SEOUL - A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a South Korean newspaper said on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to the South since 2016.
SAO PAULO - São Paulo's Liberdade neighborhood, home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, is renowned for its Asian-style architecture, restaurants and public lighting resembling paper lanterns.
CAIRO - Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, will hold unity talks in China in July, two senior Hamas and Fatah officials told Reuters on Monday, as they try to resolve deep divisions.
DHAKA - More than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh on Monday in clashes between those protesting to end a quota system for government jobs and others loyal to the ruling party, police and witnesses said.
Heavy rains collapsed trees, walls and the roofs of people’s houses.
It’s not just presidential candidates who are old. Based on my own data, nearly 20% of House and Senate members are 70 or older, compared with about 6% who are under 40. Voters in North Dakota recently approved a ballot initiative that would place an upper age limit on
Both Trump and Biden imposed high tariffs on imported products made in China and other countries. Those impositions broke with and departed from the previous half century’s policies favoring “free trade” (less or minimal government intervention in international markets). Free
After a series of major maritime standoffs, the Philippines is in hot pursuit of more India-made BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to point at China in the contested South China Sea. The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) plans to bolster its coastal defenses with two additional
The workers were promised a better future. But they were made to work long hours and paid poorly.
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi worked for three days in the newly completed ministerial residence, then returned to Jakarta on the weekend.
Thai police believe the remains found in Chachoengsao are those of 38-year-old TikTok personality Yan Ruimin. They are searching for a 32-year-old Chinese man who left the kingdom for Hong Kong.
Images of the T-shirt listings also appear to have been censored on microblogging site Weibo.
The meeting will also likely focus on further cementing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) leadership and socialist values.
A property crisis, local government debt, weak demand and unemployment are hurting China's economy.
Authorities fail to arrest mayor whose case has gripped a nation embroiled in a sea dispute with China.
The Teesta River, a vital waterway in northern Bangladesh, has long been a lifeline for agriculture, livelihoods and biodiversity in the region. However, seasonal variations, with excessive flooding during monsoons and acute water shortages during dry spells, have created a
Labour is big business in Malaysia and has long been steeped in the country’s murky patronage politics. The probe into HRD Corp, the agency in charge of reskilling workers, shows reforms are badly needed.
On October 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy invited the publisher of the New York Times for lunch. During the meal he suggested that the Times transfer its correspondent in South Vietnam, David Halberstam, to another posting. Halberstam’s reporting indicated that the