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People wearing face masks hold umbrellas in the rain in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)World
South Korea reports largest coronavirus jump since March

Authorities have been struggling to stem transmissions linked to churches, nursery homes, schools, restaurants and...

16 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

A war veteran salutes to pay respects to the worshippers at Yasukuni Shrine. (AP)World
Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japan’s brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Models wearing face masks prepare backstage prior to a mask fashion show at Gangnam district in Seoul. (AFP)World
South Korea fears COVID-19 infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 10:29 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)World
North Korea lifts coronavirus lockdown, rejects virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim-'s major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

A bus is submerged in floodwaters following heavy rains in Paju, South Korea. (AP)World
North Korea nuclear reactor site damaged by flooding: US think-tank

Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history with floods and landslides...

13 Aug 2020 12:27 PM IST

People hold up copies of the Apple Daily as they protest for press freedom inside a mall in Hong Kong on August 11, 2020, a day after authorities conducted a search of the newspapers headquarters after the companys founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under the new national security law. (AFP)World
Hong Kongers are mass buying Apple Daily newspaper to defend free...

The public show of support came a day after police arrested HK-'s pro-democracy newspaper’s founder, and raided its...

12 Aug 2020 11:35 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, center, visits the National Health Command Center with Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
Fighter jets sent by China ‘driven out’: Taiwan Air Force

China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its terriroty, had promised unspecified retaliation to the US-' plan to...

10 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen (right) speaks during a meeting in Taipei. (via @iingwen)World
US health chief offers ‘strong support and friendship’ to...

Washington had broken off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 in favour of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 11:28 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)World
Japan-'s history of forced labour haunts ties with other Asian...

Survivors of the camps, their families and supporters are still seeking compensation and atonement for the labour and...

10 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
Why is US-' highest-level visit to Taiwan sparking such anger from...

China is sensitive to any move that could amount to official recognition of Taiwan, such as when Tsai spoke to Trump...

10 Aug 2020 9:22 AM IST

Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily newspaper Jimmy Lai (C) arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court for charges related to last years protests in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
Hong Kong-'s pro-democracy media mogul arrested under security law

Jimmy Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of...

10 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)World
Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level visit in decades

China described the visit as a threat to ‘peace and stability’, while the defence minister warned against US making...

9 Aug 2020 3:11 PM IST

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