Misc Asia

Vientiane, June 28, 2024 - A Lao businessman has spent US$50 million to develop an area near the Nong Xeum irrigation reservoir to establish...

More than 30 years after I.M. Pei reshaped Hong Kong's skyline with a jagged tower of steel and glass, the Chinese-American architect is once...

Jakarta, June 4, 2024 — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday said construction of the first phase of the country’s ambitious new capital is...

Manila, June 4, 2024— Four police officers assigned in the Philippine capital region have been arrested for kidnapping for ransom that victimized four foreign...

Tokyo, May 17, 2024 — Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a revision to the country’s civil code that will allow divorced parents the option...

Singapore, April 15, 2024 — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday that he will step down on May 15 after two decades...

Beijing, April 9, 2024 — Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Janet Yellen has united Americans...

Hualien, April 3, 2024 — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, stranding dozens...

Hanoi, March 5, 2024 — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan faces the death penalty in a trial that began Tuesday over alleged fraud...

The Angkor site sprawls across some 400 square kilometers (155 square miles), containing the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to the...