Kim boasts of achievements as he opens key year-end political meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power and boosted the country’s prestige this year, as he opened

Court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages

A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government

South Korean court orders 2 Japanese companies to compensate wartime Korean workers

South Korea’s top court ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor, as it sided yesterday with its

Kim threatens ‘more offensive actions’ against US after watching powerful missile test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive actions” to repel what he called increasing United States-led military threats after he supervised the third test of

Australian jury records first conviction of foreign interference against a Chinese agent

An Australian court yesterday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s  A Victoria state County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader  He is

Military conducts first long-range missile test in months, likely firing a solid-fueled weapon

North Korea yesterday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five months, likely launching a developmental, more agile weapon, as it vows strong responses against

15 suspected drug smugglers killed in clash with Thai soldiers

Fifteen suspected drug smugglers were killed and about 2 million methamphetamine tablets seized in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border after a shootout with Thai soldiers,

Japan and ASEAN bolster ties at summit focused on security

Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit yesterday marking their 50th anniversary of friendship, adopted a joint vision that emphasizes

Elected progressive lawmaker sentenced to six years for defaming the monarchy

A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker this week to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the

Japan, UK and Italy formally establish a joint body to develop a new fighter jet

The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy signed an agreement yesterday to establish a joint organization to develop a new advanced jet fighter, as the countries

Editor says authorities arrested two local journalists from online news service

Myanmar’s military government has arrested two journalists with a local online news service, their editor said this week, in its latest crackdown on media freedom since

Economy is deteriorating as civil conflict intensifies: World Bank

Myanmar’s economy is forecast to grow only 1% in the fiscal year that ends in March, the World Bank says, as conditions deteriorate with an escalation in

Island will get second tranche of much-need bailout from the IMF

The International Monetary Fund executive board approved the release of the second tranche of a $2.9 billion dollar bailout package to help Sri Lanka recover from

War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan

Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released

Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security: UN agency

Hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia, with 55 million more people undernourished in 2022 than before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization

Cambodia’s Hun Manet holds talks in neighboring country on first visit as PM

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart yesterday on an official visit to boost relations between the neighboring Southeast Asian countries that are close

Divers recover the seventh of eight crew members killed in crash of US military Osprey

Divers last weekend recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan during

Over 300 Rohingya Muslims arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at sea

Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh yesterday morning after being adrift for

Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier at Sihanoukville naval base

Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international security

Australia signs a security pact with Papua New Guinea

The Australian government signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea yesterday that strengthens Australia’s place as the preferred security partner in

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