North Korea fires artillery towards the South islands, causing evacuations | News
South Korea condemns the move as “a provocative act that escalates tension and threatens peace on the Korean Peninsula.” North…
Pacific Asia
Asia’s business heirs look beyond profits and hope to escape their parents’ shadow | Economy and Business News
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – From Malaysia to Singapore and the Philippines, second- and third-generation family businesses in Asia are charting…
Myanmar’s military government pardons more than 9,000 prisoners | Prison News
The annual amnesty marking Independence Day comes during a crisis in the north that poses a threat to the military…
Japan investigates deadly plane collision and fire at Tokyo airport | Aviation
News Police in Japan are investigating whether the collision of two planes that killed five people on the tarmac at…
Photos: Aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Japan | Earthquake news
Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks on Tuesday as they searched for survivors of the New Year’s…
Japan earthquake death toll rises to 62 as rescuers struggle to reach isolated villages | Earthquake news
Heavy rain is forecast until Thursday, increasing the risk of landslides and further complicating relief efforts. Japanese rescuers continue to…
China targets friendly media and diplomats to “tell the story of Xinjiang” | Uighur news
Albanian-Canadian historian and journalist Olsi Jazexhi believed in early 2019 that reports of human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
People flee from burning plane at Tokyo airport | Aviation
News The video shows the moment passengers flee a burning Japan Airlines plane on the tarmac at Tokyo’s Haneda airport…
What’s really at stake in US moves to target TikTok? | Social media
Who owns the narrative? If American lawmakers are to be believed, it is currently at risk of being hijacked by…
Japan lifts tsunami warnings but warns that earthquake damage is “widespread” | Earthquake news
At least 20 people have died since the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the West Coast on New Year’s Day. At…