More than 20 earthquakes have hit central and southeast Asia in the last 24 hours, with one of the most powerful in 75 years ...

South Korea is facing "snowballing damage" from some of its worst ever wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and forced 27,000 to evacuate. The blazes have destroyed a 1,300-year-old ...

This event, co-organised with the Department of International Development at LSE, will be a discussion with Professor Naila Kabeer and Professor Ragui Assaad based on their co-authored report 'Women's ...

As colleges and universities respond to Trump administration directives to change how they operate, educators worry that ...

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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues.

SEOUL, South Korea — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is not expected to stop in South Korea during his upcoming Indo-Pacific trip, a South Korean defense official said this week, as the country ...

Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price, Vice Chair ...

This month a group of South Korean defence-industry bosses and government officials visited Ottawa. Their pitch: howitzers, rocket-launchers and submarines for the Canadian armed forces.

NEW DELHI – The Philippines and its allies are trying to expand the Squad grouping of nations to include India and South Korea to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Philippines ...

Chinese tea chain Chagee has once again landed in hot water with Malaysia’s censorious consumers after its mobile app displayed a map with Beijing’s disputed nine-dash line claim over the ...

Greater Global South solidarity is the only viable solution in the face of the seismic political shifts in the West. The Nucleo Storico: Abstractions exhibition at the 60th Venice Biennale, which ...