CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka and Kathleen Benoza, CNN Japan’s parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults”…

By Heather Chen, CNN The world’s biggest powers might have once pledged to work toward a world without nuclear weapons, but global stockpiles…

CNN By Heather Chen, CNN The world’s biggest powers might have once pledged to work toward a world without nuclear weapons, but global…

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN An Australian newspaper columnist has apologized for a story that appeared to accuse actor Rebel Wilson of spoiling his…

Story by Reuters Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the nation faces shortages amid an unprecedented economic crisis, its…

CNN Story by Reuters Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the nation faces shortages amid an unprecedented economic crisis, its…

By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Sophie Jeong in Hong Kong Nine people have been arrested in China following an assault on four women in the…

By Simone McCarthy and Heather Chen, CNN South Korea will “dramatically” strengthen its defensive capabilities, its defense minister said…

By Heather Chen and Yuki Kurihara, CNN It began as a family argument and ended in tragedy — a teenage girl stabbed to death by her elderly…

By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN North Korea has named a top nuclear negotiator as the nation’s first female foreign…

By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…

CNN By Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and…

By Oren Liebermann and Brad Lendon, CNN US and Chinese military chiefs sparred over the issue of Taiwan in their first face-to-face meeting on Friday…

By Helen Regan, CNN A team of international scientists tasked with understanding how the coronavirus pandemic began released their first report on…

By Heather Chen, CNN Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said Friday, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as…

By Nectar Gan and Steven Jiang, CNN Shanghai will carry out Covid-19 testing on more than half of its 25 million residents this weekend, fueling…

By Helen Regan and Esha Mitra, CNN India is trying to contain the diplomatic fallout as outrage grows in the Muslim world following derogatory…

By Steven Jiang and CNN’s Beijing bureau A Chinese military plane crashed in a residential area in central China on Thursday, killing at least…

By Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis — but tough penalties will…

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Officials from China and Cambodia broke ground on a controversial, Chinese-funded upgrade of a naval base in southern…

By Nectar Gan and Shawn Deng, CNN Torrential rains in southern China have killed at least 32 people, impacted millions of residents and caused…

By Nectar Gan, CNN China is offering its citizens cash rewards of up to and above 100,000 yuan ($15,000) for tip-offs about people who endanger…

CNN, WEIBO By Nectar Gan, CNN China is offering its citizens cash rewards of up to and above 100,000 yuan ($15,000) for tip-offs about people who…

By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korea and the United States put on an aerial show of force to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday,…

By Heather Chen, CNN Singapore says it is facing a dengue “emergency” as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has…

By Nectar Gan, CNN For decades, the Chinese government has sought to erase all memories of its bloody military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square…

Story by Reuters India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday it had suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to…

CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN, and Reuters North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling…