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Asia

13 Sep
China sent a resource satellite and two small satellites into planned orbits from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China Province on Thursday. They were launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:26...
12 Sep
A Donation Ceremony of Forest Fire Vehicles and Computers took place in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday. The Korea Forest Service and Asian Forestry Cooperation Organization (AFoCO) Secretariat donated Forest Fire...
12 Sep
One person's trash can be another person's meal for some villagers in the Philippines with a rice-for-plastics programme launched to help the environment and feed the public. Since June, officials from...
12 Sep
Japan's new trade minister, Isshu Sugawara, dismissed on Wednesday that South Korea's plan to complain to the World Trade Organization over Japan's curbs on exports to its neighbour. South Korea was...
11 Sep
Hospitals in Riau province, Indonesia, announced on Tuesday an increase in patients suffering from respiratory problems, due to poor air quality caused by slash-and-burn farming practices. Kindergartens and high...
10 Sep
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday pledged dialogue and asked for further violence to stop, just after another weekend of sometimes clashes in the former British colony. HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CARRIE...
10 Sep
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles on Tuesday morning, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, hours after a senior diplomat announced Pyongyang would be willing to resume negotiations with the...
9 Sep
A typhoon pounded North Korea, killing five people and injuring three, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. Typhoon Lingling, one of the most powerful typhoons to have battered South Korea, moved to North...
9 Sep
Seventeen people were injured when two elephants at a Sri Lankan street pageant went on a rampage on Saturday, local media reported. Footage shows one of the elephants bolting from a group of people before...
9 Sep
Strong wind and rain from Typhoon Faxai pummelled Japan's east coast on Sunday as the storm made landfall. Faxai, a woman's name in Lao, could dump as much as 300 millimetres of rain in the next 24 hours,...

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