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Four more military bases for US troops will be located in the Philippines, two of which will be close to the South China Sea, which is the subject of intense dispute. The

As Seoul seeks to forge closer ties with Tokyo, US top diplomat Antony Blinken praised plans unveiled by South Korea on Sunday to compensate victims of Japan’s forced labor during World War

As part of an effort to have 10% of the population using green vehicles by next year, Indonesia will provide incentives to persuade 200,000 people to switch to electric motorbikes. In addition

The Taliban-run government in Afghanistan claims to be converting some former foreign military installations into business-friendly economic zones. Since the Taliban regained control of the nation in August 2021, Afghanistan has experienced

The Japanese Justice Ministry panel has suggested raising the consent age from 13 to 16. It is a part of a larger revision to Japan’s sex crime laws following a wave of

The national security police of Hong Kong detained one of the city’s most well-known rights activists on Tuesday for allegedly tampering with witnesses, a police source told AFP. Albert Ho, 71, was

At least 14 people were killed and dozens more were hurt when a large fire at a fuel storage depot in the capital of Indonesia on Friday forced the evacuation of thousands

The heads of the world’s largest economies’ finance departments on Saturday strongly denounced Moscow for its war on Ukraine; only China and Russia itself declined to sign a joint statement. India, which

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, China will resume issuing all visas on Wednesday in an effort to boost its tourism and economy. One of the last significant nations to

An elite university in Hong Kong has appointed Jack Ma, the man behind the Chinese tech giant Alibaba, as an honorary professor of business, the university said on Friday. The appointment comes

Three former Tiananmen Square vigil organizers in Hong Kong were given four and a half months in prison on Saturday for refusing to turn over records to the national security police. Hong