East Asia

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office's spokesperson on Tuesday urged Iran to halt the imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has sent aircraft to China to pick up medical supplies days after it confirmed its...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing reported 43 new symptomatic coronavirus cases for May 16, up from 39 a day...

By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise distribution...

By Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the end of a painful...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai aims to reopen broadly and allow normal life to resume from June 1, a city official said on...

By Josh Smith and Byungwook Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had...

By Brenda Goh and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the...

By Heekyong Yang and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday the spread of...

By John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -The European Union on Friday said it believed it had breathed fresh life into...

PARIS (Reuters) - Several European nations including France, Germany and Italy, on Friday said Israel should not execute its latest...

By David Stanway and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Locked-down Shanghai aims to ringfence its COVID outbreak over the next...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a joint EU-Japan statement that mentioned a territorial...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday Russian atrocities in Ukraine were totally...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights...

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone when he...

WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday the bloc would provide a further 500...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears ready for its seventh nuclear test, South Korea's presidential office said on Friday, the...

WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday that it was vital to keep up the...