North Korea | Kim Jong Un’s decade of total but isolated rule

Since assuming power 10 years ago today, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ruled the isolated country with absolute power, significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal

Rescuers battle strong typhoon lashing southern Philippines

A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines yesterday, toppling trees, ripping tin roofs and knocking down power as it blew across island provinces where nearly 100,000 people

Hunger | Virus hits Asian food security, as millions go hungry: FAO

The prolonged pandemic and surging prices are undermining food security for millions of people in Asia, with 1.8 billion lacking access to healthy diets, a report by the

The Buzz | Philippines detects country’s 1st omicron cases

The Philippines said yesterday it has detected its first cases of the omicron strain in two travelers who arrived recently from Japan and Nigeria. The Department of

Indonesia | Blinken vows more US military might in Indo-Pacific

The United States will expand its military and economic relationships with partners in Asia to push back against China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Secretary of

Philippines | Duterte quits from Senate race in latest flip-flop

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday withdrew his senatorial candidacy in next year’s elections in his latest change of mind over what he plans to do

Miss Universe is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th winner

Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe yesterday , topping a field of some 80 contestants in a pageant that was touched by politics

Nationwide ‘silent strike’ in Myanmar protests military rule

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar on Friday held one of their biggest nationally coordinated protests in months, successfully calling on people across the country to shut their

Obituary | Nintendo game console pioneer Uemura dies at 78

Masayuki Uemura, a Japanese home computer game pioneer whose Nintendo consoles sold millions of units worldwide, has died, according to the university in Kyoto where he

US envoy conveys concerns to Cambodia about Myanmar, China

A U.S. State Department envoy conveyed concerns to top Cambodian officials on Friday about bilateral and regional issues, including the crisis in Myanmar and the construction of

This day in history | 2001 Suicide attack on Indian parliament

A group of gunmen has broken through tight security to attack the parliament building in the Indian capital, New Delhi.  At least 12 people have been

Covid-19 | South Korea reports its worst virus surge since pandemic

New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 7,000 for the third consecutive day on Friday, as the worst surge since the start of the pandemic overwhelmed

Japan | About 100 lawmakers visit controversial shrine

A group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers prayed at a Tokyo shrine viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression yesterday, 80

East China Sea Japan’s military, among world’s strongest, looks to buildup

Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers fired explosives and machine guns in drills yesterday on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, a main stronghold for a nation that is

Myanmar | Ousted Suu Kyi convicted in further blow to democracy

Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted on two charges yesterday and handed

Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

Japan continued its aggressive stance against a new coronavirus variant yesterday, asking international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in the country until the end of

New Zealand to send military, police to Solomon Islands

New Zealand will send up to 65 military and police personnel to the Solomon Islands in the coming days after rioting and looting broke out there last week over several

India | Interfaith love a risk amid Hindu nationalist surge

Arbaz Mullah’s love story began, as romances often do, when he first laid eyes on the woman of his dreams, Shweta Kumbhar. Over nearly three years, their courtship in many ways

Widow of South Korean dictator issues apology over brutal rule

The widow of South Korea’s last military dictator issued a brief apology over the “pains and scars” caused by her husband’s brutal rule as dozens of relatives and former aides

Japan PM vows to step up defense amid China, North Korea threats

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at his first troop review Saturday, renewed his pledge to consider “all options,” including acquiring enemy base strike capability, and vowed to create a stronger

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