Streets were largely deserted in Taiwan's port city of Keelung, which is expected to be one of the hardest hit areas on the island.

Typhoon Bavi, described as one of the largest storms to hit Taiwan in more than 30 years, has already caused significant damage in parts of Asia.

Once on the edge of financial ruin, the South Korean chip giant has rebounded to debut on Wall Street in what is the largest US listing by a foreign company.

Pundits expect Barisan Nasional (BN) to retain Johor, while a think tank said Pakatan Harapan could wrest several marginal seats from BN if there is a 65-per-cent turnout among Chinese voters.

SK hynix’s NASDAQ listing raised US$26.5 billion, making it one of the largest stock sales in history.

China's space agency hailed the landing as a "major breakthrough in Chinese reusable rocket technology".

The Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree was hit on Mar 11 while travelling through the Gulf waterway early in the US-Israeli war with Iran, leaving three Thai crewmen dead and requiring 20 others to be rescued.

Authorities in India’s tech capital Bengaluru are banning the use of drinking water for non-essential activities including washing vehicles, watering gardens and construction work.

The Batanes Islands are located less than 200km from self-ruled Taiwan - which China considers part of its territory.

The cryptocurrency exchange's co-CEO Richard Teng believes blockchain will be the future of financial services, but says wider adoption will depend on greater regulatory clarity and increased institutional participation.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang have all been campaigning for their respective coalitions in a final push for votes.  

The South Korean chip giant's debut would be the largest US listing by a foreign firm. 

China has tested a long-range missile into the Pacific for only the second time in decades. The move is raising questions about its growing nuclear strength - and what it means for the Indo-Pacific.

In the Philippines, 10 people died in a landslide on the southern island of Mindanao after heavy rains from a southwest monsoon system enhanced by Bavi, a disaster official said.

Both Bersama and MUDA have rejected claims that they are splitting the opposition vote in Johor which would affect Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan pact.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said the fire resulted in "heavy human losses" and called for increased search and rescue efforts.

A batch of soybean oil supplied by Taichung-based Central Union Oil was found to contain excessive levels of benzo[a]pyrene, a carcinogenic compound.

As Japan expands investment in its space ambitions and seeks closer international collaborations, industry players say the country is becoming an increasingly important hub for commercial and strategic space activities in the Asia Pacific.