South Korea's Incheon International Airport has edged out Singapore's Changi Airport as the best airport in the Asia Pacific region in 2016. Results of the 2016 Airport Service Quality Awards unveiled on Tuesday (March 3) also placed Incheon as the...
BEIJING - China said Tuesday it would "resolutely" defend its security interests as the US began deploying the THAAD missile-defence system in South Korea that Beijing fears will undermine its own military capabilities. "We are firmly opposed to the deployment...
Pyongyang's travel ban on Malaysians leaving North Korea sharply escalated the already-high tensions with Kuala Lumpur - but is only the latest episode of the isolated country's diplomatic brinkmanship. The authoritarian, nuclear-armed state has a long history of using foreigners...
China has committed to finance at least three infrastructure projects in the Philippines worth $3.4 billion (S$4.8 billion), two of which could be rolled out in the first half of this year, trade officials from both countries said on...
SEOUL - Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global condemnation of the regime swelled. Three of the four missiles fired Monday came down provocatively close to US...
Hong Kong authorities have seized more than a tonne of shark fins as activists warn traders are sneaking the sought-after delicacy into the city by mislabelling shipments to get around bans by major transporters. The city is one of the...
KUALA LUMPUR - The North Korean embassy was sealed off so that that the authorities could physically identify all those inside the premises, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. The Malaysian Government has banned North Koreans from leaving the...
The Prime Minister has called for North Korea to release all Malaysian citizens immediately to avoid any further escalation of the diplomatic row between the two countries. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he condemned in the strongest terms possible,...
MANILA - Philippine police killed four suspected drug dealers in three separate incidents on Tuesday, a provincial police commander said, just hours after a relaunch of anti-drugs operations that the national police chief said he hoped would be "less bloody". The...
KUALA LUMPUR - A total of 11 Malaysians are stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea, says Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican. This came after Pyongyang banned all Malaysian citizens from leaving North Korea, potentially holding them hostage...
