Asia

Myanmar’s military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported…

For weeks, scientists have been watching a slew of Omicron descendants duke it out for dominance of Covid-19 transmission in…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Production at the world’s biggest iPhone factory, disrupted since October by China’s Covid-19 restrictions and worker…

Japanese Emperor Naruhito greeted well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the first time in three years on Monday,…

Taipei CNN  —  Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said the self-ruled democratic island is willing to provide assistance to help China…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an “exponential increase” in his country’s…

North Korea fired at least three short-range ballistic missiles from a site south of Pyongyang on Saturday, according to South…

Beijing CNN  —  Beijing will begin distributing Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the city’s community health centers in the coming…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, according to South Korean officials, the…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in the first 20 days of…