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A volunteer (R) holds up a ballot paper during counting in Hong Kong on June 20, 2020, following a vote organised by selection of pro-democracy unions to ask members if they will participate in a city wide strike and if they supported Chinas plans to impose a new national security law in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Hong Kong unions, students fail to get support for strikes against...

Anti-government demonstrations have lost momentum due to higher risk of arrest and failing to get approval for crowd...

21 Jun 2020 12:02 PM IST

Visitors wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sit on benches while maintaining social distancing at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP)

South Korea has biggest daily coronavirus rise in 3 weeks

South Korea is seeking to contain a spike in fresh virus transmissions since early May when it eased social distancing...

20 Jun 2020 2:34 PM IST

South Korean army soldiers take a military vehicle at their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. (AP)

North Korea prepares anti-South leaflets amid heightened tensions

The two Koreas, still technically at war as their 1950-53 conflict ended without a peace treaty, have waged leaflet...

20 Jun 2020 10:42 AM IST

Pro-Hong Kong demonstrators display flags during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. (AP)

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law

The law is expected to bring about the most profound change to the former British colonyâ€™s way of life since it...

18 Jun 2020 4:48 PM IST

Students in a kindergarten class stand inside social distancing markings on the floor on the first day of the reopening of the International Pioneers School in Bangkok. (AFP)

Thailand marks 23 days without domestic transmission

On Wednesday, the country also reported its third consecutive day of no new coronavirus cases or deaths

17 Jun 2020 3:41 PM IST

An employee posts a sign to suspend indoor facilities at the newly-opened Yomiuriland amusement park in Tokyo. (AP)

Japanese researchers find coronavirus presence in wastewater plants

The findings mirror similar studies in Australia, the United States, and Europe

17 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

Smoke rises in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border. (AP Photo)

North Korea blows up liaison office shared with South Korea

Since early June, North Korea issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of South over activists sending anti-Pyongyang...

16 Jun 2020 2:44 PM IST

Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, center, is escorted as she arrives to attend a court hearing at Manila Regional Trial Court, Philippines on Monday June 15, 2020. (AP)

Journalist who criticised Philippine president convicted of libel

If court also upholds Justice Departmentâ€™s decision, journalists and media firms can be sued up to 12 years for...

15 Jun 2020 11:07 AM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Eased curbs result in record number of infection in few countries

South Korea, Egypt and US show spike in cases after virus restrictions were lifted, as China now fears of a second wave

14 Jun 2020 1:44 PM IST

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un. (AP)

North Korea warns of retaliation over defectors in South

Kim Jong Unâ€™s sister Kim Yo Jong issued the warning days after South Korea took legal action against defectors

14 Jun 2020 12:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in 2028. (AFP)

North Korea says little reason to maintain ties with Trump

On Thursday North Korea criticized the United States for commenting on inter-Korean affairs

12 Jun 2020 11:40 AM IST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rear center, attends a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea in North Korea. (AP)

Stay quiet if you want your elections to go smoothly: North Korea...

The statement comes after US State Department expressed disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication...

11 Jun 2020 12:04 PM IST