The President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-myung, on Wednesday said he asked President Xi Jinping to play a role in mediating Seoul's efforts to engage with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Lee, who's on a state visit to China,...

China wants to deepen cooperation with Ireland and broaden trade in sectors including aircraft leasing and healthcare, according to a readout on Tuesday following Premier Li Qiang's meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, who is visiting B...

China has denounced a move by the United States to prosecute Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Speaking at a regular press briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the prosecution of Maduro in a US court seriously violated ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung snapped a selfie with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping using a smartphone gifted to him by Xi, who had joked at their last meeting that the device might be capable of spying. Lee posted a selfie of himself, Xi ...

Premier Li Qiang on Monday said companies should take a leading role when it comes to driving innovation and technology. He made the comment during a three-day inspection visit to Guangdong that ended on Monday, during which he was briefed on the d...

A paediatrician on Wednesday said parents should stay cautious but not be overly concerned about Nestlé's global recall of certain baby formula products. Twenty-one batches of the products in question imported to Hong Kong from Germany and Switzer...

The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims on Wednesday said it was concerned about two similar traffic incidents involving street sweepers that happened within a week. The association urged government departments and employers to...

A wartime grenade found in Aberdeen Country Park has been safely defused and removed, police said on Wednesday. The force was alerted to the device at around 9.20 am by an employee of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Bomb di...

The Home Affairs Department is asking all district councils across the city to set up building management working groups which would better support owners' corporations. This came after the inferno at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court in November that claimed...

Placing a heavier onus on tenants of a Central waterfront space to monitor event organisers can help "prevent unpleasant experiences" from occurring, the Harbourfront Commission said on Wednesday. The government has launched an open tender for a ne...

China has launched an anti-dumping investigation against Japan over a crucial chemical for chipmaking, marking a new escalation in tensions between Beijing and Tokyo. The investigation, set to run for one year with a possible extension of six months,...

A 62-year-old woman in China, who has been pregnant for six months and regards the baby as the return of her deceased son, her only child, has trended on social media, sparking a heated discussion. On a leading mainland social media platform, a woman...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a man to four weeks in jail for secretly taking upskirt photos of a woman on a Cathay Pacific flight from Osaka last year. Japanese IT manager Onishi Ryu, 46, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unlawfully recording a woman...

Japan is facing a rampant rise in sextortion ensnaring young men, with a support group reminding potential victims of the near-irreversible nature of digital footprints and urging them to avoid sharing explicit content completely to combat the scourg...

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “patience” over North Korea’s nuclear programme, the South’s president, Lee Jae Myung, said on Wednesday. Speaking during a visit to Shanghai, Lee said he had asked Xi to act as a “mediator for peace�...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.