Pyongyang is pruning its diplomatic network to concentrate on the partners where sanctions enforcement is weakest and digital ...

Japan’s demographic landscape continues to shift, with foreign national communities becoming a more visible part of life ...

A unified force in Japan's House of Representatives opens the door for widespread military reform under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, writes analyst Ronny Sasmita.

Indonesian scientists have attached a satellite tag onto an endangered pygmy blue whales for the first time by drone. The tag ...

Despite a sustained increase in the average annual harvest of wild boar through hunting activities over the past 10 years, wild boar populations in Europe have experienced steady and accelerated ...

BEIJING — China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024, official data showed Monday. The total number of births ...

The Trump administration will stop issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, the State Department announced Jan. 14, saying the immigrants "extract wealth" from American taxpayer money once ...

The U.S. State Department has reportedly frozen the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including more than a dozen in Asia, deemed likely to “take welfare and public benefits.

Japan was ranked the safest country in Asia for travelers, thanks to its low crime rates and high marks in global safety indexes. Taryn White is a D.C.-based travel writer who covers a wide range of ...

A visitor to a 2018 Indian defense expo looks at a display of the country's BrahMos cruise missile. (Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI — India is tightening military ties with Southeast ...