Min Aung Hlaing spent a decade jostling with civilian leaders before mounting a 2021 coup, jailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering a vicious civil war that is still being fought.

South Korea imports about 70 per cent of its crude oil from the Middle East.

With limited job opportunities and low wages, young Pakistanis are increasingly looking to online gaming to make ends meet.

Fewer food deliveries, less focus in class. People in Southeast Asia have to find ways to adjust as the ongoing heatwave becomes harder to bear.

The Indonesian peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded at one of the UN's positions near the southern Lebanese village.

The move is another sign isolated North Korea is gradually opening up following the resumption of train services between the capitals.

Brent crude has gained 59 per cent this month, topping the jump that followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Part of CNA’s series on the forces powering electric vehicles in Asia, this piece follows the mechanics, technicians and sales workers scrambling to keep pace with China’s EV boom.

Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has described the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as an "Asian crisis".

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised the police action, saying that denying entry to religious leaders "constitutes an offence not only to believers, but for every community that recognises religious freedom."

Reports of suspected extortion recently surfaced in articles by Singapore news outlet Mothership that featured accounts from various travellers arriving at the Batam Centre ferry terminal.

The test was “part of the national defence development plan in the period of the new five-year plan”, North Korean state media reported on Sunday (Mar 29).

Winter in Bhutan brings rare encounters: near-threatened black-necked cranes, textiles inspired by their calls, and cultural spaces reimagined for a new generation.

As Thailand moves to shake up its massage industry by introducing stricter standards, training and regulation, industry players and workers tell CNA about their hopes and concerns.

This instalment of CNA’s series on the forces powering electric vehicles (EVs) in Asia examines India’s growing presence in the development of rare-earth-free motors, and the speed bumps facing wider adoption.

The talks come after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency earlier this week, citing oil supply disruptions due to the Middle East conflict and announced efforts to diversify fuel imports, including sourcing from Ch...

North Korea has long been accused of widespread rights abuses, including running prison camps and severely restricting freedom of expression and access to information.

The new government will move quickly to deliver a policy statement to parliament so it can begin its work, said Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Indonesian tankers Pertamina Pride and Gamsunoro, owned by a subsidiary of state energy firm Pertamina, remain in the Gulf, a company spokesperson said.