Thailand's opposition Pheu Thai Party elected Julapun Amornvivat, Member of Parliament and former deputy finance minister, as its new leader on Friday in a major strategic shift ahead of the next general...
A Japanese NGO working in Cambodia has completed construction of a children's hospital that will examine and treat kids for free. Japan Heart built the hospital in the suburbs of the capital Phnom Penh using...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has held her first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two leaders met on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South...
Thousands of Filipinos paid a visit to grave-sites in observance of "Undas," or the annual Filipino tradition that marks All Saints' day and All Souls day.
Undas is an annual Filipino tradition...
Indian customs officers arrested a passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai's airport on Thursday.
Customs said the...
India on Friday celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, country's first Home Minister of post Independence in 1947. To mark the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral...
An annual hot air balloon festival started in southwestern Japan's Saga City on Thursday. The Saga International Balloon Fiesta is one of Asia's largest balloon festivals. It takes place along the banks of...
Thai herbal inhaler company Hong Thai is struggling to regain public trust after the Food and Drug Administration found microbial contamination in a batch of its popular Formula 2 inhaler, prompting the company to...
US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies on the...
The Bank of Japan said it will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged, pointing to uncertainty hanging over the economy and international trade. The central bank said at the end of its two-day policy meeting...