CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in…

By Jack Guy and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Parents of children allegedly given sedatives by staff at a preschool in Taiwan have been protesting…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A strange object found in a school meal in China was the head of a rat, Chinese authorities have…

By Tatiana Arias, CNN At least six people have reportedly died after a fire erupted inside a hostel in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington…

By Rhea Mogul, CNN One of the strongest cyclones to ever hit Myanmar has cut communications to coastal areas as aid groups warn that early reports…

By Nectar Gan, CNN A 78-year-old American citizen has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung,…

By Mariya Knight, Sugam Pokharel and Brad Lendon, CNN Two senior Russian military officers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense…

By Kocha Olarn, Helen Regan and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Thai opposition parties swept the board in Sunday’s nationwide election as voters…

By Angus Watson, Chris Lau and Laura Paddison, CNN Western Myanmar is being battered by strong winds and heavy rain after Cyclone Mocha made landfall…

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Heather Chen, Yulia Kesaieva and Delia Gallagher, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said “the…

By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN Millions of Thais headed to the polls on Sunday for a general election where opposition parties are hoping to…

By Chris Lau and Laura Paddison, CNN Powerful Cyclone Mocha made landfall on Myanmar’s west coast Sunday and is barreling toward millions of…

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN Former NBA player Dwight Howard has become the latest international sports star to be caught in the crosshairs of…

By Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court,…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Philippine court has dismissed a drug charge against Leila De Lima, a former senator who has spent the past six years in…

By Helen Regan and Allison Chinchar, CNN A tropical cyclone is strengthening in the Bay of Bengal and is on course to hit western Myanmar and…

By Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN A Chinese naval flotilla led by a powerful destroyer has been on a 12-day circumnavigation of Japan’s main…

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN As Thailand heads to the polls on Sunday a “lost generation” of young voters fired up by a yearning…

By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was unlawful, two days…

By Rhea Mogul and Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan is teetering after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was dramatically arrested by paramilitary troops on…

By Heather Chen, CNN It was a late night joyride that thankfully ended without anyone getting seriously hurt. Two brothers, ages 6 and 3, took their…

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Azaz Syed, CNN Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appeared in court to answer corruption charges,…

By Jessie Yeung and Marc Stewart, CNN Japan is in talks to open a NATO liaison office, the first of its kind in Asia, the country’s foreign…

By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States opened an embassy in the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, Washington’s latest move to broaden…

By Sophia Saifi and Jerome Taylor, CNN Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by paramilitary troops who smashed their way…

By Tara Subramaniam and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Rescue workers trying to locate a high school student who went missing in a flooded cave system after a…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Friends and family of Australian television anchor Cheng Lei renewed calls for her release from detention in China, 1,000 days…

By Nectar Gan and Mengchen Zhang, CNN China’s foreign minister said Monday a “series of erroneous words and deeds” by the United…

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Temperature records tumbled across Southeast Asia over the weekend as the region swelters under a weekslong heat wave that…

By Heather Chen, CNN An Australian man arrested in a conservative area of Indonesia over an alleged violent rampage faces the possibility of prison…

By Chris Lau When a tourist at a Tibetan hotel noticed a foul smell in his room and asked to move, little could he have guessed he would get caught…

By Jake Kwon, CNN A US F-16 fighter jet crashed during training on Saturday near a major US military base in South Korea, the US military has said.…

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN For years, South Korea’s biggest annual LGBTQ pride celebration has been held in the same grassy square in…

By Junko Ogura, CNN A police officer was found dead in the grounds of the Japanese Prime Minister’s official residence early Friday morning,…

By Sophia Saifi, CNN An attack by unknown gunmen at a school in Pakistan‘s northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkwa has left eight school staff…

By Simone McCarthy and Juliana Liu, CNN Fang Bin, a retailer turned citizen journalist who documented the early outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, has…

By Manveena Suri, Sugam Pokharel and Caolán Magee, CNN A US climber has died on his way to scale Mount Everest on Monday, according to an expedition…

By Heather Chen, Irene Nasser and Teele Rebane, CNN Search efforts are underway for three missing crew members after a Gabon-registered oil tanker…

By Sophie Tanno, CNN The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit back at a key agreement made between the US and South Korea,…

By Tara Subramaniam and Kocha Olarn, CNN Thai police say they are investigating whether a woman arrested this week on suspicion of murdering her…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN American singer songwriter Don McLean joked on Thursday that he was planning to sing his iconic “American Pie” with…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Sandwiched between two Pacific superpowers, the Philippines has long had to tread delicately when it comes to dealing with…

By Brad Lendon, CNN When the presidents of the United States and South Korea this week announced a landmark deal to deter North Korean aggression,…

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan-based book publisher has been placed under investigation in China on suspicion of “endangering…

By Tara Subramaniam and Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand’s conservative Democrat Party has come up with a novel strategy to try and win votes ahead of…

By Brad Lendon, CNN United States and Philippine forces fired on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest display of…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and…

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan political activist has been formally arrested on suspicion of “secession” in China, more than…

By Chris Lau, CNN Video game maker Nintendo has announced it has changed the Japanese name of Spike, the foreman who appears in “The Super…

By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Move over, boomers and older millennials — Japan’s young people are stepping into office. The…

By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step…

By Simone McCarthy European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet…

By Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort…

By Sandi Sidhu, CNN Police in India say they have arrested alleged Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh, bringing to an end a massive months-long…

By Alex Hardie, Sugam Pokharel and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A 17-year-old critically ill elephant called Noor Jehan has died at Pakistan’s Karachi…

By Junko Ogura Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the…

By Heather Law A Japanese merchant ship that sank during World War II while carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war in Australia’s largest loss of…

By Jessie Yeung and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN In the five months since its launch, ChatGPT has been used to generate student essays, write wedding vows,…

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN A young Chinese woman who was arrested after attending a peaceful protest against Covid-19 restrictions in…

By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed CNN Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will travel to India next month, the most senior-level visit in seven years in…

By Helen Regan, CNN Deadly heat waves fueled by climate change are threatening India’s development and risk reversing its progress on poverty…

By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Sophie Jeong, Kathleen Magramo and Jake Kwon, CNN Global fans reacted with shock and grief over the death of 25-year-old…