SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export logged a double-digit growth in the first 20 days of February due to the continued recovery in global demand from the COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed Monday. Export, which takes up about h...

DHAKA -- The Bangladeshi government will not extend its COVID-19 restrictions once they expire on Feb. 22 but mask mandates remain as usual. Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam made the announcement Sunday, saying the existing restrictions relat...

HANOI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered a fresh record of 47,200 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, an increase of 4,761 cases from the previous high reported on Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 loca...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Sunday dispatched the eighth batch of 219 peacekeepers, including 28 women, to join a United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Speaking at the departure ceremony held at ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Cambodia's health spokesperson has warned of four-figure numbers of daily COVID-19 cases, urging people to adhere to health protocols. The southeast Asian nation logged 736 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, six of which ...

washington - A major initiative to strengthen and cement America's ties with Asia and counterbalance China's expanding influence lacks robust trade incentives that are viewed as politically perilous in the United States, where protectionist sentiment...

Munich [Germany], February 20 (ANI): Reaffirming strong diplomatic relations with ASEAN nations, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday dismissed a recent poll that suggested that trust of the southeast Asian bloc had decreased in I...

HANOI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered 41,980 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, down 459 cases from Friday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 41,968 domestically transmitte...

In the last three years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of North Macedonians who have become Bulgarian citizens. This is according to an official report of the Ministry of Justice, prepared and submitted specifically to the BGNES Agenc...

Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two billion people are being discriminated against on a daily basis - a third of t...

HANOI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered an all-time record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 42,439 cases, an increase of 6,239 cases from Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localit...

HONG KONG -- The office of the commissioner of the Chinese foreign ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday strongly disapproved of and firmly rejected the 2021 annual report on the implementation of the common foreig...

washington - China continues to be the top global source of counterfeit products, but it is far from the only major concern regarding pirated goods, according to the annual notorious-markets list released Thursday by the office of the U.S. trade repr...

HANOI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered a new record daily number of 36,200 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, an increase of 1,463 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, including 36,190 domestically transmitted...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran discovered its fate at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan on Thursday. - Sports news - The Iranian team has been drawn in Group A along with host Uzbekistan, Qatar and Turkmenistan.Korea Republic, the defending champio...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery and relations with dialogue partn...

SYDNEY -- Authorities of Australia's state of Victoria announced on Thursday that it will ease a number of COVID-19 restrictions as the hospitalization numbers are decreasing. Victoria reported 8,501 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths on Thursday....

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting (AMM Retreat) kicked off here on Thursday in a hybrid format to discuss issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inclusive economic recovery, and relations with dialogue partners. Cha...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Singapore have vowed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era for mutual benefits, both sides said in separate statements released late Wednesday. The commitment was ma...

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 17 (ANI): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will be discussing how to approach the Myanmar military as the group seeks an immediate cessation of violence and a visit by a special envo...

The discovery backs up the theory that Covid-19 may have originated in bats, researchers sayThree new SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, which "could represent a risk for human health," have been discovered in Laos bats.The scientists, from the Instit...

The US visa program has yet to review thousands of applications from Afghanistan allies, a New York Times report has revealedFewer than 2,000 of the 43,000 applications submitted through the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' humanitarian parol...

After WWII was over, Tokyo decided to prosecute wartime elites, but never really went through with itIn Tokyo or any other big city in Japan, there is always a store selling military uniforms and paraphernalia - both authentic and replica - belonging...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat, wh...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son tested positive for COVID-19 upon his arrival in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said. Son visited Cambodia for the ASEAN Foreign Mini...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered another record of 34,737 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, up 2,923 cases from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 34,723 dom...

HANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government agreed on Wednesday to reopen borders for international tourism starting from March 15. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has given the nod to a proposal by ministries on the time of reop...

YANGON -- A military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday during a routine training, killing its pilot, a military spokesperson told Xinhua. The fighter jet crashed into a lake east of Ohn Taw village, Sagaing region at about 10:43 a.m. local time (0413 ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Wednesday that agricultural innovations hold key to sustainable production...

The most widespread assault rifle in the world was created 75 years ago. Has it changed much?World War II unveiled a new era of weapons - assault rifles. These automatic guns were more powerful compared to submachine guns, but lighter and more conven...

VIENTIANE, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government will begin a nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 in March in a bid to reopen schools safely, local media reported Wednesday. Local daily Vientiane Times quoted Deputy...