The Malaysian government has been asked to review its decision to suspend the intake of foreign workers as it will erode the country’s competitive edge.

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, Taiwan and US officials said, ratcheting up tensions even as US President Barack Obama urged restraint in the region.

China's foreign ministry yesterday urged the United States and North Korea to sit down with each other face-to-face and resolve their problems, as tension continues to climb on the Korean peninsula after North Korea's latest rocket test.

Students and teachers staged a fresh protest in New Delhi yesterday over a union leader's arrest at a top Indian university for sedition, accusing the government of cracking down on dissent.

Rescuers have found the bodies of more than 100 people killed after an apartment block in Taiwan collapsed during an earthquake one week ago, authorities

Elbowing each other in the stampede to buy Valentine's Day chocolate for the men in their lives, Japanese women brought stores to a standstill yesterday.

The clashes in Hong Kong earlier this week may on the surface have been about unlicensed food stalls, but were fuelled by a growing "localist" sentiment.

Asian markets continue their downward trend, with Japan failing more than 7% in two days.

An eight-year-old girl is pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Taiwan more than 60 hours after it is destroyed by an earthquake.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year. In China, a huge fireworks display in Beijing marks the first day of the Year of the Monkey, one of the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket yesterday. Already, world leaders are lining up to condemn the launch. For help on what it all means, some things to consider about the North's latest move:

North Korea launched a long-range rocket yesterday carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of UN sanctions and just weeks after a nuclear bomb test.

A six-month-old baby girl is rescued from the ruins of an apartment building in Taiwan, 30 hours after it is brought down by an earthquake.

North Korea has brought forward the possible date of a controversial "satellite" launch to as early as Sunday, regional governments say.

Densely packed slums, rampant mosquitoes and a history of rapidly spreading infections make Asia particularly vulnerable to the devastating Zika virus, posing a massive challenge for the region, health experts warn.

It might seem that the beginning of the year is all about movies with various guilds lining up to reward their favourite films and actors but it's also the time when the food industry celebrates its own by announcing “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants”.

South Korea and Japan echo US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeks after conducting its fourth nuclear test.

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

Twenty-seven Chinese officials have been penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news agency Xinhua says.

The first freely elected parliament in Myanmar for 50 years holds its opening session. Hundreds of new MPs, mostly from the National League for Democracy (NLD) but also some smaller parties, sworn and take their seats.