Asia

Seoul: The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a US missile defence system in South Korea could be delayed, Seoul's defence...

Hanoi: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday promised Vietnam six new patrol boats during a visit to the Southeast Asian country locked in a...

Yangon: Myanmar launched a new public transport system in its largest city on Monday, for the first time introducing regular bus lines, timetables and...

Dhaka: Twenty-six people, including a former city councillor extradited from India and three senior officers from Bangladesh's elite security force,...

Hong Kong: China on Monday approved the resignations of two of Hong Kong's top officials, including its financial secretary, paving the way for them to...

Beijing: China will "take off the gloves" and take strong action if US President-elect Donald Trump continues to provoke Beijing over Taiwan once...

Seoul: South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday sought a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate, accusing...

BOGOR (Indonesia): Indonesia and Japan have agreed to step up maritime security and start discussions on a major railway project to link the Southeast Asian...

Yangon: Myanmar's strongest ethnic armed group is set for its biggest leadership shake-up in a quarter century, senior sources told Reuters, raising the...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would impose martial law if the drug problem became "very virulent", just a month after...