Undaunted by sanctions and hard realities on the pitch, North Korea's lone football academy has set its sights high -- producing players better than Lionel Messi, and teams that can dominate the world.

Malaysian Human Resources Minister Richard Riot informs the government that they will hire workers from Bangladesh only in three sectors--construction, plantation and manufacturing.

China and New Zealand have agree to recognise each others’ agricultural product certifications.

The Pakistani military accused India yesterday of killing seven soldiers in cross-border fire in disputed Kashmir, in

Air quality has fallen to levels not seen in two decades amid calls for authorities to take urgent action.

Some four million men in Vietnam will have no opportunity of getting married by 2050 if the current imbalance in the nation’s sex ration persists, according to experts.

Hundreds of buildings in Rohingya villages in western Myanmar have been torched, according to new satellite images

After demonetising high value notes to curb black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said he has "more

Prime Minister Modi’s ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes as a way to detect black money may, in the long run, work out but for now, it has turned life for many in total turmoil.

China is the top most travel destination in Asia for the world's tourists, according to the latest figures published by the World Bank.

Editors of the Asia News Network have voiced their disappointment and dismay over the detention of Dr Than Htut Aung, CEO of the Eleven Media Group, and of Wai Phyo, the group’s Chief Editor by authorities in Myanmar.

North Korea yesterday warned the incoming Donald Trump administration will have to acknowledge it as a nuclear state, as the

Malaysian football authorities on Wednesday called on a former FIFA official to provide evidence after he claimed the country had become the hub for match-fixing in Southeast Asia.

China's online travel company Ctrip.com invests $180 million in popular Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip.

Bangladesh is among the countries with least forest whereas Laos with 92.1 percentage of forest area is on the top of all in Asia. Bangladesh having 11.2 percent of forest areas of the total area of the country is among India, Mongolia and Pakistan with the least forest, according to the data of Asian Development Bank, 2016.

The Indian army said two of its soldiers were killed yesterday in the latest exchange of cross border firing with Pakistan

Schools in the Indian capital will be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said yesterday, as the

Myanmar's plans to arm and train non-Muslim residents in the troubled north of Rakhine State is likely to "aggravate

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as

Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Friday warned his players against Saudi Arabia's "specialists in provocation" in a home World Cup qualifier this month that could potentially decide his own future.