BANGKOK – The event brings together government officials and business leaders from Laos, Korea and Thailand to explore trade and investment opportunities. The mission aims to strengthen regional ...

JAKARTA – Property developers have proposed a rent-to-own scheme as a way to ease homeownership access for workers in the informal sector. Junaidi Abdillah, chairman of the All-Indonesia Association ...

SEOUL – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that it had developed South Korea’s first AI-powered system that automatically monitors, detects, reports and requests the removal of ...

This bold move will give the President the space to assess each department’s performance and decide who will remain in line with his administration’s recalibrated priorities. MANILA – President ...

ISLAMABAD – The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday rejected the claim made by India that Pakistan had attempted to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar — one of the holiest sites in Sikhism — during the ...

TAIPEI – In a rare move for a major speech, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te did not make any mention of China or cross-strait relations in his May 20 address marking his first anniversary in office.

SEOUL – South Korea’s infants and toddlers are entering day care institutions at a younger age and spending more time there, ...

JAKARTA – Rights activists and historians gathered at the House of Representatives complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday to demand lawmakers reject the government’s controversial bid to rewrite ...

HANOI – The Government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for several offences as part of a broader amendment to the Penal Code, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to ...

TOKYO – Over 100 years ago in Japan, a shortage of rice and a steep rise in its price caused a great uproar for about a month. This has been called the Kome Sodo, or rice riots. Although Japan at the ...

BANGKOK – The Cabinet on Tuesday approved five measures proposed by the National Health Commission to protect youths from being lured into vaping, a government spokeswoman announced. Deputy government ...