Asia

Here are the latest developments in Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: - Chinese city in partial lockdown over virus outbreak - A northeastern Chinese city has partially shut its borders, cut off transport links...

Foreign investors are continuing to buy Chinese government debt at a rapid pace as the worldwide economic downturn caused by the COVID pandemic bites with global GDP expected to fall by 4.6% in 2020....

More than 500,000 copies were printed, up from the usual 100,000, the paper said on its website. WorldReuters Jimmy Lai's arrest comes amid a crackdown against pro-democracy opposition in Hong Kong Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Apple Daily...

BEIJING (Sputnik) – A 50-year-old guard staged on Thursday a stabbing attack on employees and students of a school in China's south Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving some 40 people injured, local authorities said. According...

By Pei Li, Tom Westbrook HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer intends to delist three Chinese telecom giants - a shock reversal of an announcement made only last week and...

BBC.COM-Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The South Korean island of Yeonpyeong sits near the border with the North A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, said the...

New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh left for a three-day visit to Russia on Monday to participate in the Victory Day parade on 24 June. Rajnath's visit was finalised in consultation with...

OSAKA -  Japan  Today Osaka Prefecture said Thursday it will remove part of its business suspension requests from Saturday, even as it remains under the state of emergency put in place by the central government. Department...

TOKYO - Japan Today The United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is extremely regrettable, Japan's top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday. "The climate change issue isn't something of a single country, it should...

BBC.COM-image copyright Getty Images image captionJimmy Lai had earlier this year been detained under the new national security law Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai has been charged with fraud and detained until...

https://www.bbc.com-Crowds gathered to protest the release of Cho who served a reduced sentence of 12 years The reduced sentence and subsequent release of a man convicted of brutally raping a child has raised fresh debate...

The bulk of 57 new domestic cases were found in the far northwestern Xinjiang region, according to the National Health Commission, where a sudden outbreak in the regional capital of Urumqi occurred in mid-July. WorldAgence...

by Aleksandra Serebriakova North Korea is currently holding the Workers' Party congress, a major political event that was last organised nearly five years ago. Addressing loyal party members during the first day of the conference, the...

by Radhika Parashar Facebook-owned WhatsApp has explained to users that its recently rolled-out privacy policy update notification does not breach their privacy. On Wednesday, the front pages of several Indian newspapers, including the Times of India, The...

On 5 August, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched construction of a grand temple dedicated to revered Hindu God Ram at a venue Hindus believe was the birthplace of the idol. The temple at...

New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been accusing Pakistan of aiding and abetting infiltration on the Indian side of Kashmir from past several years, however, Islamabad has categorically rejected the allegations. There are at least...

By ZEN SOO and KEN MORITSUGU -  Japan Today HONG KONG Thousands of people in Hong Kong defied a police ban Thursday evening, breaking through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil on the 31st anniversary of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliament-in-exile to keep the flame of democracy alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed,...

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, June 15, 2020. South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on North Korea to stop...

SEOUL, South Korea South Korea has reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 as officials began requiring nightclubs, karaoke rooms and gyms to register their customers with smartphone QR codes so they could be easily located...