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Seoul: The commander of US forces in South Korea said on Friday a US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system battery would be...

Seoul: A tearful and apologetic South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday her "heart was breaking" over a political scandal that has...

Sydney: A report into missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by the Australian safety investigator leading the search supports its view that the aircraft...

Seoul: South Korea's presidential office on Wednesday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since President Park...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chided the United States on Wednesday for halting the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to his country, calling...

Nongsa (Indonesia): A speedboat carrying 101 people, mostly migrant workers, struck a reef and sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 18...

Hanoi: A fire that broke out at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam's capital killed at least 13 people, the government said on Wednesday, in a rare accident of...

Tokyo: Japan will provide aid worth 800 billion yen ($7.73 billion) to Myanmar over five years to support its peace-building and development efforts, Prime...

Beijing: An explosion at a coal mine in China has killed 33 people, media reported on Wednesday after rescuers recovered the bodies of 15 miners missing...

Hong Kong: British investment banker Rurik Jutting acted rationally before and after he killed two Indonesian women in his luxury Hong Kong apartment and...