Asia-Pacific
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China rushing to enhance SSBN capabilities
BEIJING — The Chinese military is steadily improving the capabilities of its fleet of nuclear-powere...
October 16, 2022
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China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, Xi says
BEIJING (Reuters) — It is up to the Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan issue and China will never ...
October 16, 2022
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Xi touts COVID fight, China economic model in party congress speech
BEIJING (Reuters) — President Xi Jinping on Sunday touted the ruling Communist Party's fight against...
October 16, 2022
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China opens meeting expected to give Xi Jinping 5 more years
BEIJING (AP) — China opened a twice-a-decade Communist Party conference Sunday at the end of which l...
October 16, 2022
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China’s Xi burnishes his cult of personality with ‘achievements,’ slogans to justify third term
In south-central China’s landlocked Hunan Province sits a village nestled in the mountains that has ...
October 16, 2022
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South Korea: YouTube’s ever-growing role in politics
In a recent interview with British newspaper The Guardian, Cho Dong-youn, a former co-head of the De...
October 15, 2022
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In Myanmar’s rebel strongholds, internet can mean life or death
For Zaw Myint Thein, a farmer in northwestern Myanmar, having no internet in the area for more than ...
October 13, 2022
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S. Korean govt looks to prevent kimchi shortages
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea’s kimchi makers are in serious pain — brought low as a climate change-...
October 13, 2022
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Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 3 more years in jail
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of vio...
October 13, 2022
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Foreign minister’s visits underline Japan’s focus on ASEAN
KUALA LUMPUR — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the...
October 11, 2022
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China: Audi revs up EV expansion in China by pushing up Changchun plant opening
International carmakers are stepping up their investment in China thanks to the vast potential of th...
October 8, 2022
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Myanmar sentences Japanese journalist to prison on 2 charges
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after...
October 6, 2022
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Gunman kills 35 in attack starting at Thai child care center
BANGKOK (AP) — A former police officer killed at least 24 children and 11 adults in a gun and knife ...
October 6, 2022
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Rising inflation traps Bangladesh climate migrants
DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — When Abul Kashem moved to Dhaka two years ago, after the roilin...
October 6, 2022
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles after condemning U.S. carrier deployment
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile toward its east coast on...
October 6, 2022
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