The handover of the bodies was the first since pro-US President Yoon Suk-yeol came to power in May.

People are confined to their homes or in hospitals but officials and volunteers are falling sick, leading to supply breakdowns.

Taiwanese officials will monitor coronavirus conditions over the next two weeks to determine if quarantine rules can be lifted next month.

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Friday accused each other of using heavy weaponry such as tanks and mortars in an escalating border conflict.

Police target criminals who use social media to promote narcotics abuse among young people.

Hong Kong is working with mainland Chinese authorities to enhance the one-year-old Wealth Management Connect scheme, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s CEO said on Friday.

Hundreds of executives and investors are expected to take part in a series of high-profile events, including SuperReturn Asia and the Forbes Global CEO conference.

The beauty parade was the culmination of years of work by Macau’s government to reform betting in the world’s gambling capital, as it continues to navigate a fine balance between a fiscal reliance on casino taxes, and Beijing’s push to diversif...

Customers left with invalid coupons as bakery chain folds, citing end of government’s rent-deferral scheme.

European Union lawmakers declared that Hungary has become ‘a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy’ under the leadership of its nationalist government.

Beijing turns down Vatican’s ‘expression of availability’ because Chinese president’s schedule is full, according to source.

The UN food chief warned that the world is facing ‘a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude’, with millions pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine.

Online video shows massive tree crashing on bus, smashing its windscreen and crushing the front of the vehicle; no students were aboard.

A bylined article by the Chinese president in the party’s top journal stresses revolutionary zeal and warns against complacency.

Florida governor flies migrants to wealthy Martha’s Vineyard and Texas governor transports dozens to Washington DC, near Vice-President Kamala Harris’ home.

Ardern’s world-leading pandemic response, which helped the country keep the virus at bay for a long time, earned her a landslide victory in the 2020 election.

China’s industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment all grew last month, beating expectations, data released on Friday showed.

China’s yuan was traded at 7.0066 from Thursday’s close of 6.9775, as markets grew concerned about the fast rate increases by the US Federal Reserve.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said a ‘significant industrial base’ will be established in the country to build the submariner crew.

Earlier this month, The HKFYG Leadership Institute held the Annual Chamber Debate (Community Event), which is supported by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) and funded by the Language Fund. This competition, aimed at ...

Many Court of Final Appeal judgments – including those of great relevance to everyone in Hong Kong – are not officially translated into Chinese, depriving the majority of reading the decisions in their own language.

This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit featuring a grandmother’s toddler leash while she cooks, a teenager trying to stop period-shaming and people helping an old farmer sell dead ducks.

Goi Zhen Feng, 23, died in Thailand after falling victim to Chinese gangs preying on vulnerable young people.

After earlier period of steady decline, Hong Kong’s daily coronavirus tally rises again, with health officials reporting 8,999 cases on Friday.

Research by Rhodium Group challenges China’s depiction of being a hotspot for foreign direct investment, as ‘virtually no new European firms have chosen to enter the Chinese market in recent years’.

High-profile abductions centred on wealthy families in the 1990s, with enormous ransoms paid.

Raymond Dearie will serve as a ‘special master’ – an independent arbiter – to decide if any of the documents should be off limits to federal investigators.

‘Not surprising’ Beijing voicing reservations after months of ‘geopolitical gymnastics’ trying to avoid criticising Moscow, says spokesman

Over 440 bodies were found at the largest burial site in Izium, where Russian troops fled from last weekend.

Hengqin will provide a cash reward of up to 50 million yuan (US$7.2 million) for each listed firm that moves to the island.

Back in 1997, he and his brother Harry, then aged 15 and 12, moved the world by walking behind their late mother’s coffin.

Far-flung French territory holds 7.1 million tonnes of high-grade nickel vital for making lithium-ion batteries to power electric vehicles.

The slow-moving file of people on their way to pay respects to the late monarch has become an object of fascination, as people track its length and pace.

Of the 35 nations on the UN atomic watchdog’s board, Russia and China voted against the move, while Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Burundi, Vietnam, India and Pakistan abstained.

Clean energy collaboration between China and the US has manageable risks, but decoupling will slow deployment of technology desperately needed for the world’s energy transition, a new study says.

A stoppage would have struck a major blow to the US economy, hurting the president and the Democrats less than 2 months before the midterm elections.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen praised the Ukrainian people and promised they would ‘have your European friends by your side as long as it takes’, as President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met to strengthen strategic ties.

Dicky Chan, who became a bone marrow donor at the age of 25, urges young people to sign up for registry to save more lives.

Massachusetts state Senator Julian Cyr criticised the move as a cruel ruse and described it as ‘deeply disgusting’ and ‘fundamentally racist’.

President’s executive order expands focus of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews business acquisitions for national security risks.

As pressure mounts on Europe to plan for contingencies if Taiwan is attacked, EU member states fear losing a chance to revive investment with Beijing.

President Xi Jinping vows during his trip to Kazakhstan that China will use its Belt and Road Initiative to expand green-energy infrastructure there, but natural gas deals might come first.

‘I know my body’s capacities and limits, and its message to me lately has been dear … it is time to end my competitive career’, the 41-year-old sports great announced on Instagram.

The 15- and 17-year-old girls belonged to the Dalit community, the lowest rung of India’s rigid caste hierarchy, and were found hanging from a tree in a field near their home.

Industry leader says six catering bodies will submit joint letter to Chief Executive John Lee calling for relaunch of Employment Support Scheme.

Give subsidies to parents and those who freeze their eggs or sperm to reverse drop in the birth rate, Regina Ip tells government.

As many as 3,470 companies – including entities that use the Chinese word for ‘chip’ in their brands or operations – deregistered between January and August.

Beijing won’t ignore Washington if it keeps playing the Taiwan card, expert says

TikTok’s top executive addressed questions on the short video app’s links to China and the Communist Party in a hearing on social media’s impact on Wednesday.

The US Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation that would seriously upgrade ties with Taipei by strengthening defensive and diplomatic links.