Misc Asia

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said.

Jakarta, Jan 17, 2022 - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has chosen Nusantara, or archipelago in English, as the name of the new national capital...

Suu Kyi was convicted last month on two other charges and given a four-year prison sentence, which was then halved by the head of...

Hong Kong, Dec 30, 2021 — Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail...

Blinken insisted that the U.S. is not trying to force countries to choose between the United States and China, or seeking conflict with China.

Known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, the law allows the detention of suspects for up to 24 days without charge and empowers a...

Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit Monday in California saying Facebook’s arrival in Myanmar helped spread hate speech, misinformation and incitement to violence that “amounted...

Manila announced plans last week to allow fully vaccinated tourists from most countries to enter from Dec 1 as it seeks to revive the...

Beijing, Dec 1, 2021 - Beijing has pressured foreign governments to deport hundreds of Taiwan nationals to China, a new report found, in what...

Ranariddh traded on his position as the son of Sihanouk, but lacked his father’s strong personality and political adroitness.