East Asia

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's presumptive next prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has started making arrangements to retain Taro Aso as deputy...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States remains committed to expanding Taiwan's space for international participation, a senior U.S. diplomat said...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Chinese military officials held "frank, in-depth" talks this week on a range of defense issues,...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Access to an online museum dedicated to the victims of China's 1989 crackdown...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea test-fired a newly developed hypersonic missile this week, state news media KCNA reported...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is seeking more information on North Korea's recent testing, including its hypersonic missile test,...

By Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday passed a privacy law tackling "doxxing" - the...

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - A defence pact between Australia, the United States and Britain is no threat to...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Fumio Kishida won on Wednesday a race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would begin formal negotiations with Japan to deepen their defence relationship, part...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) scuffled with members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a missile towards the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations called on Monday for the United States to give...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China strongly condemned Britain on Monday for sailing a warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, saying it was...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military followed and warned a British warship that sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the People's Liberation...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan needs to have long-range, accurate weapons in order to properly deter a China that is rapidly...

By Heekyong Yang and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is willing to consider another summit with South Korea if...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, landed in Shenzhen on Saturday evening...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition party elected former leader Eric Chu as its chairman on Saturday with a pledge...