Asia News

  • China sends team to Myanmar to monitor ceasefire, foreign ministry says
    on April 22, 2025 at 9:32 am

    BEIJING — China has recently sent a team to Myanmar to monitor a ceasefire it brokered between the country's ruling military and a rebel group, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (April 22), signalling its deepening involvement in an expanding civil war. Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its […]

  • 'A true father to us': Filipinos mourn Pope Francis
    on April 22, 2025 at 6:22 am

    MANILA — Hundreds of Filipinos gathered at a solemn Mass held for Pope Francis on Tuesday (April 22), following his passing that has stirred deep sorrow among Catholics around the world, many of whom saw him as a humble and compassionate leader. In one of the world's largest Catholic strongholds, the grief […]

  • South Korea's leading presidential candidate vows to address 'Korea Discount'
    on April 21, 2025 at 2:14 am

    SEOUL — South Korea's leading presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung, on Monday (April 21) pledged to push for a revision of the country's commercial act, as part of a plan to eliminate the so-called "Korea Discount." South Korea's parliament, controlled by the liberal Democratic Party formerly led by Lee, […]

  • Indians battle respiratory issues, skin rashes in world's most polluted town
    on April 21, 2025 at 2:05 am

    BYRNIHAT, India — Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India's Byrnihat town which is ranked the world's most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was battling breathing problems for several days before she was hospitalised in March and given oxygen support. She is among many residents of […]

  • 'Wonderful day': Dodgers' Ohtani and wife welcome first child
    on April 21, 2025 at 2:02 am

    LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and wife Mamiko have welcomed their first child, a girl, the Los Angeles Dodgers star announced via social media on Saturday (April 19). "Welcome to the Ohtani Family! I am so grateful to my loving wife who gave birth to our healthy beautiful daughter," he said in the […]

  • Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides
    on April 20, 2025 at 3:11 am

    DEMAK, Indonesia - Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea. If that sounds idyllic, it is anything but. Her home is the only one remaining in this part of Rejosari Senik, a small village on Java's northern coast that was once on dry […]

  • Pakistani Christian man to appeal death sentence for blasphemy
    on April 20, 2025 at 2:33 am

    LAHORE - A Christian man accused of blasphemy in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala will appeal against a death sentence handed down by an anti-terrorism court, his lawyer said on Saturday (April 19). The 36-year old man was convicted of blasphemy over allegations he had desecrated the Muslim holy book, the […]

  • Philippines devotees nailed to crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ's crucifixion
    on April 19, 2025 at 1:26 am

    CUTID, Philippines — Christian devotees from the Philippines were nailed to a cross on Friday (April 18) in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion in the predominantly Catholic nation. Hundreds of Filipinos and foreign tourists flocked to the northern village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province to […]

  • Malaysia PM to hold talks with Myanmar opposition after meeting junta chief
    on April 18, 2025 at 4:50 am

    BANGKOK - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold talks with a key Myanmar opposition group on Friday (April 18), a day after he met the leader of the war-torn country's ruling junta in Bangkok to discuss humanitarian needs after a devastating earthquake. Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since 2021 […]

  • 4 dead after dredging vessel capsizes off Philippines, says coast guard
    on April 18, 2025 at 2:15 am

    MANILA - Four people, including a Chinese national, have died and seven others are still missing off a western Philippine province after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two days ago, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Thursday (April 17). The MV Hong Hai 16 was carrying 2,000 litres of lube oil and […]