government has lowered its planned gross market borrowing by 120 billion rupees ($1.44 billion) for the financial year ending March 2025, Finance
July 23, 2024
Broadening pay hikes among smaller firms is crucial, said Japan's top government spokesperson, Yoshimasa Hayashi, underscoring the
July 23, 2024
India's federal government said on Tuesday that it will spend a record 11.11 trillion rupees ($132.85 billion) on infrastructure in the financial year ending March 2025 to support
July 23, 2024
Sirens rang out, roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Tuesday during an annual air-raid exercise
July 23, 2024
Japan will continue to work with the United States for peace on the Taiwan Strait regardless of who is in the White House after the November presidential election,
July 23, 2024
Asian stocks are mostly lower as markets digest Japanese and Australian business data, while U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies
July 23, 2024
The Indian government raised the tax rate on equity derivatives trades and on capital gains from equity investments on Tuesday, which fund managers said may
July 23, 2024
Thailand will work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, a deputy prime minister said Tuesday, signalling a U-turn on plans
July 23, 2024
India on Tuesday cut income tax rates for some citizens in an effort to boost consumption as Asia's third-largest economy struggles with uneven growth.
July 23, 2024
China’s Baosteel says it will acquire Nippon Steel’s 50% stake in their auto steel joint venture for about $242 million
July 23, 2024Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, has bought Singaporean dining reservation platform Chope for an undisclosed price, according to confirmation
July 23, 2024
A chartered flight carrying 123 Malaysians evacuated from deadly violence in Bangladesh arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Malaysia's home minister said.
July 23, 2024
China's top economic planner said on Tuesday it will support high-quality companies to borrow medium- and long-term foreign debt, to support the development of the real economy,
July 23, 2024
The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia's cooperation with China in the Arctic was not aimed against any other country and said U.S. criticism of such work was misplaced.
July 23, 2024
India's Hindustan Unilever (HUL) posted a higher first-quarter profit on Tuesday as price cuts boosted volumes, while a revival of the company's key home care business indicated a
July 23, 2024
Chinese electric truck startup Windrose is aiming to raise $200 million in its final round of funding in equity investments and debt before it seeks an initial public offering in
July 23, 2024
Samsung Electronics and representatives of its biggest workers' union in South Korea, which has been on a strike, met on Tuesday but the talks ended without results, the union said.
July 23, 2024
India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the
July 23, 2024
India's Finance Minister has backed her economic adviser's suggestion to allow more Chinese investment in the country, after flows were
July 23, 2024
China arrive at the Paris Olympics expecting the torrent of gold medals that has become common for the Asian sporting powerhouse in recent
July 23, 2024
Uber launched a water transport hailing service on scenic Dal Lake in India's Kashmir region on Monday, offering rides on boats popular with tourists.
December 02, 2024
Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in China on Tuesday for talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to achieve a "fair peace" in the war with Russia and also to discuss bilateral
July 23, 2024
Manufacturing activity fell sharply across Europe last month and a further decline in demand dashed hopes for an imminent turnaround, whereas in China factories extended
December 02, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Alden Bentley Markets were subdued ahead of second quarter earnings from Alphabet and Tesla released after the close
July 23, 2024
North Korea is keen to boost ties with Belarus to "open a new era", state media KCNA quoted Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui as saying on Wednesday, a day after she met her Belarusian
July 23, 2024South Korea's consumer sentiment in July was the most optimistic in 27 months, with a brighter spending outlook due to easing inflation concerns, a central bank survey showed on
July 23, 2024
Boeing said on Tuesday it has resumed deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX airplane to China after a lengthy delay stemming from regulatory issues.
July 23, 2024
Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon has fallen on the South Korean presidential compound, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities during North Korean provocations
July 23, 2024
Nippon Steel will dissolve its joint venture with China's Baoshan Iron & Steel, it said on Tuesday, ending two decades of cooperation when their existing
July 23, 2024
Japan's factory activity contracted slightly in July as output and new orders fell and firms remained under pressure from higher prices, a business survey showed on Wednesday.
July 23, 2024
Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets shut, flights cancelled and two people killed, while
July 23, 2024
Heavy rain from Typhoon Gaemi has flooded the Philippine capital Manila and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools, offices
July 23, 2024
The dollar fell to its lowest in more than two months against the yen on Wednesday as short-yen carry trades were unwound ahead of next week's
July 23, 2024
Beijing and Manila made a deal in the South China Sea. But they’re already at odds over what was agreed
July 24, 2024
A typhoon killed has three people in Taiwan as it approaches the island where air travelers have rushed to board remaining overseas flights
July 24, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday in a surprise decision aimed at spurring economic recovery following the country's
July 24, 2024
North Korean balloons carrying trash have landed near South Korea's presidential office, the Presidential Security Service said on Wednesday.
July 24, 2024
Thailand's 500 billion baht ($13.85 billion) "digital wallet" handout scheme is a necessary stimulus measure to boost a lagging economy held back by low income and high household
July 24, 2024
Japan protested to Russia on Wednesday over curbs denying entry to 13 Japanese business executives, including the Toyota Motor chairman, as part of counter-sanctions measures.
July 24, 2024
Powerful Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan, expected to drench an already soaked China
July 24, 2024
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologised and promised reforms on Wednesday after a public inquiry found some 200,000 children,
July 24, 2024
A Vietnamese missile frigate arrived in Russia's port of Vladivostok on a "business call", Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the press service of Russia's
July 24, 2024A final report by New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry into historic abuse of children in state and faith-based institutions has estimated that 200,000 were abused between
July 24, 2024Thailand's Constitutional Court said on Wednesday it will hand down its verdict on Aug. 14 in a case that seeks the dismissal of
July 24, 2024
Factories, offices and banks reopened in Bangladesh on Wednesday after a nationwide curfew enforced by the army was eased and relative calm prevailed following days of
July 24, 2024
India's business activity accelerated at its fastest pace in three months in July thanks to strong demand, especially in the services sector, according to a
July 24, 2024
South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) is in talks with about three Chinese suppliers to produce low-cost electric vehicle batteries for Europe, a senior executive
July 24, 2024
North Korea’s trash balloons fall near South’s presidential office
July 24, 2024
Remy Cointreau's shares hit their lowest in eight years on Wednesday as a first-quarter sales miss on spreading problems in the U.S. and Asia added to gloomy sentiment around the
July 24, 2024
The Philippines has ordered foreigners working in offshore gambling firms to leave the country in two months' time, its immigration bureau said on Wednesday, following President
July 24, 2024
A plane has crashed just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor
July 24, 2024
China revealed details this week of a revised state secrets law that changes curbs on government officials' handling of confidential information, banning those
July 24, 2024
Australia Defence MInister Richard Marles said on Wednesday Canberra is confident a re-elected Donald Trump will back the AUKUS security alliance and associated
July 24, 2024
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN met in Laos on Wednesday as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the
July 24, 2024
A small passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 people on board and
July 24, 2024
Ukraine’s foreign minister says he is seeking “common ground” in talks with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country’s war with Russia
July 24, 2024
Asian shares have dropped morning trading, with Tokyo’s benchmark losing more than 1,000 points at one point and closing 3.3% lower, as pessimism set in over Wall Street's overnight nose-dive
July 24, 2024
Pilot sole survivor of Nepal plane crash that killed 18
July 24, 2024
Ukraine's top diplomat said on Wednesday, after a day of "very deep and concentrated" talks in China, that Kyiv was prepared for talks on the conflict with Russia provided
July 24, 2024
Bangladesh is crawling back to normalcy after more than a week of chaos triggered by student protests over a quota system in government jobs
July 24, 2024
Malaysia is seeking the commitment of social media platforms to tackle cybercrimes ranging from scams, cyberbullying and child pornography, its communications minister said on
July 24, 2024
China's BYD widened its sales lead over Tesla in Singapore in the first half of this year, government data showed, highlighting the challenge facing the world's
July 24, 2024
The Philippines has reached an agreement with Beijing on its resupply missions to soldiers aboard a grounded naval vessel in the South China Sea, but will not
July 24, 2024
Malaysia's digital minister said on Wednesday he has asked global tech firms Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last
July 24, 2024
Sri Lanka's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday in a surprise decision aimed at spurring economic recovery following the country's
July 24, 2024
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to prevent excessive declines in the yen, private-sector members of a key government council said at a meeting last week where Governor
July 24, 2024
Japanese official buying to defend the yen is fast becoming a standard feature of the FX landscape in 2024, but authorities in Tokyo have
July 24, 2024
India is likely to ease restrictions on Chinese investment in non-sensitive sectors like solar panels and battery manufacturing where New Delhi
July 24, 2024
Japan will resume funding for all stalled projects in Sri Lanka, Tokyo's envoy there said on Wednesday, the first such announcement since the island nation
July 24, 2024
A panel at the Japanese labour ministry has decided to raise the national average minimum wage by about 5% to 1,054 yen ($6.85) per hour this fiscal year, the biggest ever jump,
July 24, 2024
Britain said on Wednesday it had launched a new technology security initiative with India aimed at boosting economic growth, fostering collaboration on telecoms security and
July 24, 2024
Duncan Scott has won quite a lot since now-disgraced Chinese swimmer Sun Yang branded him a loser at the 2019 world championships.
July 24, 2024
CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dem analyzes satellite imagery of Typhoon Gaemi that shows Taiwan’s natural landscape acting as a barrier to reroute the storm.
July 24, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit China from July 26-31 on her first trip there since taking office, aiming to improve trade with China, a person involved in the
July 24, 2024
Japan's Honda Motor will close a factory in China and halt vehicle production at another plant, the automaker said on Thursday, as it seeks to start producing more electric vehicles amid
July 24, 2024
Taiwan staff at multinational firms in China have nothing to fear as long as they don't break the law, the Chinese government said on Wednesday, following new legal guidelines that
July 24, 2024
South Korea's SK Hynix posted its highest quarterly profit since 2018 on Thursday as the Nvidia supplier said strong AI chip demand will only get
July 24, 2024
South Korea's economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter, clocking the sharpest contraction since 2022 as slumping consumer spending undermined an export boom,
July 24, 2024
China's shadowy, uncrewed reusable spacecraft, which launches atop a rocket booster and lands at a secretive military airfield, is most likely testing technology
July 24, 2024
Japan’s total population has declined for the 15th straight year
July 24, 2024
Mayne Pharma has filed a lawsuit against India's Sun Pharma over infringements of patents related to a certain product used for menopause-related vaginal pain, the Australian drugmaker said
July 24, 2024
NORAD intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers operating together near Alaska in first such flight
July 25, 2024
Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) north has likely killed 26 people, including 16 children, whiled several people were forced to flee after
July 25, 2024In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins - a popular sushi ingredient - to try and stop them from eating
July 25, 2024
Thailand will form a task force to enhance the due diligence capabilities of its financial institutions in order to prevent transactions by banks that could lead to arms purchases
July 24, 2024The United States and Vietnam are discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi, two
July 25, 2024
China's central bank unexpectedly conducted a medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation on Thursday and cut the interest rate, following a string of other rate reductions
July 25, 2024
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in the capital of Laos for a regional forum that runs through Saturday
July 25, 2024
Five of China's major state-owned banks on Thursday cut deposit rates to cushion a hit to their already record low margins after this week's surprise lowering of lending
July 24, 2024
A marine tanker carrying industrial fuel sank in rough seas off the Philippines on Thursday, causing the death of a crew member and an oil
July 25, 2024
A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan industry advocates say will aid Tokyo's
July 25, 2024
A Hong Kong court dismissed on Thursday a bid by the legal team for jailed democrat Jimmy Lai to end his national security trial, saying prosecutors appeared to
July 25, 2024
A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial
July 25, 2024
Fierce storm topples tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, killing 1 and damaging statues
July 25, 2024China's central bank surprised markets for a second time this week by conducting an unscheduled lending operation on Thursday at steeply lower rates, suggesting authorities are
July 25, 2024
A strong typhoon has made landfall on China’s southeastern coast after sweeping across the nearby island of Taiwan, where it caused landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and left three dead
July 25, 2024
North Korea has sent about 500 balloons laden with trash into South Korea's air space over the past 24 hours, officials in the South said on Thursday, disrupting
July 25, 2024
China surprised financial markets with an off-cycle cut to bank funding costs on Thursday.
July 25, 2024
Japan's government on Thursday maintained its assessment on the economy but offered a bleaker view than last month on exports due to the fallout from slowing
July 25, 2024
Car production in Thailand fell 20.11% in June from a year earlier due to tighter financing rules and high consumer debt, and full-year production is now expected to be lower than
July 25, 2024
Thailand saw investment pledges rise 35% in the first half of this year to 458 billion baht ($12.68 billion), the Board of Investment said Thursday.
July 25, 2024
China’s hosting Palestinian and Ukrainian delegations this week. But can it play peace broker in global conflicts?
July 25, 2024Floods inundate Philippine capital, oil tanker sinks as deadly typhoon prompts calls for climate action
July 25, 2024
Japan's Nissan Motor slashed its annual outlook on Thursday after deep discounting in the United States almost completely wiped out the automaker's first-quarter
July 25, 2024
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July 25, 2024Vietnam on Thursday began a two-day state funeral service to bid farewell to Nguyen Phu Trong, 80, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died a week earlier.
July 25, 2024
Indonesia launched a long-term visa scheme on Thursday intended to attract foreign investors, President Joko Widodo said, with amounts of up to $10 million giving them a 10-year
July 25, 2024
A Philippine oil tanker has sunk in Manila Bay after encountering huge waves
July 25, 2024
Hyundai Motor reported record quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday on strong sales of high-margin cars and said it would expand hybrid lineups to
July 25, 2024
South Korea on Thursday proposed tax cuts as part of its broader push to boost the domestic stock market and tackle a falling birth rate, which is the world's lowest.
July 25, 2024
Investors turned bullish on the Singapore dollar for the first time since mid-December as the city-state's growth and inflation dynamics continue to support the local unit,
July 25, 2024
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with major markets apart from Shanghai and Taiwan logging modest gains
July 25, 2024
The International Organization for Migration says more than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania on their way to Europe, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation
July 25, 2024Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers patrolled near the U.S. state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic on Thursday, the two countries said, a move
July 25, 2024
A rebel army in Myanmar said on Thursday it had seized control of a major regional military headquarters near the border with China, in what could be the biggest recent defeat for a ruling
July 25, 2024
Eighteen people were killed in Nepal when a small passenger plane crashed while taking off from the main airport in the capital Kathmandu, drawing attention once again to the
July 25, 2024
Relatives of the 18 dead in an airplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from the government or the airline on the possible cause of the disaster, they said a day after the small
July 25, 2024
Dow missed second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, hurt by lower demand and prices in Asia and Europe.
July 25, 2024
A panel of U.N.-backed independent experts has expressed grave concern about increased discrimination and violence against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan and urged authorities to ensure their protection
July 25, 2024The lawyer for the president of Cambodia's main opposition party says his client has been found guilty of of defamation and has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages to the government
July 25, 2024India's Tech Mahindra reported its smallest revenue fall in four quarters on Thursday, helped by its manufacturing and healthcare segments, as the company signalled the return of
July 25, 2024
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Hong Kong to prevent Russia and Russian businesses from using the region to circumvent sanctions
July 25, 2024
A prominent activist jailed and made famous over his public call for reforms to Thailand's powerful monarchy was given four more years in prison for another violation of the
July 25, 2024
China has ratcheted up its efforts to spur slowing growth by cutting a key policy rate and doubling subsidies for electric vehicles bought to replace older cars
July 25, 2024Singapore - Singapore-headquartered AI cloud provider Sustainable Metal Cloud (SMC) is planning to expand globally as its sees fast-growing demand for its energy saving technology, its CEO said on
July 25, 2024
Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, has called off its proposed acquisition of Singapore's third-largest taxi operator, Trans-cab, according to a
July 25, 2024
Australia's Olympic 200 metres breaststroke champion Zac Stubblety-Cook said he may make an anti-doping protest after racing Chinese world record holder Qin Haiyang at
July 25, 2024
India's Cyient reported a drop in first-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by greater than expected delays in project execution.
July 25, 2024Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks on power sector debt relief alongside structural reforms suggested by the
July 25, 2024
America's top Olympic official has backed the world anti-doping body after its credibility came under fire over a case, recently come to light, of Chinese swimmers
July 25, 2024
Heavy rain has hit northern Japan, triggering floods and landslides, disrupting transportation systems and sending hundreds of residents to take shelter at safer grounds
July 25, 2024Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited Hong Kong on Thursday and called on its leader John Lee to prevent Russia from using Hong Kong as a way to circumvent Western sanctions
July 25, 2024
The increased use of digital assets in cross-border settlements between Russia and China is easing bilateral payment issues, digital
July 25, 2024
China has issued a rare compliment to the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his order banning widespread and Chinese-run online gaming operations
July 25, 2024
Bangladesh has said that it forgot to remove U.N. markings from vehicles during an army-enforced curfew to contain deadly violence that spread
July 25, 2024
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to dialogue, as fighting intensifies between the ruling
July 25, 2024
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Laos, where the two leaders agreed to resolve border issues as soon as possible
July 25, 2024
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July 25, 2024
Indian drugmaker Mankind Pharma said late on Thursday it would acquire Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd in a deal valued at around 136.30 billion rupees ($1.63 billion), including debt.
July 25, 2024
A doping row involving Chinese athletes may prove a tinderbox at the Olympic swimming meet where the United States face the biggest challenge to their reign in decades
July 25, 2024
- A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Alden Bentley in New York.
July 25, 2024
Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated for a third straight month in July but an index gauging demand-driven price growth slowed, data showed on Friday,
July 25, 2024
China Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it is hoped that China and India will work in the same direction and explore how the neighbouring countries can get along, according to a
July 25, 2024
Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar are claiming to have captured two strategically important towns in the northeast
July 25, 2024Singapore's central bank on Friday left its monetary policy settings unchanged for the fifth consecutive time, as expected, as growth picks up
July 25, 2024
The U.S. military is building infrastructure in northern Australia to help it project power into the South China Sea if a crisis with China erupts, a Reuters
July 26, 2024
A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep
July 26, 2024
Sri Lanka will vote on Sept. 21 to elect a new president, a government notice said on Friday, a crucial contest that is expected to determine the future of
July 26, 2024
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said China and Russia should maintain communication and coordination on East Asian cooperation to promote regional peace and stability amid
July 26, 2024
Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21 that will likely be a test of confidence in President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis
July 26, 2024
Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.7% in 2024, the Finance Ministry said Friday, up from a previous forecast of 2.4% due to higher foreign tourist arrivals and exports.
July 26, 2024
Shares in startup Timee, which operates a platform connecting workers seeking side gigs with labour-strapped businesses, rose roughly 30% on Friday in their Tokyo stock market debut.
July 26, 2024
North Korea's economy grew sharply in 2023 after shrinking for three straight years as trade with China increased after COVID-19 pandemic border controls were eased,
July 26, 2024
Officials say at least 26 people have been killed by a gang in three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north, and eight villagers remain missing
July 26, 2024
Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanoi for the second day of the funeral of the man who dominated Vietnamese politics for over a decade, Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
July 26, 2024
Japan's industrial output likely fell in June, reversing from gains made the previous month, led by suspension of some auto production, a Reuters poll found on Friday.
July 26, 2024
Indebted Indian laborer finds life-changing $100,000 diamond
July 26, 2024Japan's Toyota Motor plans to build a battery plant for electric vehicles in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka and supply its batteries to a factory that makes luxury Lexus brand
July 26, 2024
Flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Prapiroon have killed at least 10 people and left 9 missing this week in northern Vietnam, the government's disaster
July 26, 2024Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan was trying to stay relevant through "terrorism" and "proxy war" but such a strategy would never succeed.
July 26, 2024
China's latest series of rate cuts show the central bank's monetary framework has changed, analysts said, with the short-term repo rate becoming the primary signal and a
July 26, 2024
Amundi, Europe's biggest fund manager, posted better-than-expected quarterly inflows on Friday, driven by its Asian joint ventures amid sustained demand for risk-averse products.
July 26, 2024
Thailand's main opposition figurehead is hopeful his election-winning Move Forward party will survive an upcoming dissolution case, but
July 26, 2024
Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japan’s germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository still waiting to find their home
July 26, 2024
Chinese companies are in talks with potential investors to reduce their stakes in Indonesian nickel smelters amid efforts to make their products eligible for
July 26, 2024
Typhoon Gaemi pummelled towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely
July 26, 2024
Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims
July 26, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to unveil details of a quantitative tightening (QT) plan at its monetary policy meeting next week, aimed at reducing its holdings
July 26, 2024
Taiwan's coast guard tried on Friday to rescue dozens of sailors stranded off the southern coast after Typhoon Gaemi sank a freighter and grounded eight others in the Taiwan Strait.
July 26, 2024
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the army to quell protests against job quotas that killed nearly
July 26, 2024
Australia, New Zealand and Canada on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and asked Israel to respond to a United Nations court which last week ruled its
July 26, 2024
The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out
July 26, 2024
Relations between China and Japan are at a critical stage, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart on Friday as the pair discussed thorny issues including
July 26, 2024
Two South Korean e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 slipped deeper into crisis on Friday after failing to make payments to vendors, with companies
July 26, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration’s expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next
July 26, 2024
Regional auto making hub Thailand will introduce investment incentives for manufacturers of hybrid vehicles, its Board of Investment (BOI) said on Friday, with excise taxes for
July 26, 2024
What was Typhoon Gaemi has weakened to a severe tropical storm and is moving inland toward central China on after making landfall Thursday night on the east coast
July 26, 2024
China and South Korea should avoid interference from external factors and expand common interests, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his South Korean counterpart on Friday.
July 26, 2024
Sri Lanka's Election Commission has formally approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest the Indian Ocean island's presidential election on Sept. 21.
July 26, 2024
China will enhance support for small and medium-sized technology enterprises through its national financing guarantee fund, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a bid to leverage
July 26, 2024
The world’s biggest luxury brands are hurting as Chinese shoppers rein in spending
July 26, 2024Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to expand cooperation with Pyongyang in a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea's foreign ministry said on
July 26, 2024
In consecutive days this week, China brokered a deal between rival Palestinian factions and hosted Ukraine’s foreign minister at a key moment in the grinding war there
July 26, 2024
Nissan cut planned production by a third at its top Japanese plant this month, a move that will also see it slash output of a flagship crossover model
July 26, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL recorded faster profit growth in the second quarter, even as EV demand slows in the world's largest auto market while geopolitical
July 26, 2024
The Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of 24.1 million rupees (nearly $288,000) on Visa in relation to its usage of an unauthorised payment transfer method, the central bank
July 26, 2024
By Md. Tahmid Zami DHAKA - Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached.
July 26, 2024
Surfing makes its second Olympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games after a successful debut in Tokyo, with competition being held this time on the French Polynesian
July 26, 2024
Naomi Osaka is back on the tennis tour, back at a Summer Olympics and back at Roland Garros
July 26, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it was a sacred mission of the current generation to build a "paradise for the people" based on the ideology defended by a previous generation of
July 26, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Japan had explained its intervention into the currency market in 2022, the Nikkei Business daily reported on Saturday.
July 26, 2024
China's industrial profits grew at a faster clip in June, official data showed on Saturday, even as businesses were grappling with a downshift in consumers' sentiment amid a shaky
July 27, 2024
Southeast Asian top diplomats have condemned violence in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and urged for “practical” means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea during the last of the three-day regional talks with allies including the U.S., Russia and China
July 27, 2024
The International Olympic Committee apologised to South Korea on Saturday after its delegation of athletes were introduced as from rival North Korea at the Paris Olympics opening
July 27, 2024
Profits at China's industrial firms rose 3.5% in the first half of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, official data showed on Saturday.
July 27, 2024
Tigers are disappearing from Southeast Asia. A forest in Thailand is offering new hope
July 27, 2024Vietnam received foreign investment inflows of $12.55 billion from the start of the year to July 20, up 8.4% from the corresponding period a year earlier, the planning and investment
July 27, 2024Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the conflict in military-ruled Myanmar was worsening and her message to the ruling junta was the situation there was unsustainable
July 27, 2024
Philippine government personnel have transported food and other supplies to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent without any clashes with China
July 27, 2024
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned the Philippines over the U.S. intermediate-range missile deployment, saying such a move could fuel regional tensions and spark an arms
July 27, 2024
Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy's Collins class submarines.
July 27, 2024
The Philippines on Saturday completed unimpeded a resupply trip to its troops at a disputed South China Sea shoal, its foreign ministry said, the first such mission under a new
July 27, 2024
The UNESCO World Heritage committee has decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit about its dark history of abusing wartime Korean laborers
July 27, 2024
Blinken raises concerns over Beijing’s ‘destabilizing actions’ in South China Sea at meeting with Chinese counterpart
July 27, 2024
Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN on Saturday condemned violence against civilians in military-ruled Myanmar and urged all parties to end hostilities and follow
July 27, 2024
More than 27,000 people in northeast China were evacuated and hundreds of factories were ordered to suspend production as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rains, the official Xinhua
July 27, 2024
Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani began China's bid to capture all eight women's Olympic diving golds by winning the synchronised 3-metre springboard event on Saturday.
July 27, 2024
Olympic cyclist Amir Ansari, who was born as a refugee in Iran and then survived a harrowing journey out of Afghanistan, could always find solace on his bike.
July 27, 2024China stormed to the lead at Olympic men’s gymnastics qualifying, putting together a team total of 263.028 while competing next to rival Japan
July 27, 2024Zhang Yufei hopes her international rivals will believe she is competing clean
July 27, 2024Eight people died after a vehicle hit pedestrians in the central Chinese city of Changsha
July 27, 2024The United States and China have renewed their mutual grievances as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart held their sixth meeting since last year amid an uncertain political situation in the U.S. and growing concerns about China's increasing assertiveness in Asia and elsewhere
July 27, 2024
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December 02, 2024
Pakistani officials say two Japanese climbers have gone missing while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in the fourth such incident in less than two months
July 27, 2024North Korea vowed to "totally destroy" its enemies in case of war when leader Kim Jong Un gives an order, state media KCNA reported on Sunday.
July 27, 2024
Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as “the greatest strategic challenge”
July 27, 2024
US to revamp military forces in Japan in ‘historic’ move as regional tensions mount
July 28, 2024
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors is set to join an alliance between Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, creating a tie-up between automakers with combined sales of more than 8 million vehicles,
July 28, 2024
The United States on Sunday announced plans for a major revamp of its military command in Japan to deepen coordination with its ally's forces, as the two
July 28, 2024
Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday, with some of the biggest names in the sport paddling side-by-side in the ocean
July 28, 2024
Malaysia will require social media services to apply for a license if they have more than 8 millon users in the country from August 1, in an attempt to combat increasing cyber
July 28, 2024
Chinese state media say 15 people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a mountainous tourist area as heavy rains drenched southeastern China
July 28, 2024
Continued heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Gaemi triggered a landslide that killed 12 people in southern China, caused flash floods in the northeast and railway disruptions
July 28, 2024
Lawmakers from at least six countries say Chinese diplomats are pressuring them not to attend a China-focused conference in Taiwan
July 28, 2024
Xie Yu of China struck gold in a dream Olympic debut, displaying the poise of a veteran in the men's 10 metre air pistol event on Sunday.
July 28, 2024
Chinese automotive glass maker Fuyao Glass Industry Group said the United States government agencies searched its subsidiary on July 26 in Ohio as part of an ongoing investigation
July 28, 2024
The Philippines' foreign ministry accused China on Sunday of 'mischaracterising' an arrangement between them that allowed the unimpeded resupply of Filipino troops stationed on a
July 28, 2024
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says Italy and China have signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation
July 28, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to "relaunch" cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her
July 28, 2024
Japan's 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa led a trio of teens on the podium in the women's street skateboarding at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, in front of
July 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 28, 2024
The Bank of Japan is setting the stage for an era of steady interest rate hikes by claiming victory in its long battle with deflation, sources and analysts say, in a
July 28, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected on Sunday flooded areas near the country's border with China after 5,000 people were affected, state media KCNA said on Monday.
July 28, 2024
Why Thailand is making it easier for travelers to stay longer
July 29, 2024
Shares of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle fell 7% in Monday morning trade after individual creditors of two of its units sought court approval for the units to go through
July 29, 2024
Shares in Mitsubishi Motors surged on Monday following media reports that the Japanese automaker is in talks to join Nissan's and Honda's planned strategic partnership.
July 29, 2024
Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States said on Monday they were seriously concerned about intimidating and dangerous
July 29, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Monday adjourned a hearing into a petition seeking liquidation of Country Garden until Jan. 20, 2025, giving a breather to the
July 29, 2024
More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwestern North Korea were rescued by airlift and other evacuation work after heavy summer rains caused a river on the Chinese border to swell, state media reported Monday
July 29, 2024
Asian shares are mostly declining in cautious trading ahead of central bank meetings around the world
July 29, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo spent his first night in the eagle-shaped palace of the country's proposed new capital Nusantara ahead of official
July 29, 2024
Economic growth in trade-dependent Taiwan probably slowed in the second quarter in spite of robust exports driven by high demand for AI technology, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.
July 29, 2024
Japan's government and central bank must guide policy by taking into careful consideration recent yen weakness that is hurting consumption, the government's top
July 29, 2024
China's factory activity likely shrank for a third month in July, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, keeping alive expectations officials will need to release further
July 29, 2024
Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150
July 29, 2024
North Korea’s Kim ‘inspects’ flood response as thousands evacuated from China border region after heavy rains
July 29, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who intends to spend his last few months of his presidency in the country’s ambitious new capital, has begun to work from the new presidential palace there, despite the continuing construction work and lack of first-class facilities
July 29, 2024
Top diplomats from Japan, the U.S., Australia and India have compiled measures to reinforce maritime safety and cybersecurity and to support other Asia-Pacific countries in improving their defenses
July 29, 2024
Joint statements between the United States and Japan "falsely accuse" China on maritime issues and point fingers at its normal military development and defence policy, China's
July 29, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Monday convicted pro-democracy activist Owen Chow and his solicitor Phyllis Woo of getting a complaint form meant for the
July 29, 2024
North Korea appears to have received assistance from Russia for its failed attempt in May to launch a reconnaissance satellite, South Korean lawmakers said on Monday,
July 29, 2024
The Philippines is allocating 256.1 billion pesos ($4.38 billion) for defence spending in 2025, the budget ministry said on Monday, up 6.4% from this year's budget as the country
July 29, 2024With Tom Daley out of the way, China is another step closer to an unprecedented sweep at the Olympic diving pool
July 29, 2024
Protests over skyrocketing power bills have shut down a major road into Pakistan’s capital as some 3,000 supporters of a major Islamist party continue a sit-in despite pouring monsoon rains
July 29, 2024
South Korea's spy agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and has obesity-related health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes
July 29, 2024
The Kremlin said on Monday that Japan's stance that its citizens should avoid travelling to Russia showed that Tokyo was increasingly aligned with "the collective West" and that its
July 29, 2024
An oil spill from a marine tanker that capsized off the coast of Manila Bay in the Philippines has reached the shores of a nearby fishing
July 29, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East at a meeting
July 29, 2024
Officials say Pakistan’s police have arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on charges of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the minority Ahmadi community
July 29, 2024
The all-important third plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was heavy on intensions, but light on detail.
July 29, 2024
Pakistan's army said protesters taking part in a march in the southwestern city of Gwadar attacked security forces deployed to guard them on Monday, killing one soldier and
July 29, 2024
The U.S. figure skating team will finally receive their Beijing Olympics team event gold medal on Aug. 7 in Paris, more than two years after Russian teenager Kamila
July 29, 2024
U.S. prosecutors alleged a Chinese academic betrayed U.S.-based dissidents to Beijing at the start of the 76-year-old's trial on foreign agents charges on Monday,
July 29, 2024SpaceX is in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to land and recover one of its Starship rockets off Australia's coast, a possible first step toward a
July 29, 2024
Air New Zealand abandoned on Tuesday a 2030 emissions reduction target, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high green fuel prices, in a move signalling the difficulty
July 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 29, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in June fell to 2.5% from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday.
July 29, 2024
CNN’s Will Ripley reports on how Taiwan is bracing for a second Trump presidency and the uncertainty it could bring to its future.
December 01, 2024Washington officials in Manila have announced $500 million in funding to boost Philippine defenses and progress in a proposed military intelligence-sharing pact amid shared concerns over China's increasingly aggressive actions in the region
July 30, 2024
Five coal miners have been killed after a mine in northern Vietnam collapsed, local authorities said on Tuesday.
July 30, 2024The United States on Tuesday pledged funding of $500 million for the Philippines' military and coast guard in a big show of support for Manila as it
July 30, 2024
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that a security pact signed by Russia and North Korea was destabilising the region, adding that North
July 30, 2024
Record rainfall and widespread flooding killed four people in China's southern province of Hunan, with roads in rural areas damaged and access to electricity and the internet
July 30, 2024
Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 93 people and left many others feared trapped under the debris
July 30, 2024
China's Vice Premier He Lifeng stressed the need for a well-coordinated government and efficient market to develop the country's "new productive forces", state media said on
July 30, 2024
Malaysia's top mini-market chain retailer 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings aims to make its market debut on Sept. 9 after raising $509 million in an IPO set to be
July 30, 2024
Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India's Kerala on Tuesday, killing at least 106 people while
July 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Oil prices slipped as worries about the demand outlook weighed broadly on commodities, while Asian equities and European stock
July 30, 2024
Toyota's global production tumbled in June, down for a fifth straight month with the automaker hit hard by a certification scandal in its home market and a fierce price war in China.
July 30, 2024
Japanese banks have attracted larger foreign investment flows than other sectors, as investors see them as top beneficiaries of potential monetary tightening.
July 30, 2024
South Korea's exports are expected to have risen in July at the fastest pace in 26 months, as computer chip sales continued to lead growth with robust demand in the
July 30, 2024
Why Japan’s teenage girls are so good at skateboarding
July 30, 2024
Two large oil tankers that collided and caught fire near Singapore earlier this month are afloat and anchored in Malaysian waters, with an investigation into
July 30, 2024
India's Adani Enterprises, the flagship firm of Adani Group, plans to launch its first-ever public issue of bonds in the coming weeks to raise up to 6 billion rupees
July 30, 2024
Thailand's cabinet approved a personal income tax cap of 17% for Thais working overseas who return home to work, a deputy finance minister said on Tuesday, in a bid to draw back
July 30, 2024
Chinese state media say torrential rains have left seven people dead and three others missing in the country's southeast, raising the death toll from a tropical storm to 22
July 30, 2024
The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday the EU wanted to guarantee peace in the South China Sea and told Vietnam
July 30, 2024
China's threat to any individual country is a threat to the world, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday, adding that the island will continue
July 30, 2024
Taiwan reached an agreement with China on Tuesday over the deaths of two Chinese fishermen in a maritime incident following months of negotiations, a move that could tone down
July 30, 2024
India searches for survivors after landslides kill more than 150 in Kerala
July 30, 2024
Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest brokerage and investment bank, reported a 195% jump in first-quarter profit on Tuesday as the rally in global markets and return of
July 30, 2024
Asian stocks are mostly higher following a decision by the Bank of Japan to raise its benchmark interest rate
July 30, 2024
Foreign tour groups of two or more people from Hong Kong and Macau can stay in China's Hainan province without a visa for up to six days, China's national immigration
July 30, 2024Chinese leaders signalled on Tuesday that the stimulus measures needed to reach this year's economic growth target will be directed at consumers,
July 30, 2024
The Taliban say they no longer recognize Afghanistan's diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government and that they will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with the previous administration
July 30, 2024
China's securities regulator on Tuesday promoted its head of law enforcement to the role of vice chairman, underscoring Beijing's determination to tighten
July 30, 2024
Japanese trading house Sojitz said on Tuesday it had bought the takeout sushi businesses of Sushi Avenue Inc in the United States for an undisclosed sum, as part of a drive to expand
July 30, 2024Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for war veterans
July 30, 2024
Ukraine has invited China's foreign minister to visit amid growing dialogue that could eventually lead to a meeting between the two countries' leaders, Kyiv's foreign
July 30, 2024
S&P Global Ratings affirmed on Tuesday Indonesia's ratings at BBB investment grade with a stable outlook, but flagged fiscal uncertainties from the incoming government led by
July 30, 2024
Italian premium brake maker Brembo on Tuesday posted moderate gains in first-half core earnings and revenue, with its Asian markets and its business helping to maintain older vehicles
July 30, 2024
An academic’s claims of irregularities at the ballot box created a media buzz in South Korea. The reality, however, suggested data was misinterpreted.
July 30, 2024
Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently
July 30, 2024
A rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia will show how Asian American voters are pivotal there
July 30, 2024
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe received backing from 92 lawmakers in the parliament on Tuesday, his media office said, giving momentum to his
July 30, 2024
The Bank of Japan is considering raising short-term interest rates to around 0.25% from the current 0-0.1% at its two-day policy meeting that ends on Wednesday, Jiji news agency
July 30, 2024
Pakistan has developed and successfully tested a government messaging app for secure communication among officials, even as it restricts social media use and regularly shuts down internet and mobile phone networks to prevent dissent
July 30, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 30, 2024
China’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates rare scenes from Paris Olympics. But the internet is divided
July 30, 2024
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to levels unseen in 15 years and unveiled a detailed plan to slow its massive bond buying, taking another
July 30, 2024
Over 4,000 homes in North Korea's city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.
July 30, 2024
Japan's factory output fell 3.6% in June from the previous month, versus a median market forecast for a 4.8% drop, government data showed on Wednesday.
July 30, 2024
Beijing has expressed its displeasure to Tokyo over negative comments about China made during a meeting between Japan and the United States, China's foreign ministry said on
July 31, 2024
More than a thousand rescue workers are searching for a second day through the debris from multiple landslides that have killed at least 166 people in southern India
July 31, 2024
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will keep interest rates steady for a ninth straight meeting in August due to persistently high inflation,
July 31, 2024
China's manufacturing activity slipped to a five-month nadir in July as factories grappled with falling new orders and low prices, an official survey showed on
July 31, 2024
China's non-manufacturing activity expanded more slowly in July, an official factory survey showed on Wednesday, pointing to slowing domestic demand for services and reinforcing
July 31, 2024
Japan's Denso, a leading supplier to Toyota, reduced its full-year operating profit forecast by 3.1% on Wednesday after reporting first-quarter profit that was largely in line with
July 31, 2024
A Chinese court is considering whether to proceed with bankruptcy reorganisation for Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry, the country's third-largest stainless steel producer.
July 31, 2024
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for an official at the country's military intelligence command for allegedly leaking classified data identifying
July 31, 2024Hopes of finding survivors began to fade as hundreds of rescuers worked through slush and rocks and pulled out bodies
July 31, 2024
China's ruling Communist Party has expelled Wang Yilin, former chairman and party secretary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), for discipline violations, state
July 31, 2024
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Wednesday and projected inflation to stay around its 2% target in coming years, signaling its resolve to steadily unwind a decade of
July 31, 2024
Demand for hybrids is likely to deliver another quarter of double-digit growth for Japan's Toyota Motor when it reports earnings on Thursday, although it is
July 31, 2024
Short-term Japanese government bond yields scaled 15-year peaks and Japanese bank shares soared on Wednesday as the Bank of Japan raised interest
July 31, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping has called for the building of strong border, sea and air defences to protect the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime interests, the
July 31, 2024
Indonesia raised the minimum age limit for purchasing cigarettes to 21 from 18 as part of a series of changes to health regulations intended to curb the deadly
July 31, 2024
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has offered to hold "conditional negotiations" with the powerful military as he serves a year into a jail term that he
July 31, 2024
Japan's third-largest lender by assets, Mizuho Financial Group, reported an 18% growth in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the long-awaited end of negative
July 31, 2024
Japan’s index has plunged, as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen, and regional investors digested the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon
July 31, 2024
The Japanese government ordered Toyota Motor on Wednesday to make "drastic reforms" after discovering new violations in the automaker's vehicle certification procedures.
July 31, 2024
Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse people who were demonstrating on Wednesday against the excessive use of force by
July 31, 2024
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto is due to visit Russia on Wednesday, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported, citing the Indonesian embassy in Moscow.
July 31, 2024
A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the United States is not a party to South China Sea issues and warned the Philippines that wooing other countries
July 31, 2024
Hundreds of Chinese sellers on Temu have protested against what they call unbearably high penalties imposed by the firm, one of the merchants involved in the protest told Reuters,
July 31, 2024
Myanmar's embattled military government extended a state of emergency on Wednesday for another six months, state media said, as the junta struggles to maintain its grip on power with
July 31, 2024
The internet is in love with South Korea’s record-breaking Olympic shooter
July 31, 2024
Taiwan's trade-dependent economy grew more than expected in the second quarter thanks to stronger demand for new technology, such as artificial
July 31, 2024
Germany accused China on Wednesday of having been behind a 2021 cyberattack on the federal cartography agency for espionage purposes and summoned Beijing's ambaassador to Berlin to
July 31, 2024
Embattled Chinese property developer Shimao Group said on Wednesday a Hong Kong court had adjourned until Aug. 12 a liquidation hearing against the company, allowing it more time
July 31, 2024
South Korea's Defense Ministry says a civilian employee in its military intelligence command has been arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets
July 31, 2024
India's fiscal deficit for the first quarter of the financial year that started in April was 1.36 trillion rupees ($16.25 billion), or 8.1% of the estimate for the whole year,
July 31, 2024
Why this podium selfie with North and South Korean athletes at the Olympics is so striking
July 31, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid U.S. tariffs, its deputy trade minister said on Monday, amid increasing export
December 02, 2024
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Taiwan's partnership with the United States is a source of strength for the high-tech industry, including the semiconductor sector, and shows the island is a trusted
December 02, 2024
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December 02, 2024
China's foreign ministry said on Monday that it strongly condemns and firmly opposes Lithuania declaring three Chinese diplomats stationed in the country's Office of the Charge
December 02, 2024China's 10-year yield dropped below 2% to hit its lowest point on record on Monday, breaking a psychological barrier as a sputtering economy and bets on further rate cuts drive
December 02, 2024
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to slash crude prices for Asian buyers in January to the lowest in years, largely tracking a slump in
December 02, 2024
India's central bank is under increasing political pressure to cut interest rates as soon as this week, after data showed growth was much
December 02, 2024
China will amend drone export controls from Sept.1, including adding high-precision measurement equipment to the control list and adjusting standards for some unmanned aircraft
July 31, 2024
India's infrastructure output in June rose 4% year-on-year, its slowest pace in nearly two years, government data showed on Wednesday, with monsoons moderating electricity demand.
July 31, 2024
The Philippines and United States navies conducted a joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the Philippine armed forces said.
July 31, 2024The Indian government is taking steps to achieve its economic growth target of 6.5%-7% this fiscal year, the economic affairs secretary said on Monday, after slower-than-expected growth
December 02, 2024
North Korea won the silver in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event to capture the nation’s first ever Olympic diving medal, as China continued its dominance of the sport with another gold
July 31, 2024
Japanese and Chinese monetary policy is diverging, meaning other Asian currencies may now also be at a crossroads.
July 31, 2024
Overall home prices in Australia rose for an 18th straight month in July, but three capital cities recorded a decline in a sign that the red-hot rally in the housing market is
July 31, 2024
The Bank of Japan should continue to gradually increase its interest rates up to the level of 1% by next year, Suntory Chief Executive Takeshi Niinami said on
July 31, 2024
Philippine civil society and religious leaders asked Congress on Monday to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte over a list of complaints
December 02, 2024
Malaysia and Thailand are facing a second wave of heavy rain and potential flooding this week, authorities said on Monday, even
December 02, 2024
A Canadian warship recently transited through the Taiwan Strait in what the defense minister said was a reaffirmation of Canada's commitment to a "free, open and inclusive" Indo-
July 31, 2024The Bank of Japan's move to raise interest rates to their highest in 15 years has jolted the yen to its strongest against the dollar since
July 31, 2024
The U.S. is considering unilateral restrictions on China's access to AI memory chips such as those made by Micron Technology and SK Hynix and equipment capable of making such semiconductors
July 31, 2024
Saudi Arabia has detailed a massive stadium building project to host the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer
July 31, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
July 31, 2024
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a
July 31, 2024
Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) reported a 40% surge in wealth management income during the second quarter and said it was looking at opportunities in
July 31, 2024
South Korea's exports rose at the fastest pace in six months in July on strong chip sales but missed market expectations, trade data showed on Thursday, amid worries
July 31, 2024
China and India will speed up negotiations around a disputed border and continue to maintain peace and tranquility in the areas, China's foreign ministry said in a statement on
July 31, 2024
Woman gets jail for importing fruit from Vietnam infested with fruit flies
August 01, 2024
South Korea's factory activity expanded for the third straight month in July, but at a slower pace as weak domestic demand crimped output and new orders, a private-
July 31, 2024
Japan's factory activity shrank modestly in July on tepid domestic and overseas demand and increased inflationary pressures, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
July 31, 2024
A Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait in what Ottawa called a commitment to an open Indo-Pacific, drawing a rebuke from China
August 01, 2024
China's sluggish manufacturing sector is poised for a "cruel summer" with two sentiment surveys this week pointing to a new level of gloom among factory
August 01, 2024
The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections
July 31, 2024
Japan appoints former top currency diplomat Masato Kanda as special adviser to the cabinet, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday.
August 01, 2024
Five years after Hong Kong's massive anti-government protests erupted, the lives of many young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement remain in limbo
August 01, 2024
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto said his upcoming administration would maintain ties with "great friend" Russia after meeting President Vladimir Putin, adding that he
August 01, 2024
China has the ability and confidence to achieve its full-year growth target of around 5% and will work to actively expand domestic demand, officials from the state planner said on
August 01, 2024
Bear attacks worker, ransacks meat section in Japan supermarket rampage
December 02, 2024
Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive are waning as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India
August 01, 2024
‘Terrible’: Apple removes new promo video after backlash in Thailand
August 01, 2024
Russian missile troops held drills on a disputed island which both Japan and Russia claim as their own, the Interfax news agency cited Russia's Defence Ministry as saying on Thursday
August 01, 2024Emergency workers rescued nearly 1,000 people who were stranded in different parts of the Himalayas following torrential rainfall in northern
August 01, 2024Israel not invited to ceremony commemorating 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki
August 01, 2024
Manufacturers across the United States, Europe and Asia turned in a weak performance last month as factories grappled with tepid
August 01, 2024
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday accused Meta Platforms of cowardice after his Facebook post on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was removed,
August 01, 2024
Toyota Motor posted a 17% increase in first-quarter profit on Thursday, as cost-cutting and a weaker yen helped offset lower sales and a decline in production at
August 01, 2024
Tourists are flocking to Japan to scoop up high-end clothes and handbags at a discount thanks to the weak yen currency.
August 01, 2024
Indian soldiers rushed to complete construction of a metal bridge on Thursday to connect the worst affected area in the
August 01, 2024
China had its hottest month in observed modern history in July, Chinese state media reported, mirroring record hot weather seen around the world last month.
August 01, 2024
Japanese trading houses Mitsui and Mitsubishi posted increases in first-quarter net profit thanks to asset sales and a weaker yen, beating estimates.
August 01, 2024
Global hedge funds have trimmed their exposure to Chinese equities to the lowest in five years while ramping up investment in Japan,
August 01, 2024
Korean Air will stop serving instant cup noodles, a popular snack in Korea known as ramyeon that requires boiling water, on its long-haul flights, part of changes in response to
August 01, 2024
Japanese automakers Nissan Motor and Honda Motor have agreed to conduct joint research into technologies for a next-generation software platform, they said in a joint statement on
August 01, 2024
The Thai government's vaunted policy of giving away 10,000 baht ($282) to most of its population had an early setback on Thursday when millions rushed to sign up on the opening day
August 01, 2024
China's embassy in Berlin on Thursday dismissed as groundless German charges that Beijing was behind a cyber attack on a German government agency in 2021, accusing it of "anti-
August 01, 2024Whenever it rains very heavily in the hills of Wayanad in southern India, many people stay awake, recalling a 2019 landslide that killed about 20 people.
August 01, 2024
Japanese stocks witnessed heavy foreign outflows in the week to July 26, as a strengthening yen and a sell-off in global technology stocks dampened investor sentiment.
August 01, 2024
South Korea is ready to provide North Korea with relief supplies for damage caused by recent heavy rainfall, South Korea's Red Cross said on Thursday, marking a rare
August 01, 2024
Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda say they plan to share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving
August 01, 2024
An airline in Asia is removing a popular snack from flights. Turbulence is to blame
August 01, 2024
China is expected to appoint a senior securities official to head its second-largest bourse, four sources said, filling a role that has been vacant for the unusually long period of seven
August 01, 2024
Bangladesh has banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a “militant and terrorist” organization as part of a nationwide crackdown following weeks of violence that left more than 200 people dead and thousands injured
August 01, 2024
Hong Kong's June retail sales fell 9.7% from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday, reflecting the changing consumption patterns of visitors and residents and the
August 01, 2024
A Chinese property developer is giving back homebuyers the deposit they paid for apartments in a project it was unable to finish as part of a housing return programme coordinated
August 01, 2024
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has lost in the Paris Olympics semifinals to Zheng Qinwen of China 6-2, 7-5
August 01, 2024
The Air Force says a deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying instead of heeding multiple warnings that he should land
August 01, 2024
Canadian labour union Unifor called on the federal government on Thursday to impose tariffs on all Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), EV batteries and other
August 01, 2024
A U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed all eight crew members was caused by a failure in the gear box and the pilot's decision
August 01, 2024
At least 30 dead after Typhoon Gaemi cut off towns in China’s Hunan province
August 01, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 01, 2024
China's efforts to boost household spending are expected to help the economy hit the government's 2024 growth target of roughly 5%, but the authorities may have to do more for
August 01, 2024
Medical equipment maker Mettler-Toledo International forecast third-quarter profit below estimates on Thursday, a sign of a weaker-than-expected recovery in sales in its key market China.
August 01, 2024South Korea's consumer inflation ticked up in July on supply-side pressures after weakening for three straight months, official data showed on Friday, coming in slightly higher than
August 01, 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia will hold interest rates on Tuesday at near a 13-year high and wait until the first quarter of 2025 before reducing them,
August 01, 2024
A weak yen is hurting Japanese households' sentiment and could erode their purchasing power, the government said in a report on Friday, underscoring its concern over
August 02, 2024
At least 11 people died on Friday in a fire in a five-storey residential and commercial building in the Chinatown precinct of the Philippine capital, a community official said.
August 02, 2024
Japan's economy likely rebounded in the April-June period after shrinking in the previous quarter thanks to a pick-up in factory output and consumption, a Reuters
August 02, 2024
In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 250 people in the past week
August 02, 2024
Global burger chains to car manufacturers are increasingly feeling the pinch from a faltering recovery in the world's No. 2 economy, China, and are strapping in for a bumpy
August 02, 2024
Four people were rescued from a house in India's Kerala state on Friday, three days after devastating landslides, as
August 02, 2024
Turkey blocked access to social media platform Instagram on Friday for failing to comply with the country's "laws and rules", a government minister said.
August 02, 2024
Japan stocks plunge by nearly 6% in biggest drop since start of pandemic
August 02, 2024
Audi's new electric cars series developed in China for the Chinese market will not sport its four-ring logo, two people with direct knowledge of the plans said.
August 02, 2024
China should ramp up its fiscal stimulus to spur economic growth and set a firm inflation target to prevent the country falling into a "low inflation trap", a central bank policy
August 02, 2024
New rules issued this week by Indonesia will make the police the only authority allowed to give the go-ahead for abortions for rape victims, drawing criticism from
August 02, 2024Indonesia's economic growth probably slowed slightly to 5% in the second quarter and authorities are monitoring geopolitical developments
August 02, 2024
Rescuers in China scrambled on Friday to locate dozens of people still missing a week after the year's most powerful typhoon roared into the southern province of Hunan,
August 02, 2024
The Philippines and Japan held their first joint military exercises in the South China Sea on Friday, the Philippine armed forces said, in the latest collaboration between countries
August 02, 2024U.S. automaker Tesla's sales of China-made electric vehicles rose 15.3% from a year earlier to 74,117 units in July, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on
August 02, 2024
Floods brought by torrential rains in Pakistan caused damage that killed at least 30 people this week, authorities said on Friday, as
August 02, 2024China's Civil Affairs University announced a new undergraduate marriage program to develop marriage-related industries and culture, drawing scorn of social media users who
August 02, 2024
Sri Lanka must make further efforts to raise fiscal revenue if it is to maintain economic stability and restore debt sustainability, the International Monetary Fund
August 02, 2024
The 1975 is being sued after Matty Healy's kiss of a bandmate on stage shut down a music festival last year in Malaysia
August 02, 2024
When deadly landslides struck hillside villages in southern India on Tuesday, many people ran toward higher ground and watched their homes get swept away by torrents of mud, floodwater and giant rolling boulders
August 02, 2024
China's financial regulator said on Friday that employees and managers can be exempted from penalties if they fulfilled their duties in cases of loan defaults in inclusive credit
August 02, 2024China has lodged complaints with Canada through military and diplomatic channels after a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, Chinese defence ministry said on Friday.
August 02, 2024Pakistan's police say unidentified assailants have opened fire on officers escorting a vehicle that was carrying three judges in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, killing two officers
August 02, 2024New protests have erupted in Bangladesh against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government, demanding accountability for more than 200 people killed in last month’s violent clashes with security forces
August 02, 2024
With a steeply pitched tiled roof piercing misty green hills in southern India and a stream gushing through rocks
August 02, 2024
Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, has resettled in South Korea
August 02, 2024
At least 20 people were injured in clashes and police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds as thousands protested in the Bangladeshi capital and other
August 02, 2024
Kimia Yousofi finished last in her 100 metres preliminary heat on Friday but sent a message just by stepping on to the track, advocating for women in Afghanistan after
August 02, 2024
Myanmar rebels are claiming their biggest victory yet over junta forces. Could it be a turning point in the brutal civil war?
August 02, 2024
The yuan fell to a four-month low on Monday, as tariff threats and mixed purchasing managers' index (PMI) data raised concern China's economy might need additional policy support.
December 02, 2024
India's factory growth cooled in November yet maintained a strong pace, leading to significantly improved optimism despite demand easing a bit due to higher
December 02, 2024
Indonesia's annual inflation eased to 1.55% in November, official data showed on Monday, for the slowest rate since July 2021 amid lower
December 02, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused South Korean media of tarnishing the North’s image
August 03, 2024
Bain Capital-backed chipmaker Kioxia has set a tentative price range of 1,390 to 1,520 yen ($9.22 to $10.09) per share for its initial public offering,
December 02, 2024
Both houses of Indian parliament were suspended on Monday after disruptions by opposition groups demanding a discussion on bribery allegations against the Adani Group and
December 02, 2024
Vietnamese President To Lam has been confirmed as the new chief of the Communist Party after his predecessor died July 19
August 03, 2024
Vietnamese President To Lam was named on Saturday to the nation's top position, general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam,
August 03, 2024
A separatist group in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has agreed to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens from more than a year in captivity since kidnapping him,
August 03, 2024Floods and mudslides destroyed village homes and part of a highway in China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving 17 missing in
August 03, 2024Indonesia and Canada on Monday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that aims to strengthen economic ties between the two G20 members,
December 02, 2024
Spectator dragged from arena for holding up Taiwan banner during Olympic badminton match
August 03, 2024
Li Meng scored 18 points and China topped Puerto Rico 80-58 in the Olympic women’s basketball tournament to keep alive its chances of reaching the quarterfinals
August 03, 2024
Indonesia has yet to decide on any joint development areas with China in the South China Sea, its foreign minister said on Monday, seeking to allay concerns that a recent agreement
December 02, 2024
The return of inflation in Japan is pushing up loan demand from the country's small and midsize firms for capital investment and digitalisation, the chief executive
December 02, 2024
A new round of U.S. solar panel import tariffs on Southeast Asian producers is expected to raise consumer prices and cut into producer profit margins, but was
December 02, 2024
Thousands of people have protested peacefully in Bangladesh’s capital to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed during protests last month, but violence was reported at similar events elsewhere in the country
August 03, 2024
Police in India fired teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters marching in the eastern city of Kolkata on Tuesday to demand the
August 27, 2024
Zheng Qinwen summons inner strength to claim China’s first Olympic singles gold medal with victory against Donna Vekić
August 03, 2024
Olympic moment of the day: Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo gets his nation a historic gold – and himself a new house
August 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered humanitarian aid to North Korea, which has been hit by heavy rainfalls and floods, Pyongyang's state media KCNA said on
August 03, 2024
The Philippines and Germany on Sunday committed to signing a defence cooperation arrangement this year, vowing to uphold international rules-based order in the region
August 04, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered humanitarian assistance to help North Korea cope with damages from recent floods, in another sign of expanding relations between the two nations
August 04, 2024
At least 91 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of
August 04, 2024
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has clinched her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games
August 04, 2024
Nearly 100 people have been killed and hundreds more injured as renewed anti-government protests sweep across Bangladesh
August 04, 2024
Kaylia Nemour of Algeria delivered the country’s first gold medal in gymnastics, putting together a thrilling routine in the uneven bars final to edge Qiu Qiyuan of China
August 04, 2024
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, who blames the military for his ouster and 12-month-old imprisonment on what he calls trumped-up charges, said
August 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 04, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers to front-line troops, state media KCNA reported on Monday, which
August 04, 2024
China's coast guard said it was monitoring Philippine patrol and fishing vessels that have gathered around the contested Sabina Shoal, citing China's "indisputable sovereignty" over
August 04, 2024China Evergrande's electric vehicle group said on Monday a Chinese court had ruled that two of its subsidiaries should enter bankruptcy and be reorganised
August 04, 2024
Japan's service-sector activity returned to growth in July thanks to solid domestic demand, a survey showed on Monday, but slow overseas orders and unabated cost pressures continue
August 04, 2024
Taiwan is making a TV show about a Chinese invasion. And it’s hitting close to home
August 05, 2024Japanese stocks crash in biggest one-day drop since 1987 as global market rout intensifies
August 05, 2024
Growth in China's services activity accelerated in July helped by new orders, although momentum in overseas demand eased to its slowest pace in 11 months, a private-sector survey
August 05, 2024
A brown bear has mauled to death a 41-year-man as he walked through a forest in Russia's Far East, RIA state news agency reported on Monday.
August 05, 2024
Eastern China baked under unseasonably high temperatures, with the excessive heat expected to linger in mega coastal cities in the highly industrialised
August 05, 2024
Australia on Monday raised its terror threat level to "probable" from "possible", citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the
August 05, 2024
North Korea has marked the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units as leader Kim Jong Un said his country should prepare for prolonged confrontation with the United States
August 05, 2024
The charismatic Thai politician who led his progressive party to a stunning general election victory a year ago is urging supporters not to lose hope — even if it is disbanded by a legal order
August 05, 2024
North Korea claims it’s sending 250 new missile launchers toward the South Korean border
August 05, 2024
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations
August 05, 2024
South Korea's stock market marked its worst session since the global financial crisis of 2008 on Monday, with trading curbs activated for the first time in four years,
August 05, 2024
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged more than 12% as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected and dumped a wide range of shares
August 05, 2024
The Philippines and Vietnam will kick off their first-ever joint coast guard exercise in the Manila Bay this week, in line with a commitment by both countries to boost maritime
August 05, 2024Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled the country, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule
August 05, 2024
Chinese smartphone maker Honor is receiving an "unusually" high level of support from local government backers, as the former Huawei unit prepares an initial
August 05, 2024
Activity in India's dominant services sector remained upbeat in July on robust demand, leading to strong job creation, despite elevated cost pressures
August 05, 2024
Cambodia on Monday broke ground to build a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam
August 05, 2024
The number of Chinese couples who got married in the first half of this year fell to its lowest level since 2013, official data showed, as more young people deferred nuptials
August 05, 2024
A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea
August 05, 2024
A remote Australian island close to an Indian Ocean chokepoint for Chinese oil shipments is on a list of possible locations for U.S. military construction aimed at
August 05, 2024Taiwan stocks plunged a record 8.4% on Monday, with tech stocks including TSMC sliding as investors spooked by a poor outlook for the U.S. economy
August 05, 2024
China’s internet explodes with pride at ending US swim relay reign – and a sense of vindication
August 05, 2024
Afghan Olympic sprinter sends powerful message to Taliban on women’s rights
August 05, 2024
Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had
August 05, 2024
Bangladesh is on the boil again with close to 100 people killed on Sunday as protesters, calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, clashed with security
August 05, 2024
Israel’s ambassador to Japan criticizes Nagasaki’s peace ceremony invitation snub
August 05, 2024
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Monday authorities were watching exchange-rate moves closely, speaking after the Nikkei
August 05, 2024
An uncrewed Chinese military aircraft flew with its tracker switched on close to Vietnam's coast last week, a South China Sea research body told Reuters, the
August 05, 2024Japanese stocks collapsed on Monday in their biggest single day rout since the 1987 Black Monday sell-offs, driven by last week's plunge in global
August 05, 2024
Indonesian police have arrested two people for their alleged links to a marijuana smuggling network, foiling plans to send the drug in packages of bed linen and cat toys from
August 05, 2024Separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua on Monday killed a helicopter pilot from New Zealand after he landed his aircraft in a remote area, authorities said,
August 05, 2024Japan's Honda Motor will report consolidated first-quarter operating profit of more than 450 billion yen ($3.17 billion), boosted by strong U.S. hybrid vehicle sales, the Nikkei
August 05, 2024
Bangladesh prime minister flees to India as anti-government protesters storm her residence
August 05, 2024
Just over a month after he became Bangladesh's army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been thrust into the limelight, announcing the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who fled
August 05, 2024
Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh’s history, has resigned and fled the country, bringing a tumultuous end to her 15-year rule as an extraordinary wave of protest succeeded in toppling her government
August 05, 2024
Leader of Vietnam’s Communist Party died on July 19, 2024. Among those who paid tribute was US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
August 05, 2024
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday in a televised address by the army chief, has brought focus once more
August 05, 2024
Here are some reactions to the news that Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina has resigned as prime minister and fled the country following violent street protests.
August 05, 2024
Gunmen have stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region
August 05, 2024
Myanmar’s military regime says it has lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast
August 05, 2024
A huge fire that broke out on Monday in fuel tanks on Iran's side of the Iran-Afghanistan Dogharoun Special Economic Zone at the border has been extinguished, Iran's state media
August 05, 2024In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive
August 05, 2024
The U.S. government commended Bangladesh's army on Monday for its "restraint" and urged the democratic formation of an interim government
August 05, 2024
Nigeria, Australia and several other countries warn about travel to UK amid riots
August 05, 2024Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who has faced misconceptions about her gender, will fight Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand in the women’s 66-kilogram semifinals Tuesday
August 05, 2024
The current political unrest in Bangladesh is expected to disrupt the country's clothing industry, potentially affecting global apparel retailers from H&M to Zara as they head into the key
August 05, 2024
Yum China said on Monday finance chief Andy Yeung was stepping down after nearly five years in the role and that its quarterly earnings were boosted by strong performance at its KFC and
August 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 05, 2024
Japanese consumer spending fell more than expected in June, government data showed on Tuesday.
August 05, 2024
Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages rose in June for the first time in more than two years as nominal pay gained at the fastest pace in nearly
August 05, 2024
The World Bank on Monday said it was assessing the impact of events in Bangladesh on its loan program with the country after its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled.
August 05, 2024
Citigroup has hired Yeo Wenxian as head of wealth for Asia South region from Singapore's biggest lender DBS Group Holdings, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
August 05, 2024
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations gripped the South Asian nation.
August 05, 2024
Japanese stocks rebounded sharply on Tuesday from the previous session's searing sell-off and double-digit losses as Federal Reserve comments and data gave investors
August 05, 2024
Japanese leaders rushed on Tuesday to assuage concerns about the sharp swings in the country's financial markets, with the prime minister
August 06, 2024
Meta Platforms apologised on Tuesday for erroneously removing Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's social media posts in which he expressed condolences to a Hamas official
August 06, 2024
Japanese stocks rebound from worst crash since 1987 while global markets are mixed
August 06, 2024
South Korean farmer Ma Myung-sun had low expectations for the crop of subtropical bananas he planted in a community farm in Seoul, but warmer
August 06, 2024
The Bank of Japan is facing fresh communication challenges as last week's decision to raise interest rates, coupled with U.S. recession fears,
August 06, 2024
China stocks struggled to rise on Tuesday despite the rebound in regional markets as investors remained concerned about its lagging economic recovery.
August 06, 2024
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and
August 06, 2024
China Evergrande Group said on Monday its liquidators were seeking to recover about $6 billion from seven defendants, including founder Hui Ka Yan, adding that they had obtained injunctions
August 05, 2024
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule
August 06, 2024
China's exports grew at their slowest pace in three months in July, missing expectations and adding to concerns about the outlook for the vast
August 06, 2024
Australia's central bank on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of an interest rate cut this year, saying core inflation is expected to come down only slowly, after it held interest
August 06, 2024
The head of Australia's central bank on Tuesday ruled out rate cuts in the near term, saying policy had to remain restrictive to bring stubborn core inflation to heel.
August 06, 2024
South Korea said on Tuesday it will issue a ban on its citizens travelling to the border areas of Israel and Lebanon after advising them to leave the countries amid
August 06, 2024
Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z revolution’ toppled a veteran leader. Why did they hit the streets and what happens now?
August 06, 2024
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the global microcredit movement who could shepherd Bangladesh's new interim government, was an arch foe of
August 06, 2024
Bangladesh's first female leader Khaleda Zia was freed from house arrest on Tuesday, a day after her nemesis Sheikh Hasina quit as premier and fled, one more twist to
August 06, 2024
Bangladesh's parliament was dissolved on Tuesday, the president's office said in a statement, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following violent
August 06, 2024
China says it has launched a rocket carrying a constellation of a reported 18 satellites as part of efforts to assert its presence in space
August 06, 2024
North Korea said Germany's entry into a U.S.-led U.N. border monitoring force on the Korean peninsula would raise tensions, accusing Washington of creating an Asian version of NATO,
August 06, 2024
Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly
August 06, 2024
ByteDance has expanded its offering of a software that can generate videos based on text prompts, joining a growing number of Chinese tech firms entering an emerging market also
August 06, 2024
Taiwan's total defence budget is set to reach a new high of T$647 billion ($19.74 billion) next year as the island seeks to boost defensive self-reliance and cooperation with
August 06, 2024
Britain became the fifth country outside of Africa to confirm a case of the clade Ib form of the mpox virus that has triggered global concern as it seems to be spreading quickly and little
August 16, 2024China said it would begin adding controls and regulation to the production of three chemicals used to make illicit fentanyl, the White House said on Tuesday, calling the move "a
August 06, 2024
Mohammed Shahabuddin, the president of Bangladesh since April 2023, is the country's sole top constitutional authority since Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to
August 06, 2024
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head Bangladesh’s interim government after student protests sparked an uprising that toppled the former leader
August 06, 2024
Taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi says she is competing in the name of women in Afghanistan who have gradually been stripped of their rights over the past three years
August 06, 2024
The United States and Australia kicked off high-level talks on Tuesday that will focus on China's "coercive behaviour", as
August 06, 2024
Pakistan has secured commitments from China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to roll over debt for a year, a boost for Karachi as it awaits final approval of a new $7
August 06, 2024A Chinese American scholar has been convicted of U.S. charges of using his reputation as a pro-democracy activist to gather information on dissidents and feed it to his homeland’s government
August 06, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 06, 2024
Australia will begin co-manufacturing guided weapons with the US next year to boost supply for allies in the Indo Pacific and increase a US military presence in the
August 06, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court will on Wednesday rule on the fate of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, a week after it dissolved 2023 election winner Move Forward, underlining the
August 06, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its
August 06, 2024
A prime potential candidate for Japan's next prime minister endorsed the Bank of Japan's policy of gradually raising interest rates, saying
August 06, 2024
Japan said on Wednesday that it conducted a record single-day yen-buying intervention in April, selling 5.92 trillion yen ($40.83 billion) worth of dollars in a
August 06, 2024
The outlook for the Indian rupee has barely changed from last month as the Reserve Bank of India's interventions keep the currency, deemed
August 07, 2024
The Bank of Japan's influential deputy governor said on Wednesday the central bank will not hike interest rates when markets are unstable, playing down the
August 07, 2024
The yen dropped on Wednesday after an influential Bank of Japan official played down the chances of a near-term rate hike, soothing investors' concerns that a
August 07, 2024
Japanese shares ended higher on Wednesday in a rollercoaster week of double-digit losses and gains that led the Bank of Japan's deputy governor to reassure investors
August 07, 2024
The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a
August 07, 2024
Beijing police have arrested a woman suspected of posting defamatory comments on social media about Chinese athletes and coaches following the table tennis women's singles final at
August 07, 2024
Liquidators of troubled property giant China Evergrande Group have started legal action against PricewaterhouseCoopers, accusing it of "negligence" and "misrepresentation" in its work for
August 07, 2024
Dubai International Airport has seen a record 44.9 million travelers pass through its terminals in the first half of this year
August 07, 2024
The Philippines said on Wednesday that three Chinese navy ships tailed a joint military exercise it began with Canada, the United States and Australia in disputed South China Sea
August 07, 2024China's exports climbed 7.0% in July from year earlier, a slower pace of growth than in June and missing expectations, but imports rose 7.2%, customs
August 07, 2024
DBS Group raised its full-year profit guidance on Wednesday after posting quarterly earnings that beat estimates, as Singapore's biggest bank reaped the
August 07, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu. Is the Bank of Japan taking the mantle of market saviour from the Fed? Nikkei investors sure hope so.
August 07, 2024
China's unwrought copper imports slid in July from a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday, amid subdued demand and high stocks of the metal.
August 07, 2024
Asian markets make solid gains following global rout
August 07, 2024
A day after the Tokyo stock market had its biggest fall since 1987, Yuri Sekiya decided it was time to heed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's
August 07, 2024
Olympic triumph to torment for Indian wrestler who led anti-sexual harassment protests
August 07, 2024
India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in neighbouring Bangladesh, two Indian government sources said on Wednesday, after
August 07, 2024
Nivea maker Beiersdorf missed expectations for half-year operating profit on Wednesday and said the luxury market slowdown in China had hit the
August 07, 2024
Arcadium Lithium on Wednesday joined a growing list of producers reviewing lithium operations in Australia amid a rout in prices for the battery raw material
August 07, 2024Japan's Honda Motor reported a 23% increase in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the automaker benefited from a weaker yen, higher pricing and growing hybrid vehicle sales in the
August 07, 2024
An investor has filed a petition in a Chinese court to liquidate a major onshore unit of heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande, a stock filing by the
August 07, 2024
Four deputy governors of Bangladesh's central bank were forced to resign on Wednesday after about 300-400 officials protested against what they said was corruption by
August 07, 2024
Thai court orders election-winning party to dissolve in major blow to kingdom’s popular progressive movement
August 07, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party over its campaign to amend a royal insults law that protects the
August 07, 2024
Foreign investment in Asian equities slowed in July amid increased market volatility and heavy selling in technology stocks, compounded by weak economic data and
August 07, 2024
K-pop star Suga, a member of the boy band supergroup BTS, apologised on Wednesday after police in Seoul, the South Korean capital, fined him and revoked his licence for drunk driving
August 07, 2024
A court in Thailand has ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which won national elections in 2023, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country’s royal family
August 07, 2024
Global stock and bond markets, in particular Japan's, are being rocked by an unwinding of the hugely popular yen carry trade.
August 07, 2024
Authorities in Nepal all five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in the mountains just north of the capital
August 07, 2024
A helicopter crashed in a forest outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all five people on board, an official said, the latest of more than
August 07, 2024
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited
August 07, 2024
The new head of Japan's banking regulator called on financial firms to reassure and educate inexperienced retail
August 07, 2024
Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday hoping to swiftly resume full operations
August 07, 2024
A financial market association under China's central bank said on Wednesday it will investigate four rural commercial banks over suspected manipulation in the treasuries
August 07, 2024The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September
August 07, 2024
Singapore's central bank said on Monday it fined U.S. lender JPMorgan Chase S$2.4 million ($1.79 million) for failing to prevent and detect misconduct committed by its relationship managers
December 02, 2024
Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment accelerated in the third quarter, signalling solid domestic demand was underpinning the country's fragile
December 02, 2024
Bangladesh’s incoming interim leader Muhammad Yunus has appealed for calm and urged all parties to help the country rebuild after weeks of violence that killed hundreds of people and prompted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India
August 07, 2024
Ralph Lauren beat first-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday as steady demand for its pricey denims and polo shirts in Europe and China offset slower sales in the U.S.
August 07, 2024
A court in Bangladesh overturned on Wednesday the conviction of Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country's interim government, in a case relating to labour law violations, the lawyer
August 07, 2024
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the presence of a Russian attack submarine in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea was "very worrisome"
December 02, 2024
The Japanese government is closely monitoring stock and currency markets and cooperating with the central bank and other countries, Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said
August 07, 2024
Women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout
August 07, 2024
Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?
August 07, 2024
A Chinese woman has been detained for allegedly slandering others on social media in a crackdown on what Chinese authorities see as harmful negativity during the Olympics from super-zealous fans and online fan clubs
August 07, 2024
A summit of the BRICS countries held in the Russian city of Kazan in October was a slap in the face for Western nations which imposed sanctions on Russia, the CEO of Russia's second
December 02, 2024
India's central bank is widely expected to hold rates steady on Thursday, but with growing worries about the global economy investors are hoping for a more dovish tone
August 07, 2024Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division at the Paris Olympics
August 07, 2024
Canada's Manulife Financial reported better than expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, powered by a 40% rise in earnings from Asia, a region the insurer is betting on for growth.
August 07, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 07, 2024Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country that was convulsed by weeks of violence,
August 07, 2024
Liu Yi is among China's 7 million ride-hailing drivers.
August 07, 2024New Zealand's prime minister is defending the removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a lunar new year invitation to an Australian official
August 07, 2024
Bank of Japan policymakers, in deciding a landmark increase in interest rates last month, discussed further rate hikes, a summary of the discussion showed on Thursday,
August 07, 2024
South Korean prosecutors indicted on Thursday Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao Corp, on charges of stock market manipulation, the Yonhap news agency reported.
August 08, 2024Japanese authorities are closely watching stock market developments but are not in a phase of taking specific actions, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, as volatility
August 08, 2024
South Korea's state-run think tank on Thursday said there was a need for early cuts in interest rates, as it flagged weaker economic growth and inflation amid sluggish domestic
August 08, 2024A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman in the case over her right to freeze her eggs
August 07, 2024
Japanese cosmetics powerhouse Shiseido fell by its daily limit in Tokyo trading on Thursday following midyear earnings that were hit by restructuring costs and slumping demand in
August 08, 2024The Philippine economy expanded slightly faster than expected in the second quarter, with government spending and investments offsetting "
August 08, 2024Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has taken the oath of office to lead Bangladesh’s interim government after protests forced out Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week
August 08, 2024
Thailand has approved incentives for joint ventures (JV) between Thai and foreign companies to manufacture automotive parts for vehicles using all types of propulsion systems, its
August 08, 2024Analysts have turned bullish on most major Asian currencies for the first time in more than a year, bolstered by rising bets of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve
August 08, 2024Nagasaki's mayor said he would stick to a decision to exclude Israel's ambassador from Friday's event to mark the city's atomic bombing, though senior diplomats of the
August 08, 2024US Ambassador to Japan to skip Nagasaki peace ceremony after Israel excluded
August 08, 2024
Japan’s stock market rally fades as fear returns
August 08, 2024
The Bank of Japan managed to calm investor nerves during global market turmoil this week by reversing a calibrated strategy to communicate steady interest-rate rises,
August 08, 2024
At least two people have died from heat-stroke in one Chinese city, and many more have fallen ill, as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for
August 08, 2024A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s southern coast and injured nine people, but most of the injuries are minor and there have been no reports of serious damage
August 08, 2024
A North Korean resident has defected to the South after crossing the heavily guarded western maritime border, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday, citing unnamed military
August 08, 2024An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
August 08, 2024
Four years ago, when Thai opposition party Future Forward was dissolved by the Constitutional Court for trying to amend a law protecting the powerful monarchy
August 08, 2024Embattled Chinese property developer Shimao Group said on Thursday a Hong Kong court had adjourned a winding up petition against the company to Dec. 16, allowing Shimao more time to work
August 08, 2024Vietnam supports Cambodia's plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal's possible
August 08, 2024Thailand's disbanded Move Forward political party on Thursday rallied its supporters to prepare for the launch of its new name and leadership, and urged them to make their case at
August 08, 2024China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp said on Friday it will steer clear of a price war in the industry, and forecast current quarter sequential revenue growth of
August 08, 2024South Korean officials say providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear ambitions
August 08, 2024
Indonesia and Japan on Thursday agreed on amendments to an economic agreement to reduce or remove trade barriers, Indonesia said, predicting the revision will boost bilateral trade
August 08, 2024South Korean authorities are questioning a suspected North Korean resident who crossed into the South, according to South Korea’s military
August 08, 2024
India's foreign ministry said on Thursday that it is up to Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to "take things forward" regarding her future plans, adding that it
August 08, 2024India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit the Maldives from Friday to Sunday, New Delhi said in a statement on Thursday.
August 08, 2024The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting,
August 08, 2024
China's electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD on Thursday launched a new version of its Seal EV, the company's first model equipped with lidar sensors.
August 08, 2024Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus takes over as the head of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday at a time when the country is facing
August 08, 2024
China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics
August 08, 2024
Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of the country's caretaker government on Thursday, three days after Prime Minister Sheikh
August 08, 2024General Motors said on Thursday it was committed to building a profitable and self-sustainable operation in China, despite facing stiff competition from local brands.
August 08, 2024The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals if conflict in the Middle East deepens, officials said
August 08, 2024
India's Reliance Industries plans to use naptha supplies as partial payment for crude purchases from Venezuela after the refiner
August 08, 2024A crude oil tanker has reported four attacks off Yemen's port of Mokha during the last 24 hours, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Friday, and the vessel's
August 08, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 08, 2024Canada and Australia, expressing alarm at China's claims over the disputed waters of the South China Sea, on Thursday said they would increase their military and defense industry
August 08, 2024
Two Chinese giant pandas are now California residents as their enclosure at the San Diego Zoo opened to the public on Thursday in an international ceremony.
August 08, 2024
Chinese treasuries fell on Friday after state media said trading accounts must not be borrowed or transferred, following the launch of a probe by regulators into suspected
August 08, 2024China's consumer prices rose at a slightly faster-than-expected rate in July partly due to weather disruptions to food supplies, while producer deflation persisted, keeping the
August 09, 2024
Australia and New Zealand said they would provide A$42.6 million ($28.05 million) for Pacific Island countries, which span millions of kilometres of ocean, to store humanitarian aid
August 09, 2024Petrochemical producers in Europe and Asia are in survival mode as years of capacity build-up in top market China and high energy costs in Europe
August 09, 2024Petrochemical producers in Europe and Asia are in survival mode as years of capacity build-up in top market China and high energy costs in
August 09, 2024Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday cancelled plans to visit Central Asia and Mongolia this weekend, following an unprecedented advisory that the risk
August 09, 2024
Improving law and order in Bangladesh is a priority for the new caretaker government, the adviser to the interior ministry said on Friday, as the
August 09, 2024India has become the next big bet for PepsiCo, Unilever and other packaged goods giants looking to fill the growth vacuum left by an uneven recovery in China.
August 09, 2024
Extreme rainfall and severe flooding in China led to a near doubling in economic losses from natural disasters in July from a year earlier, the government said.
August 09, 2024Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will likely survive a critical court decision next week that could see him dismissed from office,
August 09, 2024
Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa's news website Rappler won an appeal to restore its corporate licence after a court overturned a
August 09, 2024
Thailand's disbanded opposition Move Forward unveiled a new political vehicle on Friday that will be the biggest party in parliament,
August 09, 2024
China's securities regulator has ordered some brokerages to inspect their bond trading activities, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as authorities seek to rein in
August 09, 2024In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign
August 09, 2024
China's new yuan loans likely fell sharply in July from the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, dragged down by tepid credit demand and seasonal factors even as the
August 09, 2024Chinese airlines are gaining market share on international routes, industry data shows, as foreign rivals are deterred by weak China travel demand and rising costs
August 09, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to a request for Pacific Island leaders to visit the French territory of New Caledonia to assess ongoing civil unrest
August 09, 2024Taiwanese shipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said one of its cargo ships caught fire on Friday at China's Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world's busiest.
August 09, 2024A Philippine appeals court has reversed a regulator’s 2018 order to shut down a prominent news outlet, marking a legal victory for journalists who angered former President Rodrigo Duterte by reporting critically on his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and alarming human rights record
August 09, 2024
Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous
August 09, 2024Taiwanese shipping firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said one of its cargo ships caught fire on Friday at China's Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world's busiest.
August 09, 2024Just two days after being disbanded by court order, Thailand’s main progressive political party has regrouped under a new name and vowed to continue its fight for reforms despite continuing opposition from the conservative establishment that blocked the party from taking power despite finishing first in last year’s election
August 09, 2024
Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record
August 09, 2024
The first priority of Bangladesh's caretaker government is to improve law and order in the strife-torn country by restoring the morale of law enforcement
August 09, 2024
Nagasaki has marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony eclipsed by the absence of the American ambassador and other Western envoys in response to the Japanese city’s refusal to invite Israel
August 09, 2024
China's state media and authorities say a powerful explosion set off a fireball on a container ship loaded with hazardous goods at a major port on China’s Pacific coast
August 09, 2024Auto sales in China faltered in July, falling 5% from a year earlier, although exports jumped about 20% from a year earlier as makers of electric vehicles expanded into global markets
August 09, 2024
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra and China's Shaanxi Automobile Group have agreed to set up a $3 billion joint venture to build a car manufacturing
August 09, 2024
The non-performing loan ratio of commercial banks in China was 1.56% at the end of June, down 0.03 percentage points from the end of the previous quarter, the National Financial
August 09, 2024The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European Union tariffs on electric vehicles made in China
August 09, 2024
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit Tokyo and eastern parts of Japan on Friday evening, the government said, a day after it issued the first-ever advisory about the risk of a huge
August 09, 2024Crew of Philippine and Vietnamese vessels blasted a boat with water cannon and simulated a search and rescue on Friday, in the first such joint
August 09, 2024
China Evergrande's liquidators have invited investors interested in restructuring the heavily indebted property developer or any of its parts, it said in a filing on Friday.
August 09, 2024
Hundreds of people protested in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday against violence targeting the country's minority Hindus since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and
August 09, 2024
Smartmatic executives charged by Justice Department in alleged Philippines bribery scheme
August 09, 2024
Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices remained at their highest level in over seven months, tracking European gains amid concerns over supply disruption.
August 09, 2024Diplomats from the United States, South Korea and Japan discussed North Korea in a phone call on Wednesday, the U.S.
August 09, 2024China's central bank will seek to "enrich" its monetary policy toolbox and will gradually increase buying and selling of treasury bonds in its open market operations, its second-
August 09, 2024
A Bangladeshi student leader who was instrumental in overthrowing Sheikh Hasina and is now part of an interim government said she
August 09, 2024Hedge funds added bearish bets in Japanese stocks at the fastest pace in over five years for a week between Aug. 2 and Aug. 8, as the Nikkei on Aug. 5 faced the
August 09, 2024North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revisited a flooded area near the country's border with China this week to address plans to support those affected by recent heavy rainfall and floods
August 09, 2024
Olympic breaking athlete disqualified for ‘free Afghan women’ cape
August 10, 2024
Kamala Harris’ VP pick has a long history with China. But Beijing may not be happy about it
August 10, 2024
North Korean leader says he will not seek outside help to recover from floods that devasted areas near the country’s border with China
August 10, 2024
A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said
August 10, 2024
The Philippine military chief has condemned what he said was the provocative actions of two Chinese air force aircraft that executed a dangerous maneuver and dropped flares in the path of a Philippine air force plane on routine patrol in the South China Sea
August 10, 2024
The Philippines and China traded accusations on Saturday following an encounter between their aircraft over a contested area of the South China Sea.
August 10, 2024Bangladesh's chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee
August 10, 2024
South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid tensions between the war-divided rivals
August 10, 2024
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has arrived in Hawaii for a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific
November 30, 2024
Protecting women from deceitful men or criminalizing break-ups? A new law in India stirs debate
August 11, 2024
Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won a gold medal in the women’s featherweight division at the Paris Olympics
August 10, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday condemned Chinese air force actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions "unjustified,
August 11, 2024USA and China tie for most gold medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics
August 11, 2024
China supports Iran in defending its "sovereignty, security and national dignity", Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran's acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday,
August 11, 2024A helicopter on an unauthorised flight crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Australia's northern tourist town of Cairns on Monday, killing the pilot and forcing hundreds of
August 11, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A week is not just a long time in politics.
August 11, 2024
A slow-moving storm is dumping intense rainfall on northern Japan, causing rivers to swell and sending some residents to shelters
August 12, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Monday adjourned a hearing into a petition seeking liquidation of Kaisa Group until Sept. 9, giving the embattled Chinese developer
August 12, 2024Hong Kong's top court on Monday unanimously dismissed the bid to overturn the convictions of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other pro-democracy campaigners for an
August 12, 2024
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019
August 12, 2024
South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean nuclear threats
August 12, 2024
Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan has resigned following new protests by students and other demonstrators, as the interim government starts functioning after a mass uprising toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
August 10, 2024
A generation of young people, many of whom cannot remember a time before Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s prime minister, led protests that resulted in her ouster
August 12, 2024
Engineers sent China's biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the skies on a soon-to-open 100-km (62-mile) route to
August 12, 2024
The Philippines urged Beijing on Monday to heed calls to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea after what it described as "very dangerous" actions by its air force which came
August 12, 2024South Korean officials met on Monday to discuss electric vehicle safety and whether to require car firms to disclose battery brands amid growing
August 12, 2024The price of iron ore has dropped for a sixth consecutive week as China's steel sector continues to struggle and port inventories of the raw material
August 12, 2024A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It's been a blessedly quiet start to the week in Asia with Japan taking a much-needed holiday for Mountain Day, after the Nikkei
August 12, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the outgoing leader seeks to reassure
August 12, 2024CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with familes mourning people killed in demonstrations that toppled the Bangladeshi government.
August 12, 2024
China's bank lending tumbled more than expected in July, hitting the lowest in nearly 15 years, dragged down by tepid credit demand and seasonal factors
August 13, 2024
Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone strikes as fears mount of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
August 13, 2024
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina called on Tuesday for action against those involved in "killings and vandalism" in the country last
August 13, 2024Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's biggest lender, is expected to unveil a small decline in annual earnings on Wednesday, with investors focused on whether
August 13, 2024With Muhammad Yunus in charge, Bangladesh may see much-needed reforms and investment in its telecoms sector given the caretaker government leader's
August 13, 2024Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors' protest spread nationwide following the rape and murder of a trainee
August 13, 2024
China's Tencent Music Entertainment reported a smaller than expected fall in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, cushioned by an increase in paying subscribers at its music streaming platforms.
August 13, 2024The Philippines said on Tuesday an arrangement with China to avoid confrontations during resupply missions to troops at a disputed shoal may be
August 13, 2024
China's Huawei Technologies is close to introducing a new chip for artificial intelligence use to challenge Nvidia in China amid U.S. sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday
August 13, 2024The head of Bangladesh’s interim government says the high-profile resignations of authorities close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are legal after student leaders who organized protests against Hasina’s government issued ultimatums for them to quit
August 12, 2024
Chinese banks extended 260 billion yuan ($36.26 billion) in new yuan loans in July, down from the previous month and undershooting analysts' forecasts, highlighting weak demand as
August 13, 2024China's central bank said on Tuesday it will provide an additional 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) to banks to support rebuilding areas
August 13, 2024
Thailand will increase the size of a state mutual fund by between 100 billion baht and 150 billion baht ($2.8 billion-$4.3 billion) to invest in local stocks, officials said on
August 13, 2024Soaring demand from Chinese investors for offshore investments has left foreign banks and fund managers scrambling to ration outbound-
August 13, 2024
Japan's parliament will ask central bank Governor Kazuo Ueda to participate in special sessions next week to discuss the decision last month to raise interest rates, officials said on
August 13, 2024Global investors are turning bearish on once-favoured Japanese stocks following last week's turbulence as they reassess economic prospects and the viability of yen
August 13, 2024China's long-dated sovereign bonds have surged as investors seek safety from a slowing economy and volatile stock markets.
August 13, 2024Pakistan's military said on Monday it had arrested retired general Faiz Hameed, former head of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, in connection with a land
August 12, 2024
Three Afghan civilians were killed in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan security forces, a spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Tuesday.
August 13, 2024A Japanese business executive has returned to Japan after being convicted and released this week after more than a month of detention in Myanmar
August 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Japanese shares returned from a holiday with a bang on Tuesday, erasing all of last week's losses as a stable yen provided
August 13, 2024
A global markets sell-off spurred by an unwinding of yen-funded carry trades has turned the spotlight on China's yuan, which is also used
August 13, 2024Myanmar authorities have released a Japanese man from detention, Japan's foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday, following reports in media of the release of a manager of supermarket
August 12, 2024Japan's wholesale inflation accelerated in July, with the pace of year-on-year growth the fastest in 11 months, data showed on Tuesday, as a
August 12, 2024Singapore's economy grew 2.9% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, matching the official advance estimate and above market expectations, government data showed on
August 12, 2024Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a call from her self-exile in India for an investigation into the killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests in her country that prompted her ouster
August 13, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 12, 2024Iran had put its long-range Mohajer-10 drones on show at a defence exhibit in Russia, Iran's official news agency reported on Monday.
August 12, 2024A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced a Japanese executive from the local unit of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co to one year in prison for violating rice price controls, Kyodo news
August 12, 2024Tropical Storm Maria made landfall on Monday in Japan's northern region of Iwate, bringing torrential rain that disrupted flights and rail services while forcing people in some areas
August 12, 2024Bangladesh's electricity demand grew 7% over three weeks of deadly nationwide protests that disrupted industrial and commercial activity,
August 12, 2024Vietnam's top leader To Lam will visit China next week in his first foreign trip since his appointment as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party earlier in August, three
August 12, 2024South Korea and the United States will begin annual summertime military drills next week to ramp up their capability to counter North Korea's weapons and cyber
August 12, 2024
Vietnam is planning to subsidise electricity prices for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, as part of its efforts to promote the use of EVs and meet its energy transition
August 12, 2024
A U.S. Army intelligence analyst on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice said.
August 13, 2024Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's biggest lender, said on Wednesday full-year profit fell less than analysts feared due to lower
August 13, 2024Young people in China aren’t spending on romance. That’s a problem
August 13, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he "grossly" violated ethics by
August 13, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 13, 2024
China-based autonomous driving startup WeRide has received approval from California to test its driverless vehicles with passengers, according to a permit from the state's utility
August 13, 2024Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and
August 14, 2024Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and daunting logistical effort that is
August 14, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will step down next month, won’t run for re-election
August 14, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the government must continue to promote growth in wages and investment for the economy to make a full exit from
August 14, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address the impact
August 14, 2024Bangladesh court orders murder probe into ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina
August 14, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek another term as his party's leader, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September
August 14, 2024
Japan issued its first “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the country’s southern main island of Kyushu
August 14, 2024
Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic
August 14, 2024
China has uncovered widespread corruption in its funeral services industry, state media said on Wednesday, with offences such as illegal fees and
August 14, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down as prime minister next month, after a three-year tenure marked by scandal and declining public support.
August 14, 2024
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lead a party that has governed the country for most
August 14, 2024
Foreign investors were net buyers of Asian bonds for the third consecutive month in July, spurred by strong regional export growth and expectations of a September rate cut by the U.S.
August 14, 2024A recent string of dismal indicators have dulled expectations for China's economic performance in July, in an ominous sign for the rest of 2024 and pointing to the need
August 14, 2024People in Kiribati are going to the polls for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China
August 14, 2024
One of the biggest movies to hit China's cinemas this summer tackles several of its biggest economic pain points: an uncertain job market,
August 14, 2024Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office in shock court ruling
August 14, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethics violation
August 14, 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court for a breach of ethics in appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was
August 14, 2024
Srettha Thavisin won a parliamentary vote to become Thailand's prime minister last August, after a closely-fought election where his party had finished only
August 14, 2024
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had violated rules on ethics over his appointment to cabinet of a lawyer who served time in prison
August 14, 2024Political turmoil in Bangladesh is likely to slow planned financial reforms and has already added to weakness in the banking sector, S&P Global Ratings said on Wednesday.
August 14, 2024The head of Mercedes-Benz in South Korea will meet on Wednesday residents of an apartment complex damaged by a fire that started in one of its electric vehicles (EVs) and burned for
August 14, 2024A Hong Kong court jailed pro-democracy activist Owen Chow for three days on Wednesday and fined his solicitor, Phyllis Woo, for taking a document out
August 14, 2024China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday the United States, Britain and Australia should not advance their nuclear submarine cooperation until the international community has
August 14, 2024
India's trade deficit widened in July, hurt by weak exports, government data showed on Wednesday, amid renewed doubts about the resilience of the
August 14, 2024Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged his colleagues to embrace change and seek out a candidate that will transform an
August 14, 2024Fumio Kishida pushed through Japan's biggest wage increases in decades, but it was not enough to make up for the impact the battered yen
August 14, 2024
Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has surprised the country by announcing that he’ll step down when his party picks a new leader next month
August 14, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he will discuss a "long-term strategic partnership" with China when he meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
August 14, 2024China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing
August 14, 2024
US expresses frustration that North Korea is blocking efforts to recover remains of American casualties from Korean War
August 14, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 14, 2024More Japanese companies believe a Kamala Harris presidency in the U.S. would be better for their businesses than a second Donald Trump administration, a Reuters
August 14, 2024Singapore Telecommunications' first-quarter earnings climbed, mainly buoyed by a net exceptional gain from diluting its stake in Indian telecom
August 14, 2024Japan's economy expanded by a much faster-than-expected annualised 3.1% in the second quarter, rebounding from a slump at the start of the year
August 14, 2024No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics
August 15, 2024
China's central bank injected cash through a short-term bond instrument on Thursday and said that it would conduct a medium-term loan rollover later this month.
August 15, 2024Thailand's ruling alliance on Thursday backed the daughter of divisive tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra to become the next prime minister, a
August 15, 2024
China's new home prices fell at their fastest pace in nine years in July, as a slew of support policies failed to stabilise prices and restore
August 15, 2024China's factory output slowed for a third straight month in July, showing the recovery in the world's second-largest economy was losing steam, although the
August 15, 2024
Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG have snapped up over half of PwC's corporate clients in China that have fled the market's leading accounting firm as it faces
August 15, 2024Property investment in China fell 10.2% in the first seven months from a year earlier, after dropping 10.1% in January-June, even as the government launched a slew of support
August 15, 2024South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered on Thursday to establish a working-level consultative body with North Korea to discuss ways to ease tension and resume
August 15, 2024
Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% last quarter, rebounding from the contraction in the previous quarter
August 15, 2024
Trading using borrowed money, or margin trading, in Japan's stock market fell sharply last week as investors were forced to dump stocks during the Nikkei index's
August 15, 2024
The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency
August 15, 2024
Treasury Wine Estates, Australia's leading winemaker, issued its first annual results since China removed punitive levies on Australian wine imports and forecast a strong fiscal 2025 as it
August 15, 2024South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try
August 14, 2024Typhoon Ampil bore down on Tokyo on Thursday, prompting airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and railways to suspend part of their operations in the peak summer travel season.
August 15, 2024Riding the Trans-Mongolian Railway, one of the world’s most epic train journeys
August 15, 2024Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War Two with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other
August 15, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there
August 15, 2024
Thailand's economic growth likely gathered a bit of pace in the second quarter thanks to higher government spending, but a tepid recovery in tourism and high
August 15, 2024
China has put together a revised draft law that will make it simpler for couples to register their marriage, while filing for divorce will become tougher, a move that drew scorn
August 15, 2024Taiwan’s president visited a U.S. State Department-funded think tank and educational institution on the second day of a two-day visit to Hawaii that’s part of a Pacific island tour that has already triggered criticism from Beijing
December 01, 2024
The U.S. and French Navy conducted bilateral operations in the Philippine Sea on Tuesday to advance their interoperability "in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific", the U.S.
August 15, 2024Holding candles, hundreds of thousands of women marched through the night in cities across India, to protest the brutal rape and murder of a young
August 15, 2024Sri Lanka's election panel gave approval on Thursday for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest a presidential poll set for Sept. 21 in the Indian Ocean
August 15, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a solemn ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II
August 15, 2024
Japan braces as powerful Typhoon Ampil strengthens near Tokyo
August 15, 2024
China has promised technical support and aid to military-run Myanmar for conducting a census, followed by an election, state media said on Thursday, signalling Beijing's backing to a junta
August 15, 2024Adani Power said on Thursday it was committed to supplying electricity to Bangladesh, saying a recent amendment to power export rules does not affect its existing contract.
August 15, 2024
The political turmoil unleashed by the dismissal of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is likely to deal another blow to the already
August 15, 2024Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will be nominated as the country’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote, her party and its coalition partners said Thursday
August 15, 2024
Vietnam's top leader, To Lam, will make an official visit to China from Sunday until August 20, Vietnamese government and Chinese state media said, cementing close ties between the
August 15, 2024Japan on Thursday ended its call for higher-than-usual risks of a major earthquake, one week after a strong tremor on the edge of the Nankai Trough seabed zone
August 15, 2024China will impose export limits on antimony and related elements in the name of national security, its commerce ministry said on Thursday, Beijing's latest move to restrict
August 15, 2024
A Singapore court on Thursday charged two former bankers for helping a group of foreigners who were convicted of laundering $2.2 billion last year in the biggest such financial
August 15, 2024A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern county of Yilan on Thursday, the island's central weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
August 15, 2024The Taliban's supreme spiritual leader said the group had transformed Afghanistan into an Islamic sharia-based country, as the former
August 15, 2024As cases rise against her, including murder accusations, Bangladesh will decide whether to ask India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,
August 15, 2024
A Vietnamese court sentenced prominent activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen to five years in prison after finding him guilty of anti-state activities in a one-day trial on Thursday, two of his
August 15, 2024Pakistan's military said on Thursday it had arrested three more retired officers following the arrest of former spy chief Faiz Hameed,
August 15, 2024China says it will restrict exports of a mineral used in a wide range of products from batteries to weapons
August 15, 2024
China's Ant Group posted a net profit of 12 billion yuan ($1.68 billion) for the three months to March 31, down 10.25% from a year earlier, Reuters calculations based on Alibaba
August 15, 2024
China's central bank is planning new policies to support economic growth in the second half of the year and will speed up the implementation of measures already introduced,
August 15, 2024Thailand's governing coalition said on Thursday it had agreed to nominate 37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra as candidate for prime minister ahead of a parliamentary vote.
August 15, 2024Hundreds of student protesters and other political activists in Bangladesh have attacked and barred the supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's supporters from reaching her father and independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house — now a museum — in the capital
August 15, 2024
By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age men and women.
August 15, 2024
On the campaign trail in rural Thailand last year, Paetongtarn Shinawatra reminded voters of her influential billionaire family's legacy of populism in what was
August 15, 2024
Hong Kong has welcomed the births of its first locally born giant pandas
August 15, 2024
The murder and rape of a trainee doctor as she took a rest during a long shift in a Kolkata hospital has highlighted the vulnerability of medics
August 15, 2024The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at persistently high levels of sexual
August 15, 2024
‘I felt like a celebrity’: Personalized ads hit China subway stations as operators scramble for cash
August 15, 2024
The political uncertainty left by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to step down will likely lead to a pause, rather than a full stop, to the Bank of Japan's
August 15, 2024Shut out of school by the Taliban, Afghan girls and women are finding new ways to learn
August 15, 2024
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 34 km (21 miles) off Taiwan's eastern city of Hualien on Friday, the weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage from what was
August 15, 2024A float in Sunday’s upcoming India Day Parade in New York City that celebrates a Hindu temple built over a razed mosque in India is being criticized as anti-Muslim
August 15, 2024
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose 15.7% in July from a year earlier, data on Friday showed, with both electronics and non-electronics exports growing.
August 15, 2024
Travel companies are betting that Chinese tourism could return to its pre-pandemic boom days if they tweak tours to avoid steep hikes, add
August 16, 2024
Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate because of risks of flooding and mudslides from a powerful typhoon approaching in the Pacific Ocean
August 16, 2024
Thailand's parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she
August 16, 2024Japan grounded hundreds of flights and urged tens of thousands of people to evacuate in the eastern parts of the country on Friday, as a strong typhoon caused power blackouts in the
August 16, 2024Thailand’s Parliament has elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as the country’s new prime minister
August 16, 2024
Oldest first-time panda mom gives birth to twins
August 16, 2024
The leaders of Australia and New Zealand said on Friday the AUKUS trilateral defence pact would boost regional security and stability, as both countries warned they
August 16, 2024
Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto has secured a parliamentary majority after the party that backed his rival in the February elections
August 16, 2024Paetongtarn Shinawatra was nominated to become Thailand's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Friday by Pheu Thai party secretary general Sorawong Thienthong.
August 16, 2024Malaysia will switch to a new public service compensation scheme from Dec 1 that will see broad pay hikes and salary restructuring for the country's 1.6 million civil servants
August 16, 2024Police in the Indian state of West Bengal on Friday arrested hundreds of protesters angry over the rape and murder of a medic
August 16, 2024
Malaysia's economy expanded at its fastest rate in 18 months in the second quarter helped by stronger household spending, exports and
August 16, 2024Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. says Beijing weaponizes tourism to the Pacific Island archipelago in an effort to force it to sever ties with Taiwan
August 16, 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo highlighted his economic, infrastructure and development successes in his final state of nation address on Friday, delivered months
August 16, 2024China will support a democratic transition in Myanmar and backs a regional plan to find a way out of the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country, Foreign
August 16, 2024Rail links will be high on the agenda when Vietnam's newly appointed leader To Lam travels to China to meet President Xi Jinping next week,
August 16, 2024Paetongtarn Shinawatra to become Thailand’s youngest prime minister in new political shake-up
August 16, 2024
A Chinese mother went on television to seek justice for her 19-year-old intellectually disabled son after scammers tricked the desperate jobseeker into
August 16, 2024South Korea's home prices rose at a faster pace in July, as prices in the capital Seoul jumped by the most in more than four years, data showed on Friday, amid growing concerns about
August 16, 2024Another round of bad Chinese economic figures is raising pressure on Beijing to loosen the fiscal spigot further and even dole out shopping vouchers to
August 16, 2024The election of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand’s prime minister represents a remarkable comeback for the political dynasty founded by her billionaire father, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup in 2006
August 16, 2024
One of China's leading chip equipment makers, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC), said on Friday it had filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. defence department,
August 16, 2024German automaker BMW and its joint venture will recall a combined 1.36 million locally produced and imported cars in China due to potential risks with the Takata airbag, China's
August 16, 2024Hong Kong's economy expanded by 3.3% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, adding that the economy should continue to grow.
August 16, 2024Taiwan's trade-driven economy is expected to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2024 than previously forecast, with exports weaker than projected, despite
August 16, 2024The Philippines sought to assure China on Friday that the presence of a U.S. intermediate-range missile system on its territory posed no threat to China and would
August 16, 2024The jobless rate for 16- to 24-year olds in China, excluding students, rose to 17.1% in July from 13.2% in the prior month, the country's statistics bureau said on
August 16, 2024A long, frenzied bond rally in China has stalled, with prices down and turnover tumbling as investors step back after intensifying intervention by Beijing to stop yields from
August 16, 2024Joint production of hypersonic missiles by Australia and the United States could reduce strain on the U.S. defence industrial base and boost deterrence in the Indo
August 16, 2024Thousands of people, including doctors and paramedics, are marching through various Indian cities to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week
August 16, 2024
The administrator of a major Evergrande onshore unit has asked creditors to provide details about the debt the embattled property developer owes to them ahead of the first
August 16, 2024
India will hold provincial elections in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir from Sept. 18, the Election Commission said on Friday, the first regional
August 16, 2024Ducking as mortar fire exploded around them, Rohingya refugee Mustafa Kamal and his family narrowly escaped the attack by a rebel
August 16, 2024Indonesia's outgoing government submitted a 2025 budget plan to parliament on Friday targeting a narrower deficit than
August 16, 2024China will impose export controls on some antimony products from Sept. 15, it said on Thursday, citing national security, adding to measures imposed by Beijing since last year to curb
August 16, 2024
Bangladesh's caretaker government told Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi on Friday that reports of attacks on Hindus and other minorities in the Muslim-majority country are
August 16, 2024Vietnam's ruling Communist Party on Friday added the country's most senior police officer to its elite Politburo, the government said, another sign of the growing political clout of
August 16, 2024China's Premier Li Qiang told a cabinet plenary session on Friday that great efforts must be made to boost the economy and the country will focus on stimulating consumption, state
August 16, 2024
Several Chinese banks have been given new gold import quotas from the central bank, anticipating revived demand despite record high prices, four
August 16, 2024U.S. officials met virtually with members of Myanmar's opposition movement on Friday and pledged to expand direct support to help a transition to civilian government and
August 16, 2024Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals
August 17, 2024
Indonesia is marking 79 years of independence with a ceremony in its future new capital of Nusantara, a city still under construction
August 17, 2024
Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups across Indian cities after a trainee doctor was raped and killed last week
August 17, 2024
Indonesia celebrated its independence anniversary at the site of its planned new capital, Nusantara, for the first time on Saturday, in a scaled-
August 17, 2024
Thailand's billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received a royal pardon shortening his parole by two weeks, his lawyer said on Saturday, a day after his daughter was
August 17, 2024
Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight
August 17, 2024
A Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Swiss International Air Lines flying from Tokyo to Zurich made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Saturday due to a medical incident onboard, followed
August 17, 2024Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD (002594
August 17, 2024
South Korean artificial-intelligence chip makers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement, the privately held companies said on Sunday.
August 17, 2024
Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming
August 18, 2024
Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrived in China on Sunday for a three-day visit, according to Chinese state media, which Beijing's foreign ministry has said will include meetings with
August 18, 2024
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor
August 18, 2024
Thailand’s king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as new prime minister
August 18, 2024
Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered,
August 18, 2024
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani says his conglomerate is committed to “world-class regulatory compliance" after being indicted in the U.S. on fraud charges and an alleged bribery scheme worth millions of dollars, his first remarks since the accusations surfaced
December 01, 2024Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister
August 18, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 18, 2024
U.S. and South Korean troops have begun a large-scale exercise aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities against nuclear-armed North Korea, which again is accusing the allies of practicing an invasion
August 18, 2024
The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two
August 18, 2024
China’s one-child policy hangover: Scarred women dismiss Beijing’s pro-birth agenda
August 19, 2024Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday appointed new cabinet ministers with close ties to his successor Prabowo Subianto, in a
August 19, 2024
Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea
August 19, 2024
Japan's national and Tokyo governments are seeking a 700 billion yen ($4.7 billion) valuation for Tokyo Metro as they prepare to list the subway
August 19, 2024
South Korea and the United States kicked off annual summertime military exercises on Monday, seeking to boost their joint readiness to fend off North Korea's weapons and cyber
August 19, 2024
Thailand's economic expansion accelerated in the second quarter due to stronger consumption, tourism and exports, but analysts said
August 19, 2024
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is finalising its plans to hold the party's leadership election on Sept. 27, Fuji TV reported on Monday.
August 19, 2024
China and Vietnam signed 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports on Monday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam's new leader To
August 19, 2024
Old aircraft carrier, once part of mighty Soviet fleet, burns in Chinese lagoon
August 19, 2024
Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week
August 19, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on Friday to boost ties with Kyiv, weeks after a trip to Moscow in which he rebuked Russian President Vladimir
August 19, 2024
Hundreds of doctors are protesting near India's Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital
August 19, 2024
Trend-following hedge funds reversed their bearish views on Japanese stocks and started buying them late last week, J.P.Morgan analysts said in a note.
August 19, 2024
Estee Lauder forecast annual profit and sales below estimates as the global beauty market struggles with slowing demand mainly in the China market and said CEO
August 19, 2024
Parties backing President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday rallied behind a single candidate for governor of the capital Jakarta, effectively
August 19, 2024
Investors fleeing the copper market are likely to be sidelined for many months, leaving the field clear for physical players who expect demand in top consumer China
August 19, 2024
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard confirmed on Monday it has made an offer to buy Japan's Seven & i.
August 19, 2024
Supporters of Indian soccer clubs East Bengal and Mohun Bagan put their bitter rivalry aside and united in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a
August 19, 2024
Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north
August 19, 2024
Japan's digital minister Taro Kono plans to announce his candidacy on Aug. 26 for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election next month to replace Prime Minister Fumio
August 19, 2024
The leaders of China and Vietnam have pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing
August 19, 2024
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged on Tuesday, a Reuters poll showed, after policymakers surprised global markets by trimming a string of key interest
August 19, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 19, 2024
The U.S. State Department condemned "dangerous actions" by China on Monday against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
August 19, 2024
Japan's government plans to raise its long-term interest rate estimate used to compile the state budget to 2.1% for the next fiscal year from the current year's 1.9%, the Nikkei
August 19, 2024
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early on Tuesday crossing the militarized border in the eastern part of the Korean peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the
August 19, 2024
People in Pakistan have reported much slower internet over the past several days with some experts estimating its speed falling to less than half its usual capacity at times
August 19, 2024China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Tuesday, in line with market expectations.
August 20, 2024
The Philippines has agreed to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for a limited number of Afghan nationals aspiring to resettle in America
August 20, 2024
Shares in Japan's Seven & i, the owner of 7-Eleven, closed nearly 11% lower on Tuesday as investors weighed up regulatory hurdles to a
August 20, 2024
The former director of the competition department at the Chinese Football Association, Huang Song, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, state broadcaster
August 20, 2024Taiwan showed off its missile firepower on Tuesday, launching a battery of surface-to-air missiles in front of reporters during a visit to a
August 20, 2024
Australia and Indonesia agreed a treaty-level defence cooperation agreement which allow Australian and Indonesian militaries to operate from each other's countries,
August 20, 2024More than 200 South Korean and U.S. fighter jets are due to fly around the clock for five days this week in what would mark the largest number of sorties flown in training by the
August 20, 2024
The Philippines on Tuesday said China's coast guard was not helping efforts to build confidence in the South China Sea, after accusing it of ramming and damaging its vessels in the
August 20, 2024
China will beef up its 2.88 trillion yuan ($406 billion) social security fund, making it "bigger and stronger" to help support its rapidly ageing population as the number of new
August 20, 2024
Politicians in Thailand must reform the judiciary to prevent interventions that have the country "going around in circles", a recently banned opposition
August 20, 2024
Auditor PwC has lost its largest mainland China-listed client, Bank of China, to rival EY, adding to an exodus of clientele amid a regulatory investigation into its
August 20, 2024
Indonesia and Australia have finalized a new bilateral defense treaty that will enhance the neighboring nations’ ability to operate their militaries in each other’s territory
August 20, 2024
Japan is ramping up promotional efforts to boost seafood exports to more destinations in Asia, the U.S., and Europe as it seeks to fill a sales
August 20, 2024
Japan's dwindling working-age population is leading to structural changes in the labour market that are heightening pressure on firms to hike wages and services
August 20, 2024
A new video game title launched on Tuesday by a Tencent-backed startup has quickly become the most-played game on a major online platform, highlighting growing interest in Chinese-
August 20, 2024
South Korea's financial regulator said on Monday it would work with the ruling party to put forward a revised bill of the Commercial Act this week aimed at better protecting the
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August 20, 2024
HSBC Holdings is currently exploring a sale of its South Africa businesses, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, as the once globe-spanning company continues to move its focus towards
August 20, 2024
Taiwan's export orders rose more than expected in July as demand for chips used in artificial intelligence applications continued to soar and the
August 20, 2024
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters have rallied in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade, the first one since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation
August 20, 2024
China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in five months in November as new orders, including those from abroad, led to a solid rise in production, pushing
December 02, 2024
Average home prices in India are set to rise steadily over the coming years driven mainly by demand from wealthy individuals, while the rising
December 02, 2024
India's antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their
August 20, 2024
Chinese firm XPeng forecast third-quarter revenue below expectations and missed June-quarter sales estimates on Tuesday, hurt by stiff competition and a drop in demand for its aging line-up
August 20, 2024
China and Hong Kong are set to expand a pilot wealth scheme that allows residents to invest cross-border by adding the first batch of 10 securities firms,
August 20, 2024
The Taliban's morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral
August 20, 2024
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August 20, 2024
A former mayor of a Philippine town being investigated for her alleged ties to Chinese criminal syndicates has fled the country, prompting the Philippine president's office to order
August 20, 2024China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the Chinese Olympic delegation for maintaining high standards of "morality, style and cleanliness" in their pursuit of gold metals at
August 20, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 20, 2024
Japan's Nikkei 225 share average will extend its recovery from the worst sell-off in 37 years during the rest of 2024 before pushing to an all-time high by the end
August 20, 2024
Japan's exports rose at a slightly slower pace than expected in July and shipment volumes extended their declines, data showed on Wednesday, adding to some doubts
August 20, 2024
Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on
August 21, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka he backed his "Ocean of Peace" plan during a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese
August 20, 2024
Japan racked up a 621 billion yen, or $4.3 billion, trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged
August 21, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday his government was investigating how Alice Guo, a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates,
August 21, 2024The Philippines' health minister said on Wednesday a recently detected mpox case in the Southeast Asian nation is of the mild Clade 2 variant and not the newer variant that has
August 20, 2024
An airport in Japan shut down because a pair of scissors went missing
August 21, 2024
Indonesia's second-largest party Golkar appointed a top loyalist of President Joko Widodo as its new chief on Wednesday, a move members say
August 21, 2024
Thailand's economy is nearly in crisis due to declining exports and uncompetitive manufacturing, the country's caretaker finance minister said on Wednesday.
August 21, 2024
A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq has crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people
August 21, 2024
An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the $19 billion project on Wednesday
August 21, 2024
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported on Wednesday.
August 21, 2024
Hong Kong's bourse has booked its first profit increase in three quarters, marking record revenue and income for an April-June period as new listings and trading
August 21, 2024
Russia’s Putin and China’s No. 2 official praise deepening ties as Ukraine war grinds on
August 21, 2024
The Indian rupee dropped on Wednesday to log its worst single-day performance in nearly two months as dollar demand from importers and foreign banks wiped off
August 21, 2024
Donations to a Malaysian orangutan conservation programme will be eligible for tax relief, including on funds that come from palm oil industry players, the overseeing
August 21, 2024
Japan set a second-straight monthly record for visitors in July, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen and summer holidays propelled a tourism boom.
August 21, 2024
The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration's spokesperson told local broadcaster Tolo, accusing
August 21, 2024
A rapid depreciation of Myanmar's currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ordinary households in the Southeast Asian country wrecked by
August 21, 2024
China is seriously concerned about a report that said the United Stated approved a nuclear strategic plan to focus on China's rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal, the Chinese
August 21, 2024
How Uzbekistan’s young generation is changing the face of its creative economy
August 21, 2024Chinese commercial banks' net profit growth is on a downward trend mainly due to a decline in interest rates on loans and narrowing net interest margins, a National Financial
August 21, 2024Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russia's vast Rostec corporation, said that he was grateful to Chinese automotive makers for filling the gap created by the exit of Western brands but
August 21, 2024
Indonesia's central bank on Wednesday held interest rates steady, as expected, preferring to focus on stabilizing the rupiah before possibly
August 21, 2024
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who used to be a mountaineer is set to be named the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, a research group said on Wednesday, following the
August 21, 2024China's Xiaomi Corp on Wednesday reported higher-than-expected revenue for the second quarter, revealing for the first time its auto business unit's contribution of 6.2 billion yuan
August 21, 2024
The European Union's draft findings from an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EV) lack objectivity and fairness, a Chinese industry body said on Wednesday.
August 21, 2024
China to probe European dairy imports as trade dispute escalates
August 21, 2024
A $5.64 billion offshore debt restructuring plan by China state-backed property developer Sino-Ocean Group's has only got support from less than 30% of
August 21, 2024India's commerce minister accused Amazon and other e-commerce companies of predatory pricing practices and said the sector's rapid rise
August 21, 2024
Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India's financial capital Mumbai on Wednesday, as protests over the alleged sexual
August 21, 2024In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach internationally.
August 21, 2024
India is likely to begin conducting a long-delayed population census in September, two government sources said, as Prime Minister
August 21, 2024
Indonesia President Joko Widodo on Wednesday said he respected decisions of the country's institutions, amid a move by his allies in parliament to
August 21, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese premier Li Qiang in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
August 21, 2024
LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora is cutting its workforce in China, the company said on Wednesday, as consumers curb their spending on creams and make-up in the world's No. 2
August 21, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India’s strategic partner, Russia
August 21, 2024
At least 15 people were killed in an explosion on Wednesday at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, a district
August 21, 2024Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has charged a local man with cybercrime offences for spreading fake online information which fuelled
August 21, 2024
Online fast-fashion giant Shein is suing its competitor Temu once again, accusing the China-founded shopping platform of stealing its designs, product images and engaging in other types of fraud
August 21, 2024
Warnings by China's central bank about excess exposure to long-dated sovereign bonds are aimed at curbing potential systemic risks if yields continue to fall, a senior official at
August 21, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has narrowed its list of finalists for the location of a manufacturing plant in Mexico down to three states and is
August 21, 2024
PwC China has informed its clients it expects a six-month business ban by Chinese authorities as early as September as part of punishment for its audit of collapsed property developer
August 21, 2024
Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia who are seeking refuge in the country as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada
August 21, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 21, 2024
A New York man was charged on Wednesday with operating as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States, accusing him of spying on Chinese pro-
August 21, 2024
Mary Meng is so busy and stressed working for a Chinese tech company in Shanghai that she can't imagine having a second child.
August 21, 2024
Chinese property developer Kaisa Group said on Thursday it expects to report a bigger net loss for the first half of the year, hurt by a decline in property deliveries and higher impairment
August 21, 2024
Japanese town quietly removes its Mount Fuji-blocking barrier
August 21, 2024
Japan's factory activity shrank in August amid subdued demand although the pace of decline slowed, while the service sector expanded, showing upbeat conditions in some industries, a
August 21, 2024
South Korea's central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday but revived expectations for an imminent policy easing that some economists see
August 22, 2024
The Taliban says it wants people to visit Afghanistan. Here’s what it’s like
August 22, 2024
The Indian rupee was marginally weaker on Thursday amid a pause in the rally in Asian peers, while forward premiums rose after Federal Reserve minutes and downward
August 22, 2024
Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and faced down tear gas
August 22, 2024
An explosion triggered a fire at a pharmaceutical plant in southern India, killing at least 18 workers
August 22, 2024
The United States on Wednesday called on Japan to name its representatives for a joint task force that will determine the location and resources for a humanitarian
August 22, 2024
An explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in southern India on Wednesday, which killed at least 17 people and injured 36, was due to a
August 22, 2024
China launched an anti-subsidy investigation into dairy imports from the European Union a day after the bloc's revised tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles.
August 22, 2024
An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant has been suspended due to a technical issue
August 22, 2024
Taiwan's defence spending will rise 7.7% next year, outpacing expected economic growth, the cabinet said on Thursday, as the island adds more fighter
August 22, 2024
Malaysia is fast becoming a haven in Southeast Asia and foreign investors are returning to a long-overlooked market as a confluence of improving growth, stable
August 22, 2024
China's military said it had monitored and warned a U.S. destroyer as it sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the latest such traversing of the sensitive waterway to upset
August 22, 2024Cambodia’s prime minister has led a celebration of the return of dozens of precious centuries-old artifacts from museums and private collectors abroad, and said his government will continue working with others to bring home more such cultural treasures
August 22, 2024
Chinese prosecutors have indicted a Japanese citizen on suspicion of espionage, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday, adding that the rights of the people involved in the case
August 22, 2024
Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China, India and Russia, a top official said on Thursday, in an
August 22, 2024
Floodwaters have inundated parts of India and Bangladesh, causing at least 15 deaths
August 22, 2024
Tourists scaling the Great Wall of China can now get takeout delivered by drone
August 22, 2024
Thousands protested in cities across Indonesia on Thursday, capping a dramatic week in politics in the world's third-largest democracy as President Joko Widodo, better known as
August 22, 2024
Floods kill more than 30, impact millions in Bangladesh and northeast India
August 22, 2024
Seven & i Holdings turned the humble 7-Eleven store into a popular food destination in Japan by serving up fresh sandwiches, rice balls and rows of
August 22, 2024
Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure
August 22, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is considering adding wage-related items to its quarterly "tankan" business survey, Jiji news agency reported on Thursday.
August 22, 2024
The Indian antitrust body's opposition to a proposed $8.5 billion merger of the Indian media assets of Walt Disney and Reliance
August 22, 2024
The deputy speaker of Parliament says Indonesian lawmakers have canceled plans to ratify revisions to the election laws after thousands of protesters rallied in front of the parliament building
August 22, 2024
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China reported a 6.8% rise in first-half net profit, driven by growth in new insurance policies and its move to secure long-term investments
August 22, 2024
Three years after the fall of Kabul, this Paralympian hopes to inspire women around the world through her act of defiance
August 22, 2024
Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of
August 22, 2024
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will on Friday make his first visit since taking office in May to the sensitive Kinmen islands that sit next to the Chinese coast and
August 22, 2024
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of a Taliban-appointed diplomat as the ambassador of Afghanistan, a UAE
August 22, 2024Poland wants to deepen its cooperation with India in the defence industry, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, as Warsaw seeks to benefit from New Delhi's
August 22, 2024
A United Nations team will meet Bangladesh's interim government and other stakeholders from Thursday to discuss the process to investigate alleged human rights
August 22, 2024
Some Chinese economists called for bolder reforms on Thursday, the birthday of late reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, with several comments censored amid the authorities' increased
August 22, 2024
More than 1,000 Indian opposition party supporters demonstrated in New Delhi, Mumbai and other state capitals on Thursday, demanding
August 22, 2024
Chinese regulators will likely impose a six-month business suspension on a big part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' auditing unit in mainland China, as a
August 22, 2024
The Thai ruling party's flagship 500 billion baht ($14.5 billion) handout plan is needed to boost a sluggish economy, political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra
August 22, 2024
Chinese scientists have discovered a "brand-new method" of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil brought back from a 2020 expedition, state broadcaster CCTV reported
August 22, 2024A fire at a hotel in South Korea has killed seven people and injured 12 others, fire authorities said on Friday.
August 22, 2024A court in Bangladesh’s capital has allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that forced her to step down and flee to India earlier this month
August 22, 2024
Three South Korean skiers were killed and two people were seriously injured after their vehicles collided head-on in New Zealand
August 22, 2024
India may allow certain foreign investors to raise capital in rupees for investments in select countries, a government official said, in a move aimed at
August 22, 2024
The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public
August 22, 2024
Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more
August 22, 2024
Nepal’s new government has lifted restrictions on the video-sharing app TikTok, nine months after imposing a ban because it was disrupting “social harmony."
August 22, 2024
Panama to launch deportation flights to China and India, as well as regional neighbors
August 22, 2024
North Korea's foreign ministry denounced a U.S. planned sale of Apache helicopters to South Korea, state media KCNA said on Friday, vowing to take additional steps to bolster its
August 22, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 22, 2024
A dense bamboo forest in rebel-held territory surrounds the training ground in eastern Myanmar where more than 100 young people, mostly in their twenties, are undergoing rigorous military
August 22, 2024
These robot boats are cleaning up Asia’s waterways
August 23, 2024India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act
August 22, 2024
Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Friday he was prepared to amend some proposed reforms of the Reserve Bank of Australia after objections from the opposition
August 22, 2024
Japanese former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi will announce his candidacy for the ruling party leadership race at a press conference on Aug. 30, broadcaster TBS reported on
August 23, 2024
Shareholders of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba have approved a plan to upgrade its Hong Kong listing to primary status, the company said on Friday, a move that is expected to attract huge
August 23, 2024
State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon or its rivals to access advanced
August 23, 2024
South Korean police said on Friday a fire at a lithium battery maker that killed 23 people in June occurred as the company raced to produce batteries to meet a deadline
August 23, 2024
An Indonesian court ordered two local companies to pay up to 60 million rupiah ($3,850) to each family whose children died of an acute kidney injury or were
August 23, 2024
Australia will take command of the maritime task force in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from October, the defence ministry said on Friday.
August 23, 2024A fire that killed seven people in a South Korean hotel was possibly made worse by the lack of sprinklers
August 23, 2024
Consumer price inflation is expected to stay unchanged in Japan's capital Tokyo in August, ending three months of acceleration, a Reuters poll showed, suggesting the central bank may
August 23, 2024
China's yuan inched higher against a softer dollar on Friday and looked set for the fifth straight weekly gain, its longest winning streak in more than three years.
August 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu The big mover in Asia was a 0.5% rise in the yen as Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda disappointed some by saying the central
August 23, 2024
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine will undergo maintenance in Australia for the first time on Friday, a key step by AUKUS partners to deter aggression in the Indo-
August 23, 2024China dominates the market for electric vehicles.
August 23, 2024
Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China's Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on
August 23, 2024
Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now
August 23, 2024
The Philippines could "stir up trouble" at yet another "Chinese" island in the South China Sea, China's state-backed Global Times reported, after what it said were Manila's "
August 23, 2024
Thai rescuers used hoes on Friday to search muddy, forested terrain for debris and the remains of nine people aboard a charter flight that crashed the day before, authorities said,
August 23, 2024
The death toll from Pakistan’s deadliest bandit attack on police has risen to 12 after one of the wounded officers died in a hospital in the eastern province of Punjab
August 23, 2024
A bus carrying 43 Indian tourists and crew members plunged into a rain-swollen river in neighbouring Nepal on Friday, killing more than half of those on board, a Nepali armed
August 23, 2024
Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura on Friday after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides
August 23, 2024
Western China's development must build a "strong sense of community" and safeguard national unity and border stability, according to a readout from a key Politburo meeting,
August 23, 2024
E-commerce retailer JD.com needs to convince investors of its relevance amid a stagnant Chinese e-commerce market, aggressive price war and now
August 23, 2024
Having spent all year trying to put a floor under the tumbling yuan, China's central bank is suddenly faced with the opposite problem and is turning to subtle ways to stop the
August 23, 2024
Climate change and security will dominate discussions at next week's meeting of Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga as China and the United States jostle for influence in
August 23, 2024
Floods wreaked more havoc in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials and media reports said Friday
August 23, 2024
Officials say a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, leaving 27 killed and 16 injured
August 23, 2024
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to China next week for talks with top Chinese diplomat
August 23, 2024
South Korea's medical association warned on Friday that a spike in COVID-19 cases and an ongoing strike by trainee doctors could cripple hospital emergency rooms next month at a time
August 23, 2024
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says Western nations, including the United States and New Zealand, failed to understand swiftly enough the geopolitical importance of island nations in the South Pacific, leaving a power vacuum that allowed other countries to increase their diplomatic influence
August 23, 2024
K-pop star Suga, a member of the boy band supergroup BTS, appeared before police on Friday for further questioning over a case of drunk driving on an electric scooter.
August 23, 2024
Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their
August 23, 2024
Thousands of people rallied in several cities in Indonesia on Friday, pressuring its poll body to issue rules for regional elections amid outrage
August 23, 2024
President Joe Biden is dispatching his national security adviser Jake Sullivan to China next week
August 23, 2024
A Thai court on Friday accepted a criminal lawsuit against seven senior security personnel over their alleged roles in the deaths two
August 23, 2024
Sullivan to China next week, sources say, as US works to manage bilateral relationship
August 23, 2024
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February 16, 2021Police in Malaysia say that an Indian woman disappeared in Kuala Lumpur when pavement collapsed beneath her and she fell into a sinkhole, where she may have been swept away by an underground water current
August 23, 2024
Hundreds of migrants from India, Nepal and Vietnam have been stuck in Sao Paulo's international airport for weeks in alarming conditions,
August 23, 2024
The U.S. has imposed sweeping sanctions against hundreds of firms across Russia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia’s war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions
August 23, 2024
The Bank of Japan can raise interest rates gradually as heightening inflation expectations leave further scope to normalise its
August 23, 2024
‘Are we not eating tonight?’ Myanmar’s military junta accused of using hunger as a ‘weapon’ by blocking vital food aid
August 23, 2024
Shigeru Ishiba, a former defence minister, said on Saturday he would run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election on Sept 27 that will pick a successor to Prime
August 24, 2024
The Philippines called on Beijing on Saturday to "immediately cease all provocative and dangerous actions" after accusing it of "unjustifiably" deploying flares from China-occupied
August 24, 2024Thailand's central bank is ready to work with the finance ministry despite having different views on certain issues, its governor said on Saturday.
August 24, 2024
China's financial regulators approach bond market oversight based on market principles and from macro-prudential and compliance perspectives, state media on Saturday, rejecting
August 24, 2024
Officials say a Philippine fisheries bureau plane has been threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island
August 24, 2024
Dozens of young singles gathered this week to meet potential marriage partners in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, the first attempt by
August 24, 2024
Hundreds of police, backed by riot squads, have raided a vast religious compound in a southern Philippine city in search of a local preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking
August 24, 2024
A bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan killed two children and injured 16 people on Saturday, police officials said.
August 24, 2024CNN’s Anna Coren reports from a rescue boat run by volunteers who were bringing aid to people affected by flooding in Bangladesh. The CNN team were on their way to remote locations on a mission to pick up people who were not able to flee on foot themselves.
August 26, 2024
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says an isolationist policy isn’t “healthy” as she called on the Republican party to stand with her country’s allies during a visit to Taiwan
August 24, 2024
The Indian government approved on Saturday a pension scheme which will guarantee federal government employees 50% of their base salary as a pension, moving away from a current
August 24, 2024A deputy Taiwan foreign minister will attend this week's meeting of Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Sunday, as China and the United States jostle
August 25, 2024
A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, a government
August 25, 2024
Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said Sunday, after calling off a search for missing persons.
August 25, 2024
Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have been furious over an attempt by allies of outgoing
August 25, 2024
Thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia's North Maluku province on Sunday after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said.
August 25, 2024
Pakistani officials say at least 36 passengers have been killed and dozens more injured in two separate bus crashes that occurred hours apart
August 25, 2024
Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed as at least 34 people on Sunday, the authorities said.
August 25, 2024
China said on Sunday it had taken "control measures" against a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have had escalating confrontations over disputed
August 25, 2024China's Sinopec posted a 2.6% rise in net profit for the first half of the year as record oil and gas output compensated for falling domestic demand for refined fuel
August 25, 2024
South Korea's government and ruling party have agreed to move up an electric vehicle battery certification programme, the party said on Sunday, as authorities seek to
August 25, 2024
Bank of China Vice Chairman and President Liu Jin resigned for personal reasons effective on Sunday, the bank said.
August 25, 2024
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied in a southern Bangladeshi coastal district where they live in sprawling camps, marking the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar
August 25, 2024
The Philippines and China clashed in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Sunday over what Manila said was a resupply mission for fishermen, the latest in a series of
August 25, 2024Industrialist Anil Ambani is reviewing the Indian markets regulator’s order banning him and 24 others from the securities market for five years on charges of diversion of funds,
August 25, 2024
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday on the seventh anniversary of the military crackdown that forced them to flee, demanding
August 25, 2024
Japan's factory activity shrank at the fastest pace in eight months in November as soft demand prompted firms to trim production, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
December 02, 2024
South Korea's factory activity rose in November, after two straight months of declines, thanks to improving demand in Asia, a private sector survey showed on Monday.
December 02, 2024The Bank of Korea will take a pass in January but cut interest rates by a quarter-point in February following an unexpected reduction on Thursday to support a
December 02, 2024
Chinese coast guard ship have fired water cannons, blocked and rammed a Philippine fisheries vessel in the disputed South China Sea, where hostilities between the Asian neighbors have flared alarmingly at sea and spread into the air in recent weeks
August 25, 2024
At least 20 people have died and more than 5.2 million have been affected in Bangladesh by floods caused by relentless monsoon rains and overflowing rivers, officials
August 25, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched as new "suicide drones" took off and destroyed test targets including a mock tank, and urged researchers to develop artificial
August 25, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Noel Randewich.
August 25, 2024
China's military said on Monday it had organised army units and joint air-ground police patrols near its border with Myanmar to maintain security and stability as fighting between
August 25, 2024
The Philippine government slammed China on Monday for "repeated aggressive, unprofessional and illegal" actions in the South China Sea after a string of clashes and incidents on air
August 26, 2024
Western airlines were excited about returning to China after Covid. But not anymore
August 26, 2024China's central bank rolled over maturing medium-term loans and injected cash through its liquidity instruments on Monday, underlining market expectations for further easing as
August 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asia has seen an extension of the Powell rally so far on Monday with yields and the dollar down, and most stocks edging higher.
August 26, 2024
India's economic growth likely moderated and grew at its slowest pace in a year in the April-June quarter due to lower government spending amid a national
August 26, 2024
Vietnam's parliament on Monday approved another major reshuffle of senior positions in the government of the Communist-run country as it prepares to elect a new president in October,
August 26, 2024
Officials in Pakistan say gunmen in the restive southwest have killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks in one of the deadliest days of violence in Baluchistan province
August 26, 2024
China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil war on the other side
August 26, 2024
Flash floods and mudslides across Thailand brought by monsoon rains have killed 22 people and injured 19, authorities said on Monday, warning some provinces of further risk, with
August 26, 2024
Malaysian authorities are working to salvage a 45-year-old fast attack naval ship that sank after it struck an unknown underwater object
August 26, 2024
The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of active cases to three.
August 26, 2024
At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and
August 26, 2024
As China seeks to race ahead in humanoid robot development, its supply chains showcased cheaper and innovative parts at the world robot conference
August 26, 2024
Woodside Energy, Australia's top independent gas producer, is on track to post a drop in interim earnings on Tuesday, with investors focusing on its
August 26, 2024
Ballistic missile launchers that North Korea has said it plans to deploy on the border with South Korea are believed to have a range of 110 km (68 miles), allowing them to target
August 26, 2024
India will launch a platform to transfer credit to small and rural borrowers, catering to the large unmet demand across various sectors, especially agricultural and small companies,
August 26, 2024
Japan's defence ministry said it had scrambled jets against a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft that had briefly breached its airspace on Monday morning.
August 26, 2024
Vietnam's parliament appointed three new deputy prime ministers, as well as new ministers of environment and justice in a government reshuffle that follows months of political
August 26, 2024
Taiwan has cancelled a planned Taipei concert by a Chinese rapper over his use of the insulting term “Taipei, China” in promotional materials
August 26, 2024
An Asian industry group that includes Google, Meta and X urged Malaysia in an open letter to pause a plan that will require social media services to apply for a license, citing
August 26, 2024
Indonesia and the United States on Monday began two weeks of annual military exercises involving more than 4,500 personnel, aimed at boosting operational skills as Washington seeks
August 26, 2024Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said,
August 26, 2024
Canada, following the lead of the United States and European Union, said on Monday it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese electric
August 26, 2024
The death toll from devastating floods caused by relentless monsoon rain and overflowing rivers in Bangladesh has risen to 23, with around 1.24 million families stranded
August 26, 2024
The Taliban is rejecting concerns and criticism raised by the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public
August 26, 2024
Multiple attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest have killed at least 38 people, the highest death toll in a 24-hour period blamed on separatists in Baluchistan province in recent years
August 26, 2024
Aviation officials from Asia are making a case for global action to reduce injuries from turbulence, with recent high-profile incidents
August 26, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 26, 2024
China spent about $15 billion, or 7% of its defence budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a previously unpublished Taiwanese estimate,
August 27, 2024
Indo-Pacific commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says the U.S. military is open to the possibility of escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, depending on consultations under the allies’ 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty
August 27, 2024
China's industrial profits grew faster in July buoyed by high-tech manufacturing, even as sluggish domestic demand weighed on the recovery in the world's
August 27, 2024
The violation of Japan's airspace by a Chinese military aircraft is "utterly unacceptable", the top Japanese government spokesperson said on Tuesday, a day after Japan scrambled jets
August 27, 2024
U.S. ships could escort Philippine vessels on resupply missions in the South China Sea, a top admiral said on Tuesday, describing what he called an "
August 27, 2024
Malaysia has charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with sedition for allegedly insulting the country's former king, his lawyer said on
August 27, 2024
When Pope Francis begins his Asia tour next week, one of his early stops will be at Indonesia’s iconic Istiqlal mosque
August 27, 2024
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been charged with sedition over a speech he made that allegedly mocked the country’s previous king
August 27, 2024
U.S. planemaker Boeing said on Monday it expects China to need 8,830 new planes through 2043, as the country's aviation industry expands and modernizes to meet growing demand for passenger
August 27, 2024
As South Korea scrambles to halt the sharp decline in its birth rate, policymakers are having a hard time convincing many in their 20s and
August 27, 2024
The United States escorting Philippine vessels during resupply missions in the South China Sea is a "reasonable option", the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday.
August 27, 2024China called U.S. sanctions on its entities over the Ukraine war "illegal and unilateral" and "
August 27, 2024
Foreign investors are unloading their holdings of expensive Indian stocks and turning instead to new listings in primary markets as they seek
August 27, 2024
Japan claims Chinese military plane violated its territorial airspace for the first time
August 27, 2024
A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office
August 27, 2024
A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan’s southwestern islands Tuesday, with weather officials cautioning residents against heavy rain and violent winds in the region in the coming days
August 27, 2024
Attacks by separatist militants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan are aimed at stopping development projects that form part of the China-Pakistan Economic
August 27, 2024
A separatist group has claimed responsibility for the deadliest day in recent history in Pakistan’s Balochistan and warned that “even more intense and widespread” attacks are coming
August 27, 2024
The first Hong Kong activist to defend himself in person in a landmark national security trial against 47 pro-democracy campaigners said on Tuesday he had no
August 27, 2024
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Tuesday it would start preliminary research on including wage-related items in its quarterly "tankan" business survey to more accurately reflect wage
August 27, 2024
China strongly condemns the attacks in Pakistan and will continue to give strong support to the country in anti-terrorism action, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry
August 27, 2024
Preacher wanted by FBI on sex crime charges evades Philippine police as followers resist in dayslong standoff
August 27, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called for digital sex crimes to be thoroughly investigated after media reported that sexually explicit deepfake images
August 27, 2024
CNPC, Asia's top oil producer, is reviewing its global strategy as it
August 27, 2024
Japan's Seven & i Holdings must act fast to negotiate a takeover bid from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard that has "historic implications", said a fund manager at shareholder
August 27, 2024
Chinese sportswear maker Anta Sports on Tuesday said it will spend up to HK$10 billion ($1.28 billion) to buy back up to 10% of its shares in a bid to protect shareholders' interests.
August 27, 2024
The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday called for Afghanistan's Taliban to immediately repeal a set of "egregious" laws that it said were attempting to turn women into
August 27, 2024
Police in India have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of a top elected official in the country’s east, accusing her of mishandling an investigation into a rape and killing of a resident doctor earlier this month
August 27, 2024
China's government has recognized the authority of the Catholic bishop of Tianjin, Melchior Shi Hongzhen, the Vatican said on Tuesday, who had previously been placed under
August 27, 2024
Tech companies must comply with local laws to continue operating in Malaysia, a minister said on Tuesday, after an industry group urged the government to pause a plan to
August 27, 2024
JD.com said on Tuesday its board has approved a new $5 billion share repurchase program, effective September, allowing the Chinese e-commerce giant to buy back its stock over the next 36
August 27, 2024
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the relevant ministers will meet next week to discuss steps needed to secure local consent for restarting Tokyo Electric Power's
August 27, 2024
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has imposed some of the strictest controls on internet access in the world, said on Tuesday that cyberspace needed to be regulated, citing the
August 27, 2024
Thailand's Pheu Thai Party will drop the army-backed Palang Pracharat Party from its coalition when it forms the next government, an
August 27, 2024
IBM is the latest Western firm to retreat from China
August 27, 2024
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr defended on Tuesday the deployment of 2,000 police officers at the weekend to arrest an influential pastor accused
August 27, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng priced the first model of its budget sub-brand MONA from $16,813 on Tuesday, wedging into the mainstream but highly competitive segment of the
August 27, 2024
A Pakistani truck driver, who rescuers initially thought was dead, was recovering on Tuesday after hospital staff receiving bodies realised he was alive despite
August 27, 2024
The electric vehicle unit of embattled real estate developer China Evergrande said on Tuesday it expected to report a bigger loss for the first half of 2024, reflecting an increase in
August 27, 2024
The Thai Air Force said on Tuesday it wanted to acquire Gripen 39 fighter jets built by Sweden's SAAB to replace its ageing jet fighters.
August 27, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the test of an upgraded 240mm rocket launcher system, state media said on Wednesday.
August 27, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 27, 2024
Southwestern Japan braced on Wednesday for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region, as some residents in the path of Typhoon
August 27, 2024
A dangerous new flashpoint is fast emerging in the South China Sea
August 28, 2024Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday
August 28, 2024
The record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer did not stop 77-year-old farmer Yasuyuki Kurosawa
August 28, 2024
Oil prices settled 1% lower on Wednesday after a smaller-than-expected draw in U.S. crude stockpiles and as concerns over Chinese demand persisted, though losses were capped
August 28, 2024
Top Chinese and U.S. officials discussed holding fresh talks between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in the near future, the two
August 28, 2024
Britain is circulating a United Nations resolution on Myanmar urging renewed peace efforts
August 28, 2024
Top Macau judge Sam Hou Fai announced on Wednesday his intention to run in October elections for the territory's chief executive, as the world's biggest gambling hub tries to
August 28, 2024
When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared that the global clergy sexual abuse scandal that has compromised the Catholic Church’s credibility around the world had finally arrived in Asia’s newest country
August 28, 2024
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York
August 28, 2024
Thailand's monetary policy committee makes decisions based on the economic outlook when reviewing rates and so would adjust them if the
August 28, 2024
A typhoon moving at a bicycle speed has begun dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving one person dead and several injured as weather officials issued the highest-level warnings in the country’s south, expected to be the most hard-hit
August 28, 2024
South Korean authorities called on Telegram and other social media platforms on Wednesday to work together with them in deleting and blocking sexually explicit deepfake
August 28, 2024
Air China and China Southern Airlines will become the second and third Chinese carriers to fly China's homegrown COMAC C919 passenger jet after receiving their first planes on
August 28, 2024
Malaysia's civil aviation regulator has cut the duration of Malaysia Airlines' air operator certificate to one year from three years,
August 28, 2024
Some Hong Kong developers are now turning to housing rental and the leasing market to weather a prolonged downturn in its property market and to serve surging rental
August 28, 2024
South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that allows nurses to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors as the healthcare workers
August 28, 2024
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan posted a bigger than expected 21% rise in second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, defying a slowing Chinese economy.
August 28, 2024
Yoon Hyeonjeong, a 19-year-old South Korean activist, says the fate of her years-long fight for more action to tackle climate change hinges on what could be a landmark
August 28, 2024
Bangladesh's caretaker government revoked a ban on the country's main Islamic party and its affiliated groups on Wednesday, saying it has not found evidence of their involvement in "
August 28, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported improved net profits in the second quarter thanks to its extended market leadership, even though it led a protracted price war with
August 28, 2024
Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries won approval on Wednesday for an $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets after assuaging
August 28, 2024
JAKARTA - Indonesia's anti-graft agency plans to ask the youngest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to clarify his use of a private jet on a recent overseas trip as well as who paid for the travel
August 28, 2024
Indonesia's largest political party nominated on Wednesday a cabinet minister as its candidate for Jakarta governor, effectively ending the chance of the early
August 28, 2024
South Korean singer Taeil has left K-pop band NCT after being accused of an unspecified sexual crime
August 28, 2024
A Swiss criminal court has convicted two top managers of a Saudi oil company facing charges including fraud and money laundering in a scam that swiped at least $1.8 billion from a Malaysian state-owned investment fund
August 28, 2024Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries won approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday for an $8.5 billion merger of
August 28, 2024
The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law
August 28, 2024
The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden
August 28, 2024
When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia's youngest country, East Timor, it will make him the second pope to visit after John Paul in 1989, and the first since the country gained independence from Indonesia in 2002
August 28, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Hold on to your hats, or prepare for lift off?
August 28, 2024
A strong storm is lashing southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds, causing at least three deaths as it crawls up the length of the archipelago and raising concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage
August 28, 2024
The CEO of a South Korean lithium battery maker that was struck by a fire that killed 23 people in June has been arrested after a court approved a warrant on allegations of violating
August 28, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Thursday is expected to hand down verdicts against two editors of a now-defunct online media outlet for conspiring to
August 28, 2024
One of Mongolia’s best-kept secrets looks more like Greece than a remote lake in Asia
August 29, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday pledged urgent reform of the national pension fund, one of the world's largest with $860 billion of
August 29, 2024
The CEO of South Korean cryptocurrency deposit service Haru Invest was stabbed in the neck by a man during his court fraud trial, police said on Thursday.
August 29, 2024A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia
August 29, 2024
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years
August 29, 2024
Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on
August 28, 2024
China's embassy in the Philippines on Thursday said it had sent a diplomatic note of protest to the Japanese embassy in the Southeast Asian country concerning "irresponsible"
August 29, 2024
Japan urges 4 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain
August 29, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday there was a need to "manage" policy loan rates should expectations about lower borrowing costs lead to further price increases in
August 29, 2024
A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly
August 29, 2024
The Philippines wants to upgrade its military with mid-range missiles and advanced fighter jets, two senior security officials said on Thursday,
August 29, 2024
A key Asia stock index has gained its biggest lift in earnings projections in more than three years, as the region's semiconductor firms
August 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu It is a sea of red in Asia as AI darling Nvidia failed to meet expectations of investors who were not satisfied with its profits,
August 29, 2024
The United States will work with Pacific Island nations to rein in drug trafficking by criminal networks from China, which use the region as a way station for
August 29, 2024
The Malaysian government has no plans to reintroduce a goods and services tax (GST) as an alternative to removing subsidies for RON95 petrol, state news agency Bernama
August 29, 2024
South Korea's exports are expected to have risen for an 11th straight month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, with economists noting rising momentum in
August 29, 2024
Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global action on climate change that may
August 29, 2024
China's local governments have fallen behind on their debt issuance plans as scrutiny mounts over potentially wasteful infrastructure
August 29, 2024
US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
August 29, 2024
The intrusion of a Chinese spy plane into Japanese airspace is a "wake-up call" for Tokyo about the aggressive nature of China's leadership, U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar
August 29, 2024
Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of
August 29, 2024
Alphabet's Google is considering building a large data centre in Vietnam, a person briefed on the plans said, in what would be the first such
August 29, 2024
China will keep phasing out fossil fuels and
August 29, 2024
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049
August 29, 2024
Hong Kong journalists found guilty of sedition in case critics say highlights decline in press freedom
August 29, 2024
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a
August 29, 2024
A Hong Kong jury on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over an alleged plan to detonate explosives and use firearms against
August 29, 2024Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
August 29, 2024
The Japanese government has upgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year on signs of improved consumption, fostering optimism for a
August 29, 2024
After Hong Kong police raided Stand News and arrested two editors, its staff decided that to avoid more arrests they had to shut down the online
August 29, 2024
Bangladesh’s High Court acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a political rally
December 01, 2024
South Korea's top court said on Thursday the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling
August 29, 2024
Beijing said on Thursday it would not impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union despite finding it had
August 29, 2024
Shares in French spirits makers Remy Cointreau and Pernod Ricard rallied on Thursday after China's commerce ministry said it will not immediately
August 29, 2024
A Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that China was committed to managing its differences with the Philippines in the South China Sea but that its patience is "
August 29, 2024Indian authorities captured on Thursday one of three wolves that have killed six children and a woman in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh over the last
August 29, 2024Emergency workers in South Korea's capital say that two people have been injured after a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed their SUV
August 29, 2024
Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a significant upgrade to their military relationship
August 29, 2024
Over 1,000 motorcycle taxi drivers staged a strike in several Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest against low pay, and called on the
August 29, 2024
Several prominent film actors and directors are the focus of a police investigation into sexual assault and harassment in India's southern state of Kerala, a
August 29, 2024A U.S. admiral says American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea after consultations with treaty ally the Philippines
August 29, 2024
A bid by now defunct BSI Bank Limited to strike out a $394 million claim against it by scandal-hit Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and its unit,
August 29, 2024
A Danish court said on Thursday it had rejected a request by India for the extradition of a Danish national wanted over a 1995 weapons smuggling case,
August 29, 2024The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia’s capital has entered a seventh day, with the operation hampered by strong undercurrent flows and worries about soil instability after a second sinkhole emerged nearby
August 29, 2024
China's coast guard urged the Philippines on Thursday to stop sending missions to resupply a vessel near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, warning that such "adventurous
August 29, 2024
Violence that erupted in Bangladesh during last month's anti-government protests killed more than 1,000 people, the interim health ministry chief said on Thursday, making it the
August 29, 2024
A woman who posted a video of herself singing outdoors in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s morality laws, which include a ban on women’s voices in public, says she won't be silenced
August 29, 2024Nippon Steel Corp. is raising its capital commitment by more than $1 billion to spend on U.S. Steel's plants amid entrenched political and labor opposition to the Japanese company’s acquisition of the American steelmaker
August 29, 2024
Nippon Steel and other Japanese steelmakers are urging Tokyo to consider curbing cheap steel imports from China, the world's
August 29, 2024
China's central bank said it bought special government bonds from primary dealers on Thursday, its first such bond purchase in nearly two years, reviving speculation it is
August 29, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
August 29, 2024
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) aims to create a more market-driven interest rate curve and move away from quantitative policy tools to help wean the economy off state-directed
August 29, 2024
Japan's jobless rate in July rose to 2.7% from 2.5% in June, government data showed on Friday.
August 29, 2024
Thailand's central bank chief and finance minister will meet in early September to open negotiations on an inflation target for 2025, a senior official
August 29, 2024
Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 crash involving an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer
August 29, 2024
India's economic growth is expected to have slowed in the April-June quarter due to reduced government spending during the national elections and stalling
August 29, 2024
Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of
August 29, 2024
The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom
August 29, 2024Grit and glamour: Behind-the-scenes docuseries asks what it takes to become a K-pop idol
August 30, 2024
Australia's largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame.
August 30, 2024
Concentrated bets on popular Chinese e-commerce giant PDD Holdings may have led to losses in billions of dollars for hedge funds from a crash in its shares
August 30, 2024
Bangladesh indigenous people's rights activist Michael Chakma says he was woken up by his captors earlier this month in the dark, tiny
August 30, 2024
China released on Friday its first survey report of the South China Sea's disputed Sabina Shoal, saying there was no scientific or factual basis for reef damage claims made by the
August 30, 2024Uber Technologies Inc's CEO on Friday expressed commitment to the South Korean market, where it is an underdog to local tech group Kakao, and said the platform will attract more taxi
August 30, 2024
Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule
August 30, 2024
Three years ago, the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan when the last American plane departed Kabul
August 30, 2024
Less than a month after a Bank of Japan interest rate hike triggered the biggest selloff since 1987 of the bellwether Nikkei 225 Index, major market
August 30, 2024
Mercedes-Benz is betting on China's Momenta to help it win back market share in the world's biggest auto market, with plans for fresh investment and at least four future
November 29, 2024
Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced
August 30, 2024
The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China
August 30, 2024
Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Friday to advance defence and military relations and deepen collaboration on maritime security, in a significant step by two
August 30, 2024
China's factory activity likely shrank for a fourth month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reinforcing the need for officials to direct more stimulus towards
August 30, 2024
Major state-owned banks were buying dollars in China's onshore foreign exchange market on Friday to slow down a rising yuan, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
August 30, 2024
Germany has deported Afghan nationals to their homeland for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power
August 30, 2024
China's leading state-owned airlines posted losses in the first half of the year, weighed down by a slower-than-expected rebound in international travel, domestic oversupply, and
August 30, 2024
Japan's defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its
August 30, 2024
China lacks the ability to "fully" invade Taiwan as it does not have the equipment, but is bringing on line advanced new weapons and has other options
August 30, 2024
Shares of China's biggest e-commerce companies - Alibaba, JD.com and PDD Holdings - were dumped earlier this week on worries about pressure on their margins after low
August 30, 2024
Pakistan's military has launched intelligence-based operations in the southwestern Balochistan province in response to attacks by insurgents that killed over 50 people this week,
August 30, 2024
Thailand's anti-corruption commission on Friday said it had launched an investigation into 44 members of the disbanded Move Forward
August 30, 2024
The United Nations has released $100 million to support 10 underfunded humanitarian crises in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, the U.N. said on Friday.
August 30, 2024
Indonesia will conduct an audit to reform tourism on the tropical island of Bali to improve tourism quality and preserve local culture and jobs, a senior minister said on Friday.
August 30, 2024
China's mortgage loans dropped further at the end of June while property development loans picked up, central bank data showed on Friday, as authorities seeks to put a floor under
August 30, 2024
Thai officials say the bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed while under construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort
August 30, 2024
Japan’s Defense Ministry has sought a record 8.5 trillion yen or $59 billion budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s increasing threat
August 30, 2024
South Korean regulators and police this week vowed to combat sexually exploitative deepfakes, urging Telegram and other social media companies to cooperate with them as
August 30, 2024
China's State Administration of Market Regulation issued a statement on Friday saying Alibaba Group had completed three years "rectification" following a fine levied in 2021 for
August 30, 2024
Garment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world's biggest clothing production hubs, are struggling to complete orders on time as flooding disrupts their
August 30, 2024
With politics set aside, well-wishers have gathered to wish Taipei zoo’s oldest giant panda a happy 20th birthday
August 30, 2024
China's cabinet has passed draft regulations on data security management, state media said on Friday.
August 30, 2024
Thailand's anti-graft body on Friday said it was investigating 44 members of the disbanded Move Forward party, following a complaint
August 30, 2024
Fadi Aldeeb tells World Sport's Don Riddell what it was like to get the news that he will be the only athlete representing Gaza in this upcoming Paralympics. He also talks about how he became a paraplegic and the tragedies he's experienced.
August 30, 2024
Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement
December 01, 2024
The start of operations at a Chinese-funded airport in Pakistan's Balochistan province has been pushed back for a security review after last
August 30, 2024
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit China next month, his office said on Friday, with Beijing's anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports as a backdrop.
August 30, 2024
Philippine authorities on Friday filed several counts of money laundering against a fugitive former town mayor accused of links to Chinese criminal syndicates.
August 30, 2024Singapore's home ministry said on Friday that it will introduce a law in coming months to grant police the power to temporarily restrict the banking transactions of targets of
August 30, 2024
The Biden administration on Friday again delayed an announcement of its final determinations for steep U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese-made electric vehicles,
August 30, 2024
Four of China's five largest lenders reported a lower second-quarter profit this week after responding to a government nudge to
August 30, 2024
The United Nations Human Rights Office on Friday said it will dispatch a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh, as requested by the interim government, to investigate
August 30, 2024
East Timor is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975
August 30, 2024
Pakistan's military says security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban
August 30, 2024Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials warned of torrential rains in major cities, including Osaka and Tokyo
August 31, 2024
A former mayor of Taipei who heads a small opposition party was arrested early on Saturday as part of a graft probe of a major property development in the Taiwanese capital.
August 31, 2024
China's manufacturing activity sank to a six-month low in August as factory gate prices tumbled and owners struggled for orders, an official survey showed on Saturday,
August 31, 2024
The Pacific Islands Forum removed references to Taiwan from a group communique after complaints from China - a change Taipei condemned as a "rude intervention" but
August 31, 2024Roadside executions the latest grim chapter for Pakistan’s oldest insurgency
August 31, 2024
U.S. fund Artisan Partners Asset Management ramped up pressure on Japan's Seven and i holdings, calling on the board to provide an update on a
August 31, 2024
As Beijing’s political crackdown dominates Hong Kong's headlines, some residents are turning away from local news, especially political reports
August 31, 2024
A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize
August 31, 2024
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at
August 31, 2024
At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings
August 31, 2024
Human-rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday's two-year anniversary of a landmark U.N. report to call for action on the document which said that China
August 31, 2024
From Mazar to Manhattan: How a young couple escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan
August 31, 2024
A Russian helicopter with three crew members and 19 passengers on board has gone missing in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, the emergencies ministry said on Saturday.
August 31, 2024Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board
August 31, 2024The Philippines and China exchanged accusations of intentionally ramming coast guard vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea on
August 31, 2024
Japan lodged a protest with China after one of its naval survey vessels entered Japanese waters on Saturday, the second incursion into its territory by the Chinese military in less
August 31, 2024A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission
August 31, 2024No survivors after Russian authorities find wreckage of Far East helicopter crash
August 31, 2024
South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final in Paris
August 31, 2024
Pakistan's military says insurgents have freed four people, including an army officer who was abducted three days ago when he was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father’s funeral
August 31, 2024China and Philippines trade blame over latest vessel collisions in disputed South China Sea
August 31, 2024
Malaysia halts rescue operation for woman who plunged into sinkhole
August 31, 2024
Workers in Japan can’t quit their jobs. They hire resignation experts to help
September 01, 2024
South Korea's exports rose for an 11th straight month in August, but the pace of growth was weaker than the previous month and market expectations as demand for computer chips slowed
August 31, 2024
When Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature - a tunnel connecting it to the city's Catholic
September 01, 2024
Taiwan investigators are to rule on whether to further detain a former presidential candidate amid graft allegations
September 01, 2024Prices of new homes in China rose at slower pace in August, a private survey showed on Sunday, as the crisis-hit property sector struggles to find its bottom after a slew of
September 01, 2024
From California to Israel, companies are aiming to grow cocoa beyond the tropics in a bid to buffer chocolate's key ingredient from climate change
September 01, 2024
Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’
September 01, 2024
Philippine authorities have raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex and taken into custody more than 160 people — mostly Chinese and Indonesians — who were committing internet-based crimes
September 01, 2024Tropical cyclone Shanshan, downgraded from a typhoon, left seven people dead and widespread damage as it churned off the Pacific coast of central Japan on Sunday.
September 01, 2024
With one of the world's tallest people on the team, Iran is chasing its third Paralympic gold medal in sitting volleyball
September 01, 2024
China will urge a summit of 50 African nations in Beijing this week to take more of its goods, before Western curbs kick in on its exports such
September 01, 2024
Rescuers have located a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board, officials said
September 01, 2024A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 01, 2024
After quitting the education industry last August due to China's crackdown on private tutoring, He Ajun has found an unlikely second life as an unemployment
September 01, 2024
South Korea's factory activity growth quickened in August, as output expanded at the fastest pace in more than three years despite a slowdown in overseas demand, a private survey
September 01, 2024
A court on Monday released a former mayor of Taipei who now heads a small opposition party after he was arrested in a graft probe of a major property development in the Taiwanese
September 01, 2024
China urged the European Union to be "objective and fair" and careful with words and actions on issues in the South China Sea, after the bloc remarked on an incident that occurred
September 02, 2024
China's manufacturing activity swung back to growth in August as new orders drove production, a private sector survey showed on Monday, offering a glimmer of hope amid a string of
September 02, 2024
If China's claims on Taiwan are about territorial integrity then it should also take back land from Russia signed over by the last Chinese dynasty in the 19th century, Taiwan
September 02, 2024
Malaysia and New Zealand said on Monday they plan to increase bilateral trade by 50% by 2030 and will also review an existing free trade agreement.
September 02, 2024
South Korean police have launched an investigation into Telegram that will look at whether the encrypted messaging app has been complicit in the distribution
September 02, 2024
Indonesia plans to sign business deals worth $3.5 billion with African countries as it hosts the second Indonesia-Africa Forum in the resort island of Bali, the Southeast Asian
September 02, 2024Pope Francis starts his longest trip yet as Catholic Church pivots to Asia
September 02, 2024China's State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Friday that Alibaba Group had completed three years "rectification" following a record $2.75 billion fine levied
September 02, 2024
Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 2.12% in August, essentially unchanged from 2.13% in July, official data showed on Monday, holding
September 02, 2024
Five years ago, the government of West Bengal state in India pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors.
September 02, 2024
Thailand's new cabinet has been selected and should be submitted for royal endorsement within this week, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday.
September 02, 2024
As China builds fewer houses and bridges, its consumers buy cheaper, less-healthy meals, and as factories and farms invest in
September 02, 2024
Nomura expects India's central bank to begin cutting interest rates next month as inflation in the South Asian nation edges lower and economic growth weakens, the
September 02, 2024
Myanmar's military government will conduct a nationwide population and household census in October, state media said on Monday, paving the way for a promised election next year amid raging
September 02, 2024
President Yoon Suk Yeol has boycotted the formal opening of South Korea's National Assembly as squabbles with the opposition deepen over allegations of wrongdoing by top officials and his wife
September 02, 2024China said its vessels passing through the Tokara Strait have the right of transit, and it is completely legitimate, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday at a regular
September 02, 2024Former U.S.
September 02, 2024
South Korea's health ministry said on Monday it was deploying military doctors to assist in some hospital emergency rooms due to a shortage of medical staff, but disputed
September 02, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told China's Xi Jinping on Monday he wanted to narrow his country's trade deficit with Beijing, days before the Chinese leader is
September 02, 2024
Turmoil over China’s influence in the affairs of South Pacific island nations has flared as it emerged that a Pacific leader at the region’s most important diplomatic summit apparently pledged to erase an affirmation of Taiwan’s involvement in the meeting from its closing statement
September 02, 2024
Pakistan's annual consumer price inflation rate slowed to 9.6% in August, the first single-digit reading in almost three years, the statistics agency said on Monday.
September 02, 2024
Floods and a landslide killed seven people in the Philippines on Monday as tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila and nearby provinces
September 02, 2024
Sales of U.S. automaker Tesla's China-made electric vehicles grew 3% in August from a year earlier, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday.
September 02, 2024
Police say a roadside bomb has struck a bus in northern Pakistan, killing three people including two security officials
September 02, 2024Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia, a member of the international court that issued an arrest warrant for him
September 02, 2024
Lags in New Zealand's official economic data are creating a fog for policy makers that recently forced them to veer off course and cut interest
September 02, 2024
New Zealand said on Tuesday that "China remains a complex intelligence concern" in New Zealand, but there are other states that undertake malicious activity in
September 02, 2024South Korea's consumer inflation slowed in August to the weakest in nearly 3-1/2 years, official data showed on Tuesday, supporting market expectations for an easing of
September 02, 2024
One man, One Car, A Journey from Bakersfield to Pakistan
September 03, 2024
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will leave its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday and keep it there at least through 2025 as growth remains robust and inflation
September 02, 2024
A fierce storm is blowing out of the northern Philippines after leaving at least 14 people dead in landslides, floods and swollen waterways
September 02, 2024
Pope Francis has urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance
September 03, 2024
Cathay Pacific inspects entire A350 fleet after finding engine problems
September 03, 2024
Japanese companies cannot use a national security designation as a tool to thwart foreign takeovers, a senior finance ministry official said,
September 03, 2024
South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and
September 03, 2024
At least 13 people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Yagi, while schools and government offices were closed in Manila and nearby provinces on
September 03, 2024
A bus has crashed into a group of students and their parents in eastern China, killing 11 and injuring 13
September 03, 2024Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Tuesday it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet after the in-flight failure of a component in an engine that is made by
September 03, 2024
Tesla plans to produce a six-seat variant of its Model Y car in China from late 2025, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said, as the U.S. automaker strives to
September 03, 2024
Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first leg of an
September 03, 2024
The last batch of 45 Hong Kong activists entered their final pleas on Tuesday for light sentences in a landmark national security trial over charges that they had
September 03, 2024
India's federal police said it had arrested the former principal of R.G.
September 03, 2024
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday said part of the government's vaunted 450 billion baht ($13.1 billion) "digital wallet" handout
September 03, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
September 03, 2024
More than 10 dead as bus crashes into students and parents outside school in China
September 03, 2024U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said on Tuesday it made a counter-offer to buy Japanese software developer Fuji Soft, estimated at about 600 billion yen ($4.1 billion) that would exceed
September 03, 2024
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Tuesday it had inspected its entire Airbus A350 fleet after the in-flight failure of an engine part and found 15
September 03, 2024
The United Arab Emirates president has pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens who were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms for staging a rare protest in the Gulf country,
September 03, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Seoul on Sept. 6-7 for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon's office said on Tuesday.
September 03, 2024
Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni underscored the role of police to provide "freedom from fear" in democracies in a speech to Pacific Islands police chiefs on
September 03, 2024
Eleven people were killed in China's eastern Shandong province on Tuesday after a school bus lost control at a busy pedestrian junction, broadcaster CCTV reported, with
September 03, 2024Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is going to South Korea to improve the two country's relations
September 03, 2024
Pakistan's finance minister vowed on Tuesday to persevere with plans for new taxes on the retail sector despite strike threats, as a step towards winning approval from the board
September 03, 2024
Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that killed six people a day earlier, saying it was in response to the
September 03, 2024The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern about outbreaks of
September 03, 2024
Iran summoned Australia's ambassador in Tehran over the publication of online content it deemed "norm-breaking", the semi-official ILNA news agency said on Tuesday, a day after state
September 03, 2024Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.
September 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
December 01, 2024
A former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul was charged on Tuesday with secretly acting as an agent of the Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars
September 03, 2024
China vowed to encourage its more "powerful" companies to invest in Nigeria, which in turn said it was open to Chinese companies building factories
September 03, 2024
China's electric automaker BYD said on Tuesday that it has not postponed "any decision" regarding its planned factory in Mexico, denying a report from earlier in the day.
September 03, 2024
A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government, US Attorney Breon Peace announced. Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, were arrested at their Long Island residence. The US Attorney's office said they are set to appear in court Tuesday afternoon. CNN has reached out to attorneys representing Sun and Hu.
September 03, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 03, 2024
An artist made scathing sculptures of Mao over a decade ago. Now, he’s detained for slandering China’s heroes, family says
September 04, 2024
Indonesia will deport to the Philippines a fugitive former mayor accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and
September 03, 2024Japan's biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel, which is seeking to acquire U.S.
September 03, 2024
Growth in China's services sector activity slowed in August despite the summer travel peak, prompting some firms to cut staff amid concerns about rising costs, a private-sector
September 04, 2024
Student leaders reveal prison ‘nightmare’ after Gen Z revolution sets them free
September 04, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping will open the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit on Thursday, where he is expected to urge African leaders gathered in Beijing
September 04, 2024
A surge in foreign takeover bids for Japanese firms is likely to accelerate, according to Bank of America's co-head of Japan investment banking, Yuta Komori.
September 04, 2024
Japan's budget demands hit a record for the next fiscal year, exceeding $800 billion, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the world's
September 04, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong during a two-day visit to the city-state starting on Wednesday, Singapore's government said
September 04, 2024
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against
September 04, 2024
The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand condemned North Korea's nuclear weapons development and its military cooperation with Russia, Seoul's presidential office said on Wednesday
September 04, 2024
Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi
September 04, 2024
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's new cabinet, the Royal Gazette showed on
September 04, 2024
A Russian company registered in the far eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has been cleared to import beer produced in North Korea, Russian media reported, in the latest sign of
September 04, 2024
Pope Francis has urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance
September 04, 2024
Chip shares dragged Asian indexes lower on Wednesday and European futures fell after growth concerns drove the steepest selloff in a month on Wall Street and investors wiped $279 billion
September 04, 2024
China, Tanzania and Zambia signed an initial agreement to rehabilitate a decades-old railway aimed at improving the rail-sea transportation in resource-rich East Africa, Chinese
September 04, 2024
The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand have strongly condemned the deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia
September 04, 2024
An official of Japan's ruling party, Toshimitsu Motegi, said on Wednesday he would want to compile a comprehensive stimulus package to ensure
September 04, 2024
China will address the risks of fragmentation and imbalances as it seeks to build new infrastructure aimed at upgrading its manufacturing sector, the government said on Wednesday.
September 04, 2024
The United States is set to send Michael Chase, the deputy assistant secretary of defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, to China's top
September 04, 2024
The Indian rupee dropped to a record low near the close of trading on Wednesday after yet another rangebound trading session as it stayed wedged between negative
September 04, 2024
The United States is building a network of alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's threats there, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on
September 04, 2024
India supports a policy of development and not expansionism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Brunei on Wednesday, though he did not name any country.
September 04, 2024
Overseas investors aggressively withdrew from Asian tech stocks in August, as they turned pricey after their recent rally and doubts emerged about the profitability of AI
September 04, 2024
An Indonesian parliamentary committee and the government have reached agreement on key economic assumptions for 2025 for the new administration led by Prabowo Subianto, who takes
September 04, 2024
U.S. private equity firm KKR plans to launch its tender offer for Fuji Soft shares on Thursday, from its original plan of around mid-September, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday,
September 04, 2024A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center catering to clients in China has been arrested near Indonesia’s capital
September 04, 2024
A top 10 Chinese fund manager has asked senior executives to return pay received over the past five years that exceeds a new cap, to tally with a
September 04, 2024
Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with Beijing’s funding
September 04, 2024
Senior executives from two of the world's most important chipmakers, Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, offered bullish outlooks
September 04, 2024
China's top spy agency has warned students with access to sensitive data to be wary of "handsome men and beautiful women" who could fake feelings to lure them into spying for
September 04, 2024
Malaysia's stock exchange is looking to loosen the grip of large domestic investors on the market to encourage more trading and attract foreign investors to the
September 04, 2024Malaysia's IHH Healthcare, an operator of private hospitals in Asia, said on Wednesday it is acquiring local private hospital chain Island Hospital in
September 04, 2024
The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote Asia’s youngest country on the world stage, not a time to confront the legacy of abuse by influential members of the clergy in the deeply Catholic nation
September 04, 2024
Austrian man arrested for having sex in Japanese shrine
September 04, 2024
A China-Africa summit in Beijing this week takes place as a continent slowly emerging from a series of defaults seeks to define its future cooperation with the
September 04, 2024
North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in the latest round of Cold War-style psychological warfare between the rivals
September 04, 2024
The hydropower dam is part of a huge effort to boost India’s homegrown energy. But it will radically disrupt the lives and livelihoods of indigenous communities in the flood plains downstream.
September 04, 2024
Malaysia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it would file a police report and carry out an internal investigation into the leak of a classified diplomatic note sent by
September 04, 2024Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday it was monitoring Chinese landing drills taking place in a province that lies opposite the island on the other side of the Taiwan Strait,
September 04, 2024
After NY governor says China’s consul general was removed, State Department says ‘there was no expulsion action’
September 04, 2024
Pope Francis praised Indonesians on Wednesday for their large families and suggested that people in other countries are choosing to have pets rather than bring up children.
September 04, 2024
China's consul general in New York left his post as scheduled after completing his posting last month, the State Department said
September 04, 2024
Belarusian security forces have detained a suspected Japanese intelligence agent alleged to have observed border areas and military installations of the ex-Soviet state and Russian ally,
September 04, 2024China's consul general in New York left his post as scheduled after completing his posting, the State Department said on Wednesday, after New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she
September 04, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 04, 2024
Japan's inflation-adjusted wages rose for two consecutive months in July thanks to a bump in summertime bonuses, government data showed on Thursday.
September 04, 2024
Who is the real Alice Guo? Fugitive mayor accused of spying for China faces legal reckoning after weeks on the run
September 05, 2024
The Bank of Japan must stay on course to raise interest rates further but tread carefully to ensure volatile markets do not badly hurt businesses, its board
September 05, 2024
BYD is rolling out electric-vehicle charging stations and ramping up marketing and customer incentives in Japan, aiming to boost sales in a market that
September 05, 2024
Philippine annual inflation slowed to a seven-month low in August as price increases on food and transport costs moderated, the statistics
September 05, 2024
Governments should not intervene in deals in an arbitrary manner as a matter of principle, Taro Kono, a Japanese minister and prime ministerial
September 05, 2024
President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China's support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing
September 05, 2024
It’s been a month since a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina
September 05, 2024
One of the year’s strongest typhoons has deadly impact in ‘China’s Hawaii’ before hitting Vietnam
September 05, 2024
Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.35% in August from a year earlier, after the previous month's annual increase of 0.83%, the commerce ministry said on Thursday
September 05, 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday the country will not stop its oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea despite claims by Beijing that Malaysia was infringing
September 05, 2024
Taro Kono, an executive of Japan's ruling party, said on Thursday that government decisions should not be distorted by efforts to win votes from labour unions, when asked about
September 05, 2024
The World Bank's board has approved a $68 million programme to prevent Pacific Island nations from being cut off from the international financial system that
September 05, 2024
China-Africa ties ‘best in history’ claims Xi as Beijing pushes back on Western debt trap criticism
September 05, 2024
Dozens of African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order
September 05, 2024
Stung by leftover inventory and unsure about consumer spending, India's auto dealers are worried about having to discount more to boost demand in the upcoming
September 05, 2024
A creditor filed a petition for the bankruptcy of a unit of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Group in a Shanghai court, the third such petition against the
September 05, 2024
Analysts have raised bullish bets on most Asian currencies after mixed data heightened concerns about economic growth in the world's largest economy, increasing the odds of
September 05, 2024
When Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a final summit this week with South Korean President Yoon
September 05, 2024
Pakistan's unprecedented arrest and court-martial of a former spy chief raises the heat on Imran Khan and could be the precursor to prosecuting the jailed former
September 05, 2024
Despite the moderation seen in India's first quarter gross domestic product growth (GDP), the South Asian economy is likely to achieve full year
September 05, 2024
Thailand's new government will move ahead with plans to introduce casinos after a public hearing showed strong support to create a
September 05, 2024
Southern Chinese provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along
September 04, 2024
The United States should immediately lift all tariffs on Chinese goods, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, ahead of an announcement by the Biden administration on
September 05, 2024
Australia and Japan on Thursday criticised China for what they called "dangerous and coercive" acts against the Philippines in the South China Sea.
September 05, 2024China still has room to lower the amount of cash banks must hold as reserves while it faces some constraints in cutting interest rates, a central bank official said on
September 05, 2024
Several airlines are carrying out precautionary inspections on their Airbus A350 fleets after Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific found 15 planes that needed fuel
September 05, 2024
Indonesia has deported a dismissed Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center and evading an investigation by the Philippine Senate
September 05, 2024Only rockstars and presidents can usually fill Indonesia's national stadium, but on Thursday it was octogenarian Pope Francis who drew more
September 05, 2024
Chinese home appliance maker Midea Group plans to launch a share offering in Hong Kong to raise at least $3 billion as early as Monday, said
September 05, 2024
The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program
September 05, 2024
Experts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people
September 05, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he did not believe Chinese investments in Africa were pushing the continent into a "debt trap" but were
September 05, 2024
Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly
September 05, 2024
Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries
September 05, 2024A white Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill a group of Asian Americans and repeatedly hitting one of them with his car
September 05, 2024Soldier from Korean War accounted for
September 05, 2024
Japan will hand out more subsidies for electric-vehicle battery production, pledging as much as $2.4 billion in support for related projects by Toyota Motor and other major companies,
September 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 05, 2024
Japanese household spending rose less than expected in July as consumers remained wary of loosening their purse strings in the face of higher prices, possibly complicating the central
September 05, 2024
Asia's strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, landed in China's Hainan on Friday, bringing violent gales and heavy rain that triggered
September 05, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Seoul and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming ties between the Asian neighbors
September 05, 2024
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings said on Friday it had turned down Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion cash bid,
September 05, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called on Friday at a summit in Seoul to keep up the momentum behind an
September 06, 2024
A former Taiwanese presidential candidate who was once mayor of the capital Taipei has been returned to custody amid a sprawling corruption scandal
September 06, 2024The merger of two state-backed brokerages in China to create a sector leader with $230 billion in assets is part of Beijing's drive to
September 06, 2024
Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and laundering more than 100 million pesos ($1.79 million), arrived in Manila early on Friday after
September 06, 2024
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