In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%. That label can sound like a diagnosis, but population aging
A panel of legal experts proposed that clients be penalised for solicitation both in public and online.
Speaking to CNA’s Roland Lim at the Gastech 2026 energy conference in Bangkok, government and industry leaders said countries will need more diverse energy supplies and stronger regional links as disruptions expose Asia’s vulnerability to supply shocks.
Prime ministers in Japan routinely shuffle their cabinets to refresh the government's public image and to distribute ministerial posts to loyal supporters and experienced lawmakers from the same party.
Dried ants were imported and used as a garnish on a sherbet dessert.
BEIJING, Sept 17 - A range of delegates to China's flagship defence conference this week expressed fears over the potential for unchecked AI development and technology rivalries to further heighten risks across the global security environment
The mother also appealed to legal professionals to provide the family with guidance and assistance.
Both sides accuse each other of causing the collision which happened in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday.
The move gave Pyongyang a key source of revenue to fund its unlawful weapons programmes.
The reshuffle signalled prioritising continuity as Sanae Takaichi enters the second year of her premiership.
Last week, Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs sent 32 officials to China for a 14-day training course on how to negotiate international economic deals. The Academy for International Business Officials, a school under China’s Ministry of Commerce, is running
Trump’s tariff threat puts India’s Russian oil strategy- and its access to the US market - in a new bind.
The country is battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years, with El Nino weather conditions parching forests and fields.
Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas, according to the researchers.
More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands remain missing following the deluge on 26 August.
The KentahiKu project deters hunting by making animals worth more alive than dead.
The reforms are expected to bring annual net migration down to about 225,000 by 2028.
The government wants to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 people by 2028.
BEIJING, Sept 17 - An AI system that interferes with a nuclear command network or launches a military cyber operation could leave Washington or Beijing with minutes to decide whether the other government attacked, according to U.S. and Chinese security experts.
General Maruli Simanjuntak tells CNA in an exclusive interview why the building of bridges and digging of wells by the military is consistent with Indonesia’s defence philosophy.
Until March this year, Bangladesh had made "substantial progress" towards eliminating measles.
The system will likely bring heavy rainfall to a part of eastern Japan, including Tokyo.
In recent days, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have moved with lightning speed along the Red Sea coast, taking control of the vital port of Mocha and strategic islands in the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This strait is an important chokepoint along the sea route that
One in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific nation of less than a million people are living with the virus.
It was an operation far too long in the making, but even if late in the fight, Myanmar’s armed opposition finally achieved the coup their supporters had almost despaired of seeing: a concerted drone attack on one of a network of air bases that for nearly six years have served
Sept 17 - North Korea's vice defence minister said on Thursday that a growing U.S.-led military buildup and what he called an expanding nuclear alliance among Washington, Seoul and Tokyo justified Pyongyang's efforts to strengthen and expand its nuclear forces.
Pyongyang accused the US of turning trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan into a nuclear alliance.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see. – Queen Shortly after moving from Hong Kong to Beijing in 2022, yours truly saw a BYD Han with a deep crimson metallic paintjob and thought
Turning the ship upright would normally take about 24 hours, but it could take longer with complications.
The two appeared in court on Sept 16 and were granted conditional bail.
Mom and pop stores were also among the enterprises used by over 8,000 merchants for allegedly illegal activities.
WELLINGTON, Sept 17 - Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among people who inject drugs is spreading more widely through the Pacific island nation.
Xi will likely press Trump on Taiwan during their expected summit on Sept 24.
Shoko Kawata is said to be Japan’s first sitting mayor to take maternity leave.
At the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, rangers have stepped up surveillance in recent weeks, using drones to monitor hotspots and assess how the haze and hot weather could be affecting the primates, a major draw for Sarawak’s ecotourism industry.
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan, Sept 17 - Mohammad Saeed had just turned 18 when he fled to Iran with his parents and younger brother and sister, escaping the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Officials say social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok have yet to fully meet obligations.
Bought for RM1 in 2001, AirAsia grew from a struggling Malaysian carrier into one of Asia’s best-known low-cost airline groups, but more than two decades later, it is facing mounting financial pressure from debt and rising fuel costs.
His campaign seeks to harness anger over living costs and corruption, among other issues.
Experts say that increased awareness of Philippines’ legally-backed maritime claims may not yield concrete results.
SYDNEY, Sept 17 - Australia will stop foreign students from bringing their partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten rules for temporary migrants to switch visas, media reported on Thursday, ahead of a minister's speech on immigration changes.
Senior officials are reviewing a list of Chinese business titans for Xi's state visit to US slated for Sept 24.
Surging drug use has contributed to the epidemic in the Pacific island nation.
TOKYO, Sept 17 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to retain key ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, while looking to shore up political support to push through her flagship spending plans amid jittery financial markets.
The reshuffled Cabinet will enter Parliament debate over key fiscal issues such as sales tax cuts.