East Asia

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwanese activist jailed in China said on Tuesday that he was subjected to forced labour and...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan announced on Tuesday new sanctions on Russia to freeze the assets of more individuals and ban...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday that all efforts must be made...

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -It will be "very difficult" for Taiwan to get an invite to a major World Health Organization meeting...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's armed forces carried out another round of exercises near Taiwan last week to improve joint combat operations,...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday...

(Reuters) -U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that China is closely monitoring Russia's conflict in Ukraine...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The European Union's Iran nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora is to visit Tehran on Tuesday, the semi-official...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan hopes that the world would sanction China like it is sanctioning Russia for its war on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States assesses that North Korea is preparing its Punggye-ri nuclear test site and could be ready...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Friday it has brought China's worst outbreak of COVID-19 under effective control following a month-long...

By Eduardo Baptista and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents fretted on Friday over tightening COVID curbs in its biggest...

LONDON (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Thursday that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in East...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday he intended to communicate closely with South Korea's incoming...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing reported 66 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours, a disease control official...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Friday accused Japan of exaggerating a perceived threat from Beijing as an excuse...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former vice president of China Development Bank (CDB), He Xingxiang, has been charged for taking bribes,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile programs with his counterparts in South...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan signalled on Thursday that it had abandoned a plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from...

By Eduardo Baptista and Andrew Galbraith BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day...