Asia-Pacific
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BTS member Jin begins military duty at frontline boot camp
YEONCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began his 18 months of...
December 13, 2022
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‘They tried to erase us’: Rohingya IDs deny citizenship
Zaw Win’s grandparents had the same identity card as everyone else in Myanmar, but a generation late...
December 10, 2022
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South Korea: Moon landing in 2032, Mars by 2045: President Yoon Suk-yeol sets space goals
President Yoon Suk-yeol announced South Korea’s space economy road map with goals of landing on the ...
December 10, 2022
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Even as Singapore lifts gay sex ban, LGBT families feel little has changed
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Olivia Chiong and her wife feel like the Singapore government has made clear t...
December 8, 2022
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South Korea: Yoon cites defense industry as future growth engine
President Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to actively support defense exports, touting the sector as a “futu...
December 8, 2022
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Grieving South Korean father seeks justice for Halloween crush victims
SEOUL (Reuters) — Taking time off work, South Korean bus driver Cho Gi-Dong has visited a crypt wher...
December 8, 2022
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China’s hopes of looser COVID rules sets off rush for fever drugs
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Tired of being cooped up to comply with China's strict anti-COVI...
December 7, 2022
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Monkeys, symbol of Thailand’s Lopburi Province, mark their day with feast
LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A meal fit for monkeys was served on Nov. 27 at the annual Monkey Feast Fes...
December 5, 2022
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South Korea in crisis as many stop having babies
SEOUL (AP) — Yoo Young-yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo does...
December 5, 2022
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South Korea: Hyundai Motor to build air mobility ecosystem in Indonesia’s new capital
Hyundai Motor Group recently unveiled a new ambitious plan to build an ecosystem for advanced air mo...
December 3, 2022
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India: Why young Indians are anxious about dating
Dating has always been correlated with how people feel about themselves, especially for Indian youth...
December 3, 2022
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Jiang Zemin relied on patriotism for China’s stability
Jiang Zemin’s visit to Japan in November 1998 left bitter memories for the Japanese. On the gr...
December 1, 2022
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Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter
KABUL (AP) — More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the ye...
December 1, 2022
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Younger Chinese increasingly spurning factory jobs
SHENZHEN (Reuters) — Growing up in a Chinese village, Julian Zhu only saw his father a few times a y...
November 30, 2022
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As world population hits 8 billion, China frets over too few babies
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) — Chinese software developer Tang Huajun loves playing with his 2-year-o...
November 30, 2022
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