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View the latest articles and videos on Asia, including breaking news, politics, business headlines and exclusives and feature content.

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  • Thai fisherman Sawat Kaewdam sorting his fishing net along the banks of Mekong river in the Golden Triangle region in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province. A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
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    Global demand for rare earths is wreaking havoc on one of Asia’s mightiest river systems
  • Yuan Zi (right) and Huan Huan (left) eat bamboo at the Zoo Parc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan, France, on January 17, 2012.
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    France says ‘Bon voyage’ to 2 giant pandas as they head back to China
  • Aoraki, New Zealand's highest mountain, is on the country's South Island.
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    Two climbers die and 2 more rescued on New Zealand’s highest peak
  • A satellite image shows ash rising from the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia as it drifts over the Red Sea, November 23, 2025.
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    This volcano erupted for the first time in 10,000 years sending ash clouds across continents
  • People wade through a flooded area in Hat Yai district, Songkhla, Thailand, November 22, 2025.
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    ‘Once-in-300-years’ rain leaves Thai city flooded and maternity ward stranded
  • An MQ-9 Reaper approaches the runway at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, in support of Freedom Flag 24-1, October 23, 2024. Freedom Flag 24-1 is an advanced, large-scale tactical exercise between the U.S. and allied partners dedicated to the protection of regional peace and stability through the adaptation of novel and collaborative training methods, ensuring readiness against a wide range of threats.
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    US Air Force Reaper drone crashes off South Korea
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    She ‘wants to die there.’ The women forced to scam and the families left behind
  • WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo is seen inside press conference room on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  headquarters in Washington, DC. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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    US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals even as civil war still rages
  • A TV screen shows a file image of Kim Nok-wan, center, the leader of a Telegram- based sex crime ring, during a news program at a express bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
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  • A rendering of  the Constellation-class frigate, FFG 62
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    US Navy axes frigate program in another blow to efforts to keep up with China’s fleet
  • US Navy trying to pull crashed aircraft from bottom of South China Sea
  • Philippines jails former mayor - who officials say faked her nationality to get the job – for human trafficking
  • The real reason behind China’s fury toward Japan’s Takaichi
  • Building a modern metropolis using a centuries-old technique

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  • NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 3: A layer of fog gets engulfed in the early hours of the morning deteriorating the Air Quality at Red Fort on November 3, 2025 in New Delhi, India. A blanket of smog and haze over parts of Delhi and NCR. Marking a spike in the air quality index (AQI), Delhi recorded an AQI of 318 on Sunday morning as per the Early Warning System. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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    Lethal smog is back in the world’s most polluted capital. Residents have had enough
  • India arrests Kashmir resident in connection with deadly Red Fort bomb attack
  • Why an email about cows is intensifying concerns about academic freedom in India
  • After festival of lights, New Delhi plunged into toxic darkness and world’s most polluted air
  • The last of India’s mythic superstars
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  • MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 21: Shohei Ohtani #16 of Team Japan at bat in the first inning against Team USA during the World Baseball Classic Championship at loanDepot park on March 21, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)
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    Shohei Ohtani announces he will play for Japan in next year’s World Baseball Classic
  • Ukrainian refugee who fled war wins top sumo wrestling competition in Japan
  • China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates
  • China warns citizens against Japan travel as Taiwan spat escalates
  • US State Department warns Americans in Japan: Watch out for bears

North Korea

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  • A North Korean flag flies over its embassy in Moscow on October 31, 2024.
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    North Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms
  • The phone notes that reveal an alleged plan to bait Kim Jong Un with drones
  • South Korea special prosecutor indicts former President Yoon on charges of aiding an enemy state
  • North Korea’s longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died, Pyongyang says
  • Japan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Pakistan

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  • An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies over Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on April 15. Most of the strikes against alleged drug traffickers have been carried out using MQ-9 Reaper drones.
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    ‘Enemy KIA’: Trump revives playbook from Afghanistan for campaign targeting alleged drug boats
  • Pakistan parliament approves more powers for army chief, curbs top court
  • Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
  • At least 12 killed in Islamabad suicide attack – the most deadly assault in the Pakistani capital since 2008
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new ceasefire after more than a week of deadly clashes

South Korea

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  • Hakyung Lee stands in the dock at the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, on September 8, 2025.
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    New Zealand woman jailed for life over murder of her two children found in storage locker suitcases
  • South Korea’s latest soft-power export? Late Samsung billionaire Lee Kun-hee’s vast art collection
  • Some Korean workers detained in Georgia immigration raid have returned to their jobs at Hyundai site
  • South Korea bans flights as 500,000 take crucial university admission test
  • The White House has shared images of Xi Jinping that most Chinese don’t see at home

Southeast Asia

  • Thailand is home to <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fscience%2Ftiger-population-thailand-c2e-spc-hnk">179-223 tigers</a>, predominantly living in its Western Forest Complex and the <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F590" target="_blank">UNESCO world heritage site</a> Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex. While the conservation work on tigers is boosting the apex predator’s numbers, the two landscapes — which span more than a dozen protected areas — are home to hundreds of other animal species, including several rare creatures that also benefit from the protection of their ecosystems and reduced threat from poaching. <strong>Look through the gallery to learn more about the creatures sharing the forest with Thailand's tigers.</strong>
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    GPS collars reveal ‘strange prey’ for some of Thailand’s last tigers
  • Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation
  • Mexico’s Fatima Bosch crowned Miss Universe winner in glittering finale of scandal-hit pageant
  • How the Philippines became a global pageant powerhouse
  • Why adventurous luxury travelers have fallen in love with Indonesia’s remote eastern islands
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