Total rice imports last year rose to a new all-time high of almost 4.7 million metric tons (MT) as the country turned to ...

Twenty-five-year-old university student Park Byeong-heon chanted slogans loudly at a rally on Sunday in downtown Seoul in ...

Relatives fear the 26 men, who were jailed for crossing into India illegally, will be drafted for military service by the ...

Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato issued a fresh warning against speculative yen selling on Tuesday, as the Japanese ...

The Philippines and Japan have renewed Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA), maintaining a swap deal worth up to USD12 billion ...

STORY: Myanmar's military government has released thousands of prisoners under an amnesty marking the nation's independence ...

Myanmar's ruling military government announced the release of 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty, state media reported on Saturday. The annual pardon will mark the country's ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.

Myanmar's military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation's independence day, state media said on Saturday.