South and North Korea will launch a field study soon to relink railways cut since the 1950-53 Korean conflict, Seoul's Unification Ministry said yesterday, the latest development in improving ties between two sides technically still at war.

Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".

A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China yesterday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another

Beijing has ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of criticism.

The Syrian man who had been living in Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) for about six months is on his way to Canada.

LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is battling for her political future after a wide-ranging vote that see the island swing towards conservatism.

A woman pretending to be a former South Korean first lady was arrested yesterday on suspicion of swindling a politician out of nearly $400,000, a report said.

A South Korean cult leader is convicted of multiple rape of eight female followers -- some of whom believed he was God -- and jailed for 15 years.

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, starts pilot operation of zero-emission bus for a regular route, to test the viability of the new generation vehicle as public transportation in the city.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called his visit to long-time US ally the Philippines a "milestone", as he aims to boost blossoming ties on the promise of billions of dollars in backing for mega-projects.

Cambodia will not allow foreign military bases on its soil, strongman premier Hun Sen said yesterday, swatting away US concerns about a

The Maldives' new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny nation to

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration's decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to

Nissan Motor Co Ltd says it is ousting Chairman Carlos Ghosn for alleged financial misconduct and Japanese media reports he has been arrested, a shocking fate for a leader hailed for rescuing the company from close to bankruptcy.

The death toll from a cyclone that battered India's eastern coast has reached 33, an official said yesterday, as authorities assessed the

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday called crucial talks with political leaders in a bid to end a power struggle with the

Asia-Pacific leaders yesterday failed to bridge gaping divisions over trade at a summit dominated by a war of words between the US

A powerful cyclone in southern India has killed at least 33 people, caused massive damage to homes and roads and drove tens of thousands of people into relief camps, officials say.

Democrat Jim Glenn is poised to win a seat in Kentucky's legislature by one vote after a final tally was announced Thursday, besting

Maldives' President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has taken the oath of office, seeking help from India and the United States to climb out