China, Philippines agree to lower tensions on South China Sea confrontations

China and the Philippines said they have agreed to work on lowering tensions after a year of public and tense confrontations in the South China Sea between their ships

North Korea’s rejection of the South is both a shock, and inevitable

Even for a nation that has perfected the provocative, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s declaration that he would abandon the existential goal of reconciling

US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in a show of strength against North Korea

The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted perhaps their biggest-ever combined naval exercises in a show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea’s military

Chinese ambassador says support of Pacific nations with policing should not alarm Canberra

China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, sought to reassure that China’s increased involvement in the Pacific, particularly in policing efforts, should not be a cause of alarm

Officials say not calling Thaksin ‘inmate’ is standard practice

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of wrongdoing in office, but he shouldn’t be called an inmate, the country’s

6,500 people evacuated on the island of Flores after volcano spews clouds of ash

Indonesia has evacuated about 6,500 people on the island of Flores after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed thick clouds of brownish ash for the past days,

Newlywed Prince Mateen and his commoner wife to be feted at the end of lavish celebrations

Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen and his commoner wife will be feted at a royal banquet this early week to mark the end of a lavish nuptial

Leader demands removal of Indian military from the archipelago by mid-March amid spat

Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu wants the Indian military personnel stationed in his archipelago nation withdrawn by March 15, an official with his office said yesterday .

People celebrate Australian-born queen of Denmark with cocktails, picnics and ‘Danish Fiesta’

A day after an Australian became queen of Denmark, her native land yesterday celebrated the unlikely fairy tale with cocktails, picnics and a “Danish Fiesta.” Mary Donaldson’s

Men who were allegedly abused by a Japanese boy band producer criticize company’s response

Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal, previously known

N. Korea launches suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases

North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, two months after the North claimed to have tested

A royal first: Australia celebrates Princess Mary’s historic rise to be queen consort in Denmark

For the first time, Australians find themselves on the brink of witnessing one of their own, Princess Mary of Denmark, rise to the rank of queen when her husband,

ASEAN special envoy embarks on inaugural mission

A veteran Laotian diplomat recently appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ‘ special envoy to Myanmar arrived this week on his first mission to the strife-torn

213 deaths caused by New Year’s quake; eight happened in shelters

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coastline of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of yesterday. Eight of the deaths were

Germany ready to help de-escalate tensions in disputed waters, its foreign minister says

Germany’s top diplomat said yesterday that China’s actions in the South China Sea violate the rights of Asian coastal states like the Philippines and threaten freedom of

New Guinea Riots in two biggest cities reportedly leave 15 dead

The Papua New Guinea government worked to restore order yesterday after at least 15 people were reportedly killed during rioting and looting that left the country’s

Workers resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition

Japanese construction workers yesterday resumed landfill work at the new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by the island’s residents that the

Parliament passes landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat

South Korea’s parliament yesterday passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns about

South Korea’s gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects

South Korea’s bachelor time bomb is about to really go off. Following a historic 30-year-long imbalance in the male-to-female sex ratio at birth, young men

Order on China-Myanmar border shared concern

Strengthening border security and maintaining the stability of the border have always been a top priority in the cooperation between China and Myanmar, as it has a huge

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