China has indicated it could relax restrictions on foreign investment in some sectors as it struggles to counter an overseas exodus of capital, while facing accusations of protectionism from US President-elect Donald Trump. A record-setting wave of Chinese investment abroad...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday (Dec 8) vowed to retain the country's vice president until her term ends, just days after she resigned from the cabinet, complaining of a "plot to steal" her position. Vice President Leni Robredo resigned...
Japan and Russia look set to improve ties and clinch some business deals when their leaders meet next week, but both sides are scaling back expectations of a big breakthrough in a territorial row that has blocked a peace...
SEOUL - South Korea's parliament introduced a bill on Thursday to impeach President Park Geun-hye, setting in motion a vote to oust the embattled leader engulfed in an influence-peddling scandal. Parliament is expected to vote on impeaching Park on Friday...
BEIJING - Some local government officials in China have forged economic data and such offenders will be severely punished, the country's statistics chief wrote in an article in the People's Daily on Thursday. There has long been widespread global scepticism...
Meureudu, a small town in Pidie Jaya regency, was the focus of rescue efforts after a massive 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Aceh province yesterday. Hundreds of local residents were seen on live TV digging through the debris of a collapsed building...
MEUREUDU, Indonesia - Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesia earthquake that killed nearly 100 people, as officials urgently appealed Thursday for medicine and doctors to treat the hundreds injured. The shallow 6.5-magnitude quake levelled hundreds of homes, mosques and...
A series of highly-charged protests over an Indonesian Christian politician reflects the extent of the ideological battle gripping Southeast Asia's largest economy. There are now fears that the growing religious unrest, mixed with political tensions, could distract Indonesia's leadership from...
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - There were no survivors after a plane carrying 47 people crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, the airline's chairman said, as recovery operations continued late into the night at the remote crash site. The military...
"You are doing great. Go ahead!" This was what United States President-elect Donald Trump told President Rodrigo Duterte during their phone conversation on Dec. 2. Duterte on Wednesday recalled that Trump told him to just focus on his war against illegal...
