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TAIPEI: Recent visits by guests from the United States have reinforced Taiwan's determination to defend itself, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday (Aug 26) as she met the latest US...

BANGKOK: Suspended Thai leader Prayut Chan-o-cha said on social media he will continue in his role as defence minister, in his first direct address to the public since a court...

TOKYO: Japan will spend US$1.83 million on a state funeral for slain former leader Shinzo Abe, the government said on Friday (Aug 26), despite growing opposition from a public angered...

BANGKOK: Thailand's unemployment rate in the second quarter dropped to 1.37 per cent from 1.53 per cent in the previous quarter as pandemic curbs were eased, the state planning agency...

Vietnam makes a good test case. Just as Apple’s suppliers such as Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, plan to expand capacity there, sending industrial land prices to new highs, global manufacturers...

CANBERRA: The Constitutional Court of Thailand has decided to hear a petition from the political opposition asking the court to make a ruling on when Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s...

TAIPEI: Another group of United States lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday (Aug 25) evening, Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported, the third such visit this month and defying...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. The Malaysian government has declassified two reports pertaining to the RM9.13 billion (US$2.04 billion) procurement of six littoral combat ships...

SEOUL: South Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday (Aug 25) ordered an update of the military's operational plans to address North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, his office said....

SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday (Aug 25) said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks...