YANGON -- U Win Htein, patron of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD), was arrested late Thursday, an official from the Myanmar Police Force told Xinhua on Friday. The 80-year-old p

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia confirmed three new imported COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections in the kingdom to 470, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a

One coup. One country. Two names?Myanmar is the official name of the country upended by a military coup this week. In official documents issued by the Biden administration, the country with

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia has officially approved the emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in the Southeast Asian country, according to a Ministry of Health statement on Thursday.

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has officially approved the emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in the Southeast Asian country, according to a Ministry of Health statement o

HANOI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded nine new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the total number of confir

HANOI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A house fire in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi killed four people on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported. The fire broke out at around 12:45 p.m. local time in a h

BEIJING -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.44 percent, at 3,501.86 points. The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.84 percent lower

Hong Kong, February 4 (ANI): Many thought newly minted US President Joe Biden's first test in Asia would revolve around China. Interestingly, his first Asian challenge is instead a military coup in My

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and South Korea said in a joint statement that they had concluded their negotiations on the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Cambodia's Commerce

HANOI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 37 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 infection between 6 p.m. local time Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, raising the total confirmed cases in the c

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. DaviesSixteen years later, the American wars and war crimes launched by the Bush administration have only spread chaos and violence far and wide, and this

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Premier Li Keqiang heard a report on the domestic efforts for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to take effect and get implemented when chairing the

HANOI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 29 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including one imported and 28 locally transmitted, according to the Ministry of Health. The new cases brough

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith via video link. Wang said that this year marks

CANBERRA -- Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned a member of the parliament (MP) to stop advocating unproven COVID-19 treatments on social media. Morrison on Wednesday asked