East Asia

BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada's ambassador to China said he was disappointed after a Chinese court sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor...

(Corrects year Spavor was charged to 2019 from 'last year' in paragraph 11) By Yew Lun Tian and David Ljunggren...

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea did not answer routine calls on inter-Korean hotlines on Tuesday,...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - The Canadian ambassador to China on Tuesday condemned a Chinese court's ruling that...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden held talks over the phone on Tuesday...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported on Monday more COVID-19 infections in its latest outbreak of the disease, while some cities...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings-backed Chinese education firm VIPKid said on Saturday it would stop selling classes taught by foreign-based...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed deep concern about China's growing nuclear arsenal during a meeting with...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised on Friday for accidentally skipping parts of a speech in Hiroshima to...

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong judge cleared on Thursday singer and pro-democracy activist Anthony Wong...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) to become one of the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Some members of a government expert panel warned that a recent surge in COVID-19 cases was severe...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has landed safely in Warsaw, Polish deputy foreign minister Marcin Przydacz said on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The No.2 U.S. diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, spoke on Wednesday with a representative of Myanmar's...

By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported on Wednesday the most new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, dedicated to the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese embassy in the UK "firmly opposes" the BBC's reporting on the participation of Taiwan's "Chinese...

(Corrects paragraph 2 to delete extraneous word) By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris will focus on defending...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea wants international sanctions banning its metal exports and imports of refined fuel...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has lodged a stern representation with Britain's BBC over its reporting of the floods in Henan...