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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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  • Relatives of students missing in a boarding school collapse in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on September 30, 2025.
    Dipta Wahyu/Reuters
    Five students pulled alive from collapsed Indonesia school but hopes fade for remaining classmates
  • Foreign students visit Xiaomi Auto Super Factory on June 30, 2025 in Beijing, China.
    China News Service/Getty Images
    China’s jobless youth aren’t happy with a plan to attract foreign professionals with a new ‘K-visa’
  • Rescuers search for students trapped under the rubble of their school that collapsed in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on September 30, 2025.
    Trisnadi/AP
    Frantic rush to reach scores of students missing for days after boarding school collapse in Indonesia
  • Crews in Japan practice loading a dummy Tomahawk munition aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Chokai at Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo last week.
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    Japan is arming a warship with US missiles that can hit targets up to 1,000 miles away as Pacific arms race heats up
  • Telecommunications antennas on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan, following a nationwide telecom outage on Monday, September 29.
    Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
    ‘Total internet blackout’ in Afghanistan sparks panic after Taliban vowed to stamp out immoral activities
  • Aryatara Shakya, two and a half years old, in red regalia, is carried by her father as she is brought to the Taleju Bhawani Temple in Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal, on September 30, 2025.
    Subaas Shrestha/Nur Photo/Associated Press
    2-year-old girl chosen in Nepal as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists
  • A MQ-9 Reaper drone is on display before President Donald Trump speaks at Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Alex Brandon/AP/File
    US establishes new Reaper drone unit 250 miles from China
  • Boxes containing cans of Asahi Super Dry beer move on the production line inside the Asahi Breweries Ibaraki plant, operated by Asahi Breweries Holdings, in Moriya, Japan.
    Toru Hanai/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    Hackers halt production at Japan’s biggest brewer
  • A Chinese court sentencing 11 people to death for running a family-run criminal empire in Myanmar and for killing workers who tried to escape in Zhejiang, China on September 29, 2025.
    The People’s Courts News and Communication Agency, China
    Scam kingpins who ran billion-dollar criminal empire sentenced to death in China

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    Video Typhoon Ragasa causes deadly flooding in Taiwan 0:50
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    Video Typhoon Ragasa hits Hong Kong with 100 mph winds 1:37
  • <p>Japan’s elderly are on the frontlines of the country’s climate crisis and rising temperatures, increasingly at risk of heatstroke. CNN's Hanako Montgomery reports on the growing health dangers and social isolation in the world’s oldest society.</p>
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  • Visitors watch as a beluga whale swims in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2023. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
    Chris Young/The Canadian Press/AP
    Canada denies Marineland’s request to export its remaining beluga whales to China
  • Nike turnaround takes root despite $1.5 billion tariff bill
  • A photographer traveled across North America’s Chinatowns. Here’s what he saw
  • Candid photo of Scott Bessent’s phone reveals administration’s concern about two key Trump policies
  • Robotic exoskeletons help Chinese tourists climb the country’s most punishing mountain

India

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  • Google campus in Mountain View, California on Wednesday May 10, 2023.
    Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images
    India sends more skilled workers to the US than any other country. Trump’s visa hike has sparked panic
  • This country’s government vowed to eliminate TB by the end of 2025. It’s not going well.
  • Toothpaste, McDonald’s and Pepsi in the crosshairs as US-India tariff tensions heat up
  • Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting
  • One million stray dogs in India’s capital regain the right to roam after legal battle with nation’s top court
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Japan

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  • Tennis - ATP 500 - Japan Open Tennis Championships - Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan - September 29, 2025 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz reacts during his semi final match against Norway's Casper Ruud.
    Issei Kato/Reuters
    Magical Carlos Alcaraz breaks personal record in impressive Japan Open run
  • Tokyo takes the top spot in ‘world’s coolest’ neighborhood rankings (with London and Chicago close behind)
  • How the world’s most elderly country is fighting heat in a deadly double crisis
  • Japanese girl band AKB48 releases AI-generated single after fans preferred it to song written by human
  • AI have a dream? A fringe party in Japan wants a chatbot penguin to be its leader

North Korea

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  • Chinese Rocket Force personnel march during the rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025.
    Tingshu Wang/Reuters
    Why 2026 could be one of the most pivotal years in a generation
  • Kim Jong Un says he has ‘fond memories’ of Trump, open to talks if US drops denuclearization demand
  • US victims of October 7 attacks file a new lawsuit against Hamas, Syria, Iran and North Korea
  • Exercises show Washington keeping alliances strong as Pacific adversaries bring new threats
  • Kim has long sought recognition as a nuclear power. Xi may have just given it to him

Pakistan

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  • Gamers compete in "Tekken" at the Maniax arcade in Lahore, Pakistan.
    Javed Iqbal/CNN
    Remember ’90s gaming classic Tekken? In Pakistan, it’s a ticket to fame and fortune
  • Checking in on the ‘seven un-endable wars’ Trump did (not) end
  • Pakistani dating show modeled on ‘Love Island’ sparks anger in Muslim-majority country
  • As US reliability falters, Saudi Arabia turns to a nuclear-armed ally
  • Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact as Gulf Arab states grow wary of US security guarantees

South Korea

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  • South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaks during an anti-terrorism drill at the Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea on September 26 2025.
    YONHAP/EPA/Shutterstock
    Explosive battery blaze in South Korea ‘paralyzes’ vital government services
  • Raids, fines and secrecy: Inside the hidden, illegal world of tattooing in South Korea
  • New Zealand woman convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases
  • Unification Church leader arrested in bribery case involving former South Korean president’s wife
  • Overtourism is leading to more car crashes in Scotland. T-plates might be the answer

Southeast Asia

  • Bogo City residents stay on the streets near the debris of damaged buildings, amid frequent aftershocks, following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu, Philippines, on October 1, 2025.
    Daniel Ceng/Anadolu/Getty Images
    6.9 magnitude earthquake kills more than 60 in central Philippines
  • Nearly 2 million evacuated as Ragasa slams into southern China, after killing at least 14 in Taiwan
  • Hong Kong, southern China hit by powerful Typhoon Ragasa after it batters the Philippines
  • Most powerful storm on earth this year lashes Philippines. Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert
  • Vietnam’s Duc Phuc wins Intervision, Russia’s Eurovision rival that promotes ‘family values’
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