China staged surprise military exercises in the sea and skies around Taiwan on Tuesday in what the People's Liberation Army ...

When I explained I was taking a grown-up gap year, he laughed: “But you’ve barely worked!” I’d spent the previous eight years ...

From neon-lit cities to some of the oldest civilisations on Earth, from white-sand beaches to the highest mountains, no other ...

ANDONG: Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea's Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the ...

The inferno has destroyed the historic Gounsa Temple and is bearing down on two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Andong city.

HANOI (Bernama-VNA): Vietnam has been ranked the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report released that has been released to ...

Mountains in South-East Asia aren’t the untouchable ice-hells that the most hardened alpinists chase after. Yet mountaineering in South-East Asia would probably be the highlight of most holidays ...

SEOUL -- South Korea faces heightened diplomatic and economic risks as a power vacuum leaves it unable to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's import tariffs, while Washington has gone so far ...

This month a group of South ... changed. East Asian armsmakers have also tapped into growing defence budgets elsewhere. Their short supply chains—most parts are sourced at home—have allowed ...

A proposal for a major scheme of up to 86 homes in an East Devon village will be decided at appeal after planners failed to make a decision. Developer Taylor Wimpey’s plans for Feniton will go ...

The news for some of Southeast Asia’s big stock exchanges has not been great lately. Since mid-September 2024, the Jakarta composite index has declined by around 18 percent. On March 18 ...