8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1143+ words) Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing wrapped up a three-day state visit on Sunday to Vietnam, where the Southeast Asian neighbors vowed to boost defense and security ties. There was nothing unusual about the trip itself, except that it marked…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (245+ words) BEIJING, China — China has extended an anti-dumping investigation into pecans from the United States and Mexico, Beijing’s commerce ministry said on Thursday, two weeks before an expected visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington. The probe launched last year was…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (969+ words) The 370-year-old structure has all the attributes of a classically designed Japanese temple, from the curved roof to the timber-frame walls, spacious tatami-mat prayer hall and elaborately decorated altar. Set in manicured gardens on the Chita Peninsula in central Japan,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (302+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on a “certain individual” to stop what they described as “provocations” and “threatrics” following Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro’s public denunciation of China’s claims over the 2016 arbitral ruling at a defense forum…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (307+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo has criticized the Chinese delegate who passed a note to Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. while he was speaking at the Seoul Defense Dialogue, saying that it was improper. Tulfo on Wednesday was referring to…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (260+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday described China’s latest assertion, written in a letter regarding the South China Sea arbitration, as “actual coercion, bullying and aggression”. His denunciation came after a man handed him, on stage,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (503+ words) SINGAPORE – The Asia News Network (ANN), a premier alliance of 20 leading news titles across the continent, has released a comprehensive new e-book dedicated to celebrating the cultural heritage, modern innovation, and enduring spirit of Asia. Launched under the banner of…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (208+ words) BEIJING — The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China rose to three on Sunday, after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel. Nine others were still missing. The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan County in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1521+ words) KATHMANDU — Nima Dorje Tamang was in Hakubesi, a hamlet south of Syafrubesi in Rasuwa, when the flood struck. Before Tamang could prepare, he heard a thunderous roar and saw the flood gushing toward him, its waves taller than him. Tamang…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1714+ words) KATHMANDU — When the flood came, Purna Bahadur Ghale had seconds to decide whether to run. The 43-year-old executive member of Uttargaya Rural Municipality was in Shanti Bazar when the Bhotekoshi river burst through settlements in Rasuwa on August 26. Someone shouted…...