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Police and fire crews sent to Lei Muk Shue Estate in Tsuen Wan over fire outside 11th-floor flat....

Spacety denies breaching any foreign rules or laws and says it has not had ties with Russia since it came under international sanctions....

By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday approved 100......

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TOKYO -- Japan, an ally of the U.S. and a capitalist nation, is one of the few countries where a political party that harbors communism has&...

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Wednesday will present its last full annual budget before next year's general electio...

The war that began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is approaching a grim one-year milestone, with mounting military and civilian de...

Author Yukio Mishima contributed an opinion piece to The Asahi Shimbun in January 1968, about three years before he committed suicide at the Self-Defense Forces' camp in Tokyo's Ichigaya district....

The Ministry of National Defense eased its indoor mask mandate on Monday, in line with the civilian relaxation of the mandate....

Kim Min-sun broke Korean speed skating legend Lee Sang-hwa's record to win the women's 1,000 meters in the 104th National Winter Games at Taereung International Skating Rink in northern Seoul on Saturday....

The Seoul mayor blasted a local advocacy group for people with disabilities that has held protests on the capital's subways, saying Monday that he doesn't think the protestors are in any way "socially underprivileged.";...

BUSAN — Takashi Murakami, a world-renowned Japanese contemporary artist, is like the Pied Piper: He knows how to attract a crowd wherever he goes, with his art full of rainbow flowers, zombies, anime, Buddhism — you name it. He was turning hea...

Choi Ga-on competes in the Women's Snowboard SuperPipe at the X Games in Aspen on Saturday. Choi took gold at the event to become the youngest X Games gold medal winner ever at 14-years-old, a record previously held by Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim...

With just over 24 hours left in the January transfer window, Korean midfielder Hwang Ui-jo still finds himself stuck at a club that clearly doesn't want to use him, a few offers on the table and the clock very quickly running down....

Boy band BTS earned its 12th platinum certification for streaming for its 2018 song "Idol."nThe Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), which hands out the certifications, made the announcement Monday....

Seven out of 10 South Koreans see the need for Seoul to independently pursue its own nuclear weapons development program, a survey showed Monday, amid concerns over escalating military threats from Pyongyang and a lack of trust in denuclearization......

Korean badminton star An Se-young won the Badminton World Federation (BWF)'s Indonesia Masters on Sunday, taking her second world tour title in a row after triumphing at the India Open one week earlier....

Posco Chemical won a 40-trillion-won ($32.6 billion) order for cathodes from Samsung SDI, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday....

Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) The latest round of a government rationing program that allows people to buy cheaper COVID-19 rapid tests will begin on Feb. 1, while free tests will be available to seniors and families with young children, the Central Epidemic Comm...

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Monday it will sell 11 tri......

Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday reported 22,291 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC)....

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SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actor Song Joong-ki said Monday he has just been m......

Tokyo police have found that perpetrators who broke into a home in Komae City and killed a 90-year-old resident made off with three watches and a ring....

Visitors to Japan spent more money using credit cards in December than during the same period three years earlier, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic....

Health authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan will allow unmarried individuals to raise a family and enjoy benefits reserved for married couples, in the latest effort to bolster a falling birth rate.The government dictates that only married w...

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The president of Japan's Upper House of the Diet has called on an opposition lawmaker who has never attended a session to end his months-long absence....

INCHEON, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- LG Twins outfielder Hong Chang-ki batted .286 with a .390 on-......

WASHINGTON--A top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Sunday said the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan "are very high," after a U.S. general caused consternation with a memo that warned that the United States would fight China in the next tw...

Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd and U.S. biotech firm Biogen Inc said in a joint statement that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has granted priority review status to their Alzheimer's disease treatment....

ASPEN, Colo.--Olympic freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu crashed during practice for the Winter X Games and said she suffered a bad ligament strain in her knee that forced her to miss the contest....

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Around 90 per cent of appointments at government-run outpatient clinics booked on Monday....

SEOUL--NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in South Korea on Sunday, the first stop on a trip that will include Japan and is aimed at strengthening ties with the U.S. allies in the face of the war in Ukraine and rising competition with China....

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks snapped their five-day winning streak Monday, weig......

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's top education official on Monday appealed his rece......

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Shaya County of Aksu Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 7:49am on Monday, according to the China Ear......

Beijing 'deeply saddened' by casualties in West Bank city of Jenin, calls on 'Israel in particular' to stop violence from 'spiralling out of control'....

Beijing 'deeply saddened' by casualties in West Bank city of Jenin, calls on 'Israel in particular' to stop violence from 'spiralling out of control'....

Dozens of patients take shuttle buses from Penny's Bay isolation centre to a drop-off point at Tsing Yi MTR station on Monday morning....

Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) A lucky individual in eastern Taiwan's Taitung County hit the jackpot in Taiwan's Lotto 6/49 on Sunday, winning the top prize of NT$331 million (US$10.97 million), according to Taiwan Lottery Co....

HONG KONG -- Key mainland China stock indexes opened higher on the first trading session after the Lunar New Year holiday, with a travel-and-spending...

BUSAN Families traveling in the southeastern port city should pay a visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (Busan MoCA) this year, which is located in Saha District's Eulsuk Island. Busan MoCA announced its plans for 2023, revealing that......

Korea on Monday condemned an armed terrorist attack at a Jewish worship facility in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of seven people last week....

Samsung SDI reported a 63 percent surge in net profit in 2022, hitting a record high in part thanks to solid demand for mid-to-large batteries for electric vehicles (EVs)....

Lotte Confectionery introduced a Chefood Digimon Adventure milk corndog on Monday following the success of other character-themed products. Chefood, a brand under Lotte Confectionary, produces a variety of quick-and-easy products that can be......

SSC Napoli beat Jose Mourinho's Roma 2-1 on Sunday to move 13 points clear at the top of the Serie A table....