Taiwan scrambles jets for second day as Chinese jets buzz island

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the US as 18 Chinese fighter jets crossed the midline of Taiwan Strait

Seoul city seeks $4 million in damages from church over new COVID-19 outbreak

A fresh wave of infections erupted at a church whose members attended a large protest in downtown Seoul in mid-August

Concerned over the ever-closer relationship between Taipei and Washington, China has stepped up military exercises near the island

Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is set to take office as Japan's Prime Minister today

Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become Japan's next prime minister

The Shenzhen city police said the 12 Hongkongers were under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally crossing the border

Chuseok is one of the South Korea's biggest holidays with millions travelling to visit family in nation's largest annual migration.

Hungry diners appear even to have missed plane food as they gobble up spaghetti carbonara and beef served on plastic trays by cabin crew

Presidential spokesman Roque said the pardon may have stemmed from the desire to get access to COVID vaccines being developed in US

The impoverished country has not confirmed even a single case of coronavirus till now since it first emerged in China, North's key ally