Misc Asia

In his speech announcing the abrupt order Tuesday night, Yoon vowed to eliminate “anti-state” forces and continued to criticize parliament’s attempts to impeach key...

Seoul, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North...

Manila, Philippines, November 23, 2024 — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife...

Vientiane, Laos, November 21, 2024 — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister on Thursday...

Subianto wrapped up the first stop of his first overseas trip since taking office three weeks ago. He is headed next to Washington —...

Phnom Penh, October 30, 2024 — Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor World...

Subianto became the eighth president of Southeast Asia’s largest economy on Sunday.

Cuong, 67, was elected by the National Assembly to replace To Lam, who remained president even after he was formally appointed as the general...

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is...

Stockholm, October 9, 2024 — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and...