Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south

An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago

7 bodies pulled from flooded road tunnel as rains cause flash floods and landslides

South Korean rescue workers pulled seven bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered

New weed laws draw tourists from across Asia

A Japanese tourist reaches into a baggie of cannabis he’s just bought in a central Bangkok weed shop, pulling out a gram of buds to chop down

EU rejects Myanmar’s diplomatic role and says it still doesn’t recognize generals

The European Union’s top diplomat yesterday expressed opposition to Myanmar’s upcoming role as the overseer of relations between the 27-nation bloc and Southeast Asian nations and reasserted its non-recognition

IMF deposits much-awaited $1.2b with Pakistan’s central bank under bailout

Pakistan’s finance minister yesterday said the International Monetary Fund deposited a much-awaited first installment of $1.2 billion with the country’s central bank under a recently

North Korea fires its first ICBM in 3 months after making threat over alleged US spy flights

North Korea fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in three months yesterday, days after it threatened “shocking” consequences to protest what it called provocative United States

Thai diplomat meets with Suu Kyi in detention, says she wants to join talks on crisis

Thailand’s top diplomat said yesterday that he met with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in detention over the weekend and she conveyed her openness to

Leader’s powerful sister says warplanes repelled US spy plane

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un alleged that the country’s warplanes repelled a U.S. spy plane flying over nearby waters Monday and warned

Tourists received no safety warnings before volcano eruption killed 22, prosecutor says

Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a

Myanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys

Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are expected to dominate the agenda when

Bejeweled cannon and other art will head home to Sri Lanka from Netherlands museum

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said yesterday that his country welcomes the Netherlands’ plan to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts — including a bejeweled, ceremonial cannon — and

Lawmakers berate IAEA chief over plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog yesterday for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from

North Korean satellite wasn’t advanced enough to conduct reconnaissance from space: Seoul

The satellite North Korea failed to put into orbit wasn’t advanced enough to conduct military reconnaissance from space as it claimed, South Korea’s military said yesterday

Leader criticizes Hong Kong’s attempt to arrest 2 activists who now live in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia. Hong Kong’s leader said

UN nuclear chief is visiting Japan to give a final report on release of treated radioactive water

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency is in Japan to meet with government leaders yesterday and to see final preparations for the release of treated radioactive wastewater into

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to an illustration showing disputed sea

Vietnam’s state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular “Barbie” movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese

In workaholic Japan, ‘job leaving agents’ help people escape the awkwardness of quitting

In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku

South Koreans grow younger overnight as the country changes how it counts people’s ages

As South Korea campaigns to retire an old and odd age-counting method that makes people a year or two older than they really are, children

Independence hero Xanana Gusmao returns to power as prime minister

Former East Timor independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as prime minister of Asia’s youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in

Australia is the first country to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics

Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Beginning Saturday, Australian physicians can prescribe

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