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Pro-Hong Kong demonstrators display flags during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

The law is expected to bring about the most profound change to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule

18 Jun 2020 4:48 PM

Students in a kindergarten class stand inside social distancing markings on the floor on the first day of the reopening of the International Pioneers School in Bangkok. (AFP)

Thailand marks 23 days without domestic transmission

On Wednesday, the country reported third consecutive day of no new coronavirus cases or deaths

18 Jun 2020 9:16 AM

An employee posts a sign to suspend indoor facilities at the newly-opened Yomiuriland amusement park in Tokyo. (AP)

Japanese researchers find coronavirus presence in wastewater plants

The findings mirror similar studies in Australia, the United States, and Europe

17 Jun 2020 12:57 PM

Smoke rises in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border. (AP Photo)

North Korea blows up liaison office shared with South Korea

Since early June, North Korea issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of South over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets

16 Jun 2020 2:55 PM

BSF soldiers walk with their belongings for night duty near the India-Pakistan international border. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan frees missing Indian staffers after a day of tension

The Pakistani action is being seen as retaliation after two Pakistan High Commission officials were asked to leave India over spying

16 Jun 2020 10:50 AM

Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, center, is escorted as she arrives to attend a court hearing at Manila Regional Trial Court, Philippines on Monday June 15, 2020. (AP)

Journalist who criticised Philippine president convicted of libel

If court also upholds Justice Department’s decision, journalists and media firms can be sued up to 12 years for publishing a story

15 Jun 2020 11:09 AM

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Eased curbs result in record number of infection in few countries

South Korea, Egypt and US show spike in virus cases after virus restrictions were lifted, as China now fears of a second wave

14 Jun 2020 1:45 PM

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. (AP)

North Korea warns of retaliation over defectors in South

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong issued the warning days after South Korea took legal action against defectors

14 Jun 2020 1:29 PM

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in 2018. (AFP)

North Korea says little reason to maintain ties with Trump

On Thursday North Korea criticized the United States for commenting on inter-Korean affairs

12 Jun 2020 11:41 AM

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear center, attends a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea. (AP)

Stay quiet if you want your elections to go smoothly: North Korea warns Washington

The statement comes after US State Department expressed disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication hotlines with South Korea

11 Jun 2020 12:08 PM

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia's capital worry its citizens

As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions this week

10 Jun 2020 2:12 PM

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections. (AFP Photo)

Pakistan records more than 100 coronavirus deaths in single day

As of Tuesday, Pakistan recorded 108,316 coronavirus infections, with 4,646 new cases and a death toll has climbed to 2,172

09 Jun 2020 3:10 PM

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Lam said everyone should learn a lesson from last year's giant anti-government protests. But she did not say what lesson she has learned. Instead, she urged everyone to support the new national security legislation that the central government in Beijing is going to impose on Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong leader says city cannot bear further chaos, warns protesters

Global financial hub is on alert for unrest with larger gatherings planned for the evening to mark the first anniversary of a mass rally

09 Jun 2020 2:06 PM

Visitors hang a ribbon on a wire fence decorated with other ribbons at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. North Korea said Tuesday it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. (AP Photo)

North Korea cut off communication with South over anti-Pyongyang leaflets row

South Korean government said it would push for legal bans on launching leaflets, but the North said South Korean response lacks sincerity

09 Jun 2020 12:56 PM

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked upon his arrival to attend at Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea's coronavirus cases surpass 50 for second day

The country could be moving towards another wave of virus spread as authorities have now loosened strict social distancing rules

07 Jun 2020 10:36 AM

China's Wuhan city discharges last three COVID-19 patients from hospital. (AFP Photo)

Last three COVID-19 patients in China's Wuhan discharged from hospital

According to the China's National Health Commission five imported cases were reported in China

05 Jun 2020 2:48 PM

Nine Indian students in Singapore fined for breaching COVID-19 restrictions

Investigations revealed that some of the students had gathered there to study and attend online lectures, while some were invited over tea

04 Jun 2020 3:50 PM

South Korean conservative activists launch balloons carrying leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally in Hwacheon, South Korea. (AP)

Seoul vows to stop border protests after Pyongyang's threat

North Korea threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement over activists flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets and balloons over the border

04 Jun 2020 3:41 PM

South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe

Lee, if arrested, faces a return to jail just a little over two years after being released from detention in February 2018

04 Jun 2020 12:24 PM

Chinese police officers stand guard in front of Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (AP)

Candles to light up Hong Kong on fraught Tiananmen anniversary

The anniversary strikes a sensitive nerve this year as Beijing moves to impose national security law that could crush freedoms in Hong Kong

04 Jun 2020 9:46 AM

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