Asia Pacific

China launched a month of military exercises in the South China Sea on Monday and accused foreign countries of heightening tensions by increasing their military presence in those contested...

TOKYO — Two American men accused of helping the former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn escape Japan in a speaker box in 2019 as he faced criminal charges were extradited...

Chinese authorities in Tibet are tightening security and carrying out arrests in the regional capital Lhasa and along Tibet’s border with Nepal in the run-up to a month of...

What might be Asia’s longest-missing bird just came out of hiding. For the first time in 170 years, researchers reported last week that a black-browed babbler has been found...

During a half century of military rule, Myanmar’s totalitarian tools were crude but effective. Men in sarongs shadowed democracy activists, neighbors informed on each other and thugs brandished lead...

Instagram has announced the launch of Live Rooms, which enables users to add video feeds for up to three guests – two more than the platform's previous limit –...

The charging of 47 democracy activists and opposition politicians with "subversion" in Hong Kong under a draconian national security law imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist...

Airbnb has said it will make a permanent cut in the amount it invests in marketing after slashing its outlay by more than half during the Covid-19 downturn and...

Crossroads Asia | Politics | Central Asia Recent events further dim already bleak hopes for a free and fair presidential election in Uzbekistan later this year. AdvertisementOver the weekend, an opposition politician in...

North Korean quarantine enforcers are using their authority during coronavirus prevention inspections to extract bribes and food out of citizens struggling to survive under an economy devastated by the...