Japan's Quad summit eyes unity on China, if not Ukraine
TOKYO: The leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States meet in Tokyo next week seeking common ground on countering China, despi...Read More
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North Korea mobilises army, steps up tracing amid COVID-19 wave
SEOUL: North Korea has mobilised its military to distribute COVID-19 medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace ...Read More
US warns against inadvertently hiring North Korean IT workers
WASHINGTON: US officials have warned businesses against inadvertently hiring IT staff from North Korea, saying that rogue freelancers were t...Read More
South Korea President Yoon's Blue House move to reshape Seoul
The decision by South Korea’s incoming leader to move the presidential office away from its current address in the north of Seoul to an unde...Read More
John Lee: The former Hong Kong cop Beijing trusts
HONG KONG: As a former beat cop who rose to become Hong Kong's security chief, John Lee is the one person China's leaders trust to r...Read More
South Korea's new president set to get tough on North
SEOUL: South Korea's hawkish new president will be sworn in Tuesday (May 10), and he looks set to get tough with Pyongyang, departing fr...Read More
Building collapse in China's Changsha: Death toll rises to 53
BEIJING: Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said on Friday (May 6), announcing the end of the resc...Read More
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From Kim-Trump summits to missile tests: The failures of South Korea's President Moon
SEOUL: Peace with North Korea and a "fair and just" society in the South - outgoing President Moon Jae-in made big promises, but a...Read More
Kim Jong Un warns that North Korea would 'preemptively' use nuclear weapons
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned yet again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he prais...Read More
North Korea's Kim calls for stronger military as nuclear test work 'well under way'
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on the country's military to "bolster up their strength in every way to annihilate th...Read More
COVID-19 lockdowns upset the rice bowls of China's commuter workers
he town of Yanjiao near Beijing was suddenly plunged into a COVID-19 lockdown last month, taxi driver Dong Tiejun was forced to drive hundre...Read More
Shanghai doubles down on strict lockdown enforcement in COVID-19 fight
SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities doubled down on their offensive against COVID-19 on Friday (Apr 22), launching a new round of city-wide testi...Read More
More than 500 Rohingya detainees break out from detention centre in Malaysia, manhunt under way
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 500 Rohingya detainees have escaped from an immigration detention centre in Malaysia on Wednesday (Apr 20) morning, ...Read More
Hong Kong zero-COVID policies create mountains of plastic waste
HONG KONG: Hong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased i...Read More
Earthquake of magnitude 6 jolts Mindanao island in Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Mindanao island in Philippines on Tuesday (Apr 19), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMS...Read More
Shanghai reports more deaths as COVID-19 toll rises
SHANGHAI: China reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday (Apr 19), raising the official toll after hundreds of thousan...Read More
South Korea lifts most COVID-19 precautions as new cases dip to two-month low
SEOUL: South Korea lifted almost all of its COVID-19 precautions on Monday (Apr 18) in a major step towards a return to normal life as the O...Read More
5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Biak region in Indonesia: EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Biak region in Indonesia on Sunday (Apr 17), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC...Read More
Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday: Sources
SHANGHAI: Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday (Apr 20), two people familiar w...Read More
Shanghai turns residences into COVID-19 isolation facilities, sparking protest
SHANGHAI: Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is...Read More
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