Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is arranging to visit Japan in early June, according to diplomatic sources from both countries. Duterte is expected to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and give a lecture in Tokyo. If realised, it would...
Fascism and militarism "must be held thoroughly accountable and eradicated" and Japan must educate its young people with "the right view of history", a Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday. The comment came after reports that the Japanese Cabinet approved...
JAKARTA - Indonesians lined up on Wednesday to vote in an election to choose between a Muslim and a Christian candidate to govern Jakarta, after a bruising campaign marred by religious tensions in the capital of the world's third-largest...
BANGKOK - Thailand's junta on Tuesday warned democracy activists against protesting over the removal of a plaque marking the abolition of the country's absolute monarchy, fuelling fears of official whitewashing of history. Authorities say they have no idea what happened...
MANILA - At least 25 people were killed and 22 injured when a passenger bus crashed into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said. The bus plunged about 24 metres (80 feet) in the upland...
A woman in Central China's Hubei province has been reunited with her younger brother, 27 years after he was taken at a railway station and trafficked. The siblings were reunited on CCTV programme Waiting for Me on Sunday ending years...
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S8 is facing complaints from some customers who say that the display panels of their new phones have a reddish tint. The problem may be caused by the colour balance of organic light-emitting diode panels, according...
SEOUL - North Korea used Chinese-made trucks to display missiles at a massive military parade last week, according to photographs released by state media, underlining the difficulty in enforcing UN sanctions against the isolated state. At Saturday's parade to mark...
BANGKOK - An alleged Laos drug lord linked to some of Thailand's rich and famous denied being a major player in the regional narcotics trade when he appeared in a Bangkok court Tuesday. Xaysana Keopimpha, 42, was nabbed by Thai...
Drivers, it's time to put your mobile phones away when you're on the road. A two-year-old boy in Fujian, China, was knocked down by a distracted driver last Monday (April 10), Shanghaiist reported. CCTV footage showed a man getting into his...
