Category: Asia Pacific News

The 6.2-magnitude earthquake, Indonesia’s third deadly disaster in a week, struck Sulawesi island, flattening a hospital, destroying homes and setting off landslides. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake...

Beijing has repeatedly impeded the global inquiry into the emergence of the coronavirus, worried about drawing attention to its early mistakes. More than a year...

The North Korean leader said his economic policies had failed, but he called his nuclear arms buildup one of the great feats “in the history...

The Ghani administration and the Taliban are fighting a public-relations battle, with the government taking more drastic measures to control the flow of information. KABUL,...

The landslides on the island of Java were set off by heavy rainfall and unstable soil, officials said, and left rescue workers searching for survivors....

But as he pledged to advance the country’s weaponry, the North Korean leader also said he did “not rule out diplomacy.” SEOUL, South Korea —...

The ruling, which Tokyo rejected, is likely to aggravate already chilly relations between the two key allies of the United States. SEOUL, South Korea —...

Fast-rising coronavirus case counts and deaths forced Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to act, but some say the restrictions — mostly voluntary — won’t be enough....

An emerging #MeToo movement and public horror over “honor killings” helped spur the government’s bill, but it still must be adopted by the conservative parliament....

For the first time on record, the number of newborns in South Korea last year fell below the number of deaths, underscoring a long-term crisis...