Misc Asia

Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon said the pardons of the business tycoons were aimed at “overcoming the economic crisis through encouraging business activity.”

New York, August 9, 2022 - The United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is calling for calm in the Taiwan Strait, urging against any “provocative action” in the wake of a...

Pelosi, the first U.S. speaker to visit the island in more than 25 years, courted Beijing’s wrath with the visit and set off more...

Her visit ratcheted up tension between China and the United States because China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and it views visits...

All South Korean able-bodied young men under the age of 30 must perform around two years of military service, mainly due to the fact...

Xi also warned against splitting the world’s two biggest economies, according to a Chinese government summary of Thursday’s unusually lengthy, three-hour call.

Myanmar’s military-led government that seized power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021 has been accused of thousands of extrajudicial killings...

The executions announced Monday were carried out despite worldwide pleas for clemency for the four political detainees.

The countries’ ties have been strained mostly over historical issues, including forced labor leading up to and during World War II.