CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Pierre Meilhan, CNN At least five people were killed in Myanmar when a vehicle plowed into anti-junta protesters this weekend, according to local…

By Greg Clary, CNN More than 20 countries, including the United States, issued a joint statement Saturday expressing deep concern over allegations of…

By Emiko Jozuka, CNN As a child, Wishma Rathnayake was fascinated with “Oshin,” a popular 1980s’ television drama about a young…

By Masrur Jamaluddin and Radina Gigova, CNN At least 14 people are dead and hundreds are displaced after Mount Semeru, a volcano in Indonesia’s…

By Radina Gigova and Rob Picheta, CNN The Taliban executed dozens of members of the Afghan security forces after they surrendered following the…

By Cheryl Ho, CNN A North Korean defector who escaped from prison in northeast China has been recaptured by authorities, after more than 40 days on…

By Kara Fox, CNN Tropical cyclones in Asia could have double the destructive power by the end of the century, according to new research, as…

By Wayne Chang and Jonny Hallam, CNN Three charred bodies have been found in a burned out building in the Chinatown district of the Solomon…

By Elizabeth Osifelo, Helen Regan, Lizzy Yee and Teele Rebane, CNN The Solomon Islands government has declared a nightly curfew and advised all…

By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the 2022…

By Helen Regan, CNN China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday the government hoped “malicious speculation” about tennis…

By Wayne Chang, CNN Three construction workers have died after scaffolding collapsed in northern Taiwan on Saturday, Taiwan’s official Central…

By Esha Mitra, CNN Photographs by Saumya Khandelwal for CNN The Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) of 1929 set out to “eradicate the evil of…

By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Taiwan on Thursday showed off its newest military hardware — upgraded F-16 fighter jets that would be at…

By Erin Burnett, Rhea Mogul, Helen Regan and Nectar Gan, CNN China is facing pressure from the United Nations over Chinese tennis star Peng…

By Sophia Saifi, CNN Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new…

By Rhea Mogul and Nectar Gan, CNN The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) on Sunday called on the Chinese government to investigate allegations of…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, which took place November 26-29, 2008. Facts Ten Pakistani…

By Arpit Goel and Ally Barnard, CNN Schools in India’s capital Delhi — often ranked as one of the world’s most polluted capitals…

By Chandler Thornton and Jinky Jorgio, CNN Sara Duterte-Carpio, the eldest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, filed her candidacy for…

By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN An explosion took place during Friday prayers inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, a local journalist told CNN on Friday.…

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was faced with unexpected comments as she addressed the nation — not…

By David Culver, Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN China is ready to manage differences with the United States, the country’s leader Xi Jinping…

By Katie Hunt, CNN When a pack of giant hornets attacks a honeybee hive, the slaughter is brutal and quick. They descend en masse after a scout has…

By Ben Westcott, CNN A new Chinese aircraft carrier with technology nearly equaling the capabilities of its US counterparts could be launched as soon…

By Sophia Saifi and Helen Regan, CNN The Pakistani government and the armed militant group the Pakistani Taliban have agreed to a one-month ceasefire…

By Rhea Mogul, CNN Singapore is lifting its controversial ban on music in restaurants and bars as part of an easing of coronavirus restrictions…

By AnneClaire Stapleton, Hannah Ritchie and Mitch McCluskey, CNN China’s military has constructed mockups in the shape of a US Navy aircraft…

By Helen Regan, CNN Campaigners are making a last ditch effort to save a man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore, in a case…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history Sunday when she became the country’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk,…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN China is scrambling to contain its most widespread Covid-19 outbreak since the first wave of infections that began in Wuhan in…

By Kocha Olarn, Tim Lister, Scott McLean and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into fake and…

By Ehsan Popalzai, Mahsoud Popalzai, Mia Alberti and Reuters At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest…

By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN A man in China was reportedly detained for nine days after sending a meme to a group chat that was deemed…

By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country’s first…