Internet censors have taken down a speech by a top Chinese economist that went viral after he warned that a widespread lack of opportunities for…
South Korea’s main opposition party on December 4 urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial…
The US arrested a man in Ontario, California, for allegedly orchestrating illegal shipments of firearms, ammunition and military equipment to North Korea with the intent…
China announced on December 3 it is banning exports to the US of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications,…
Corruption cases against village and town officials in China have soared in 2024, as a graft crackdown deepens in the world’s second-largest economy. The number…
Japan has selected the Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia and Djibouti as the next recipients of its Official Security Assistance (OSA) scheme, according to reports, with analysts…
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the Marshall Islands on December 3, after visiting the US on the first stop of a Pacific tour that…
The US announced new export restrictions on December 2 targeting China's ability to make advanced semiconductors, drawing swift condemnation from Beijing as competition deepens between…
China said its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica started operations this week, a move aimed at helping observe changes on the southern continent and…
Three Americans who Washington says were wrongfully imprisoned in China have landed back on US soil as part of a rare prisoner swap with Beijing,…
South Korea has completed the development of a homegrown Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile, or L-SAM, system, a move hailed by its president as a “significant breakthrough”…
China vowed "resolute countermeasures" on December 1 to a recently approved US arms sale to Taiwan, and complained to the US for arranging for the…
The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as communications equipment to Taiwan, in…
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two isolated nations, Pyongyang…
China in November saw an uptick in industrial output for the second straight month, government data showed November 30, an encouraging sign for officials as…
A Beijing court on November 29 sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.…
A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into "serious violations of discipline" takes place, Beijing said November 28, the latest senior…
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam during a trip to the Pacific, his office said November…
Heavy snowfall blanketed South Korea for a second consecutive day November 28, resulting in three deaths overall and disrupting flights and ferry services, authorities said.…
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, a report said November 27, which would make him the latest official to…
The former head of a top Chinese bank was handed a suspended death sentence for corruption on November 26, state media reported, the latest development…
Beijing on November 26 slammed the United States for "bullying" after US officials sidelined over two dozen more China-based companies citing concerns over forced labour.…
A senior Japanese public prosecutor on November 27 bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner whose conviction was quashed this…
A huge fire erupted November 26 at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for…
Beijing said November 26 it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China…
