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Asia

29 Sep
Chinese factories and households are facing rolling power cuts on Tuesday to meet official energy efficiency and pollution targets and to reduce strain on utilities that are being squeezed by high coal prices....
29 Sep
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the coronavirus state of emergency would end on Thursday so the economy could be reactivated as infections slow. The government would create more temporary COVID-19...
28 Sep
Officials in Thailand warned that monsoon rains may extend flooding that has already badly affected 27 provinces, almost a third of the country's total. Tropical storm Tianmu over the weekend had swept...
28 Sep
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea early on Tuesday. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said “an unidentified projectile” fired from an inland location flew toward North...
28 Sep
The U.S. and Singapore have renewed a bilateral training agreement, known as the Singapore-United States Third-Country Training Program (TCTP) Memorandum of Understanding. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
27 Sep
The candidates running for the leadership of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have pledged to reform the organization. Four candidates are competing in the September 29 vote to replace outgoing prime...
24 Sep
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and thanked his country for being "a vital source" of COVID vaccines for the world and for announcing the decision to...
24 Sep
The Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin participated in the ASEAN-U.S. Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23...
23 Sep
The Lancang-Mekong Investment Seminar in Myanmar was held virtually on September 21 and 22 by the Lancang-Mekong Special Fund (2020). The seminar was to share good practices and enhance knowledge on the...
22 Sep
South Korean president Moon Jae-In urged North Korea to come to the negotiating table to formally declare an end to the war on the Korean peninsula. President Moon spoke to an audience of world leaders, and a...

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