A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said yesterday. The
A The Group of Seven major economies, along with Norway and Denmark, said in a statement that the aim is to help Vietnam reduce its emissions
The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea yesterday, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China
Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India’s defense minister said yesterday, in the latest violence along the contested frontier since June
The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital that left three assailants dead and at least two
Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China’s BYD. The company staged a
Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country’s penal code yesterday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, prohibits promotion of
India will prioritize its own energy needs and continue to buy oil from Russia, its foreign minister signaled yesterday, as Western governments press Moscow with a price
South Korea’s former national security director was arrested this weekend over a suspected cover-up surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’
The United States has joined local human rights groups in Cambodia in calling for the release of a labor union leader who was involved in a
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he recently told U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to bring WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange’s prosecution to a
South Korea’s government issued an order yesterday for some of the thousands of truck drivers who have been on strike to return to work, insisting
Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up this week for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of the Indonesian
Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in military-ruled Myanmar and detained for more than three months, said his experience made him more determined
Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter made a public appearance again, this time with missile scientists and more honorific titles as her father’s “most beloved” or
A meal fit for monkeys was served yesterday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand. Amid the morning traffic, rows of monkey statues holding
Malaysia's king named reformist opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country’s Prime Minister, ending days of uncertainty after divisive general elections produced a hung Parliament. Sultan
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea yesterday for considering unilateral sanctions on the North, calling the
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