Misc Asia

Suu Kyi, who was ousted by an army takeover last year, had denied the allegation that she had accepted gold and hundreds of thousands...

People lined up for throat swabs across much of Beijing as mass testing was expanded to 11 of the city’s 16 districts.

China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass...

The South Korean-built solid-propellant rocket soared into the sky before releasing a dummy satellite in space, according to photos released by Seoul’s Defense Ministry.

Shanghai, China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, had managed its smaller previous outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds and...

Seoul, March 21, 2022 — South Korea’s outgoing liberal government expressed its opposition Monday to a plan by its rival and conservative President-elect Yoon...

Washington DC, March 21, 2022 — The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,”...

Hong Kong, March 21, 2022 — Hong Kong’s leader Monday said that the city would lift flight bans on countries including Britain and the...

Bangkok, March 15, 2022 — While Russia’s war in Ukraine dominates global attention, Myanmar’s military is targeting civilians in air and ground attacks on...

All businesses except those that supply food, fuel and other necessities were ordered to close or work from home.