Misc Asia

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...

The efforts would ban Chinese-made drones, limit China-linked biotech companies from access to the U.S. market, strengthen sanctions and deepen ties with Asian countries....

Hong Kong, September 11, 2024 — Hong Kong’s government on Wednesday said the U.S. House of Representatives twisted facts in an attack on the...

Manila, August 31, 2024 — A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by...