Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean.
"Squid Game" is seen as embodying the country's rise to a global cultural powerhouse, part of the "Korean wave" alongside the Oscar-winning "Parasite" and K-pop stars such as BTS.
The PM has asked for urgent measures for fire prevention, fighting, and rescue operations at high-risk establishments and crowded venues ahead of the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year holidays.
Japanese authorities will hand Google a cease-and-desist order over an alleged antitrust violation in the first such move against a US tech titan, a government source said Monday.
An increasing number of Chinese celebrities are choosing high-end Vietnamese fashion, creating new opportunities for Vietnamese designers to make their mark in the 1.4 billion-strong market.
HCM City has numerous old and dilapidated apartment buildings in severe disrepair, with a high risk of collapse, posing significant dangers to residents.
From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives - a booming industry in India.
The Hanoi-HCM City route has continued to rank as the fourth busiest domestic air route in the world this year, according to statistics from air travel data provider OAG.
As Macau celebrates 25 years under Beijing rule, many feel more urgently than ever that the city needs to diversify its economy -- something Beijing has demanded for years to underwhelming results.
Online fraud continues to thrive in 2024 in Vietnam, with the most common form being enticing victims into investment schemes, while personal data breaches remain at an alarming level.
Hanoi has approved the development of a comprehensive plan to invest in the capital’s urban railway system, with the goal of constructing more than 600 kilometres of rail by 2045.
Waving colourful glow sticks and singing parody songs, demonstrators in Seoul calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol's departure have highlighted South Korea's unique and creative protest culture.
After more than 12 years of implementing tobacco control measures, the rate of active smoking among adults in Vietnam has decreased, but ultimately, it is still high when compared globally.
For Saja, studying nursing at a healthcare institute in Kabul was her last lifeline to make something of herself after women were banned from universities in Afghanistan two years ago.
