World / Asia

S.Korea bans year-end parties, some music lessons, as virus spikes again 29 Nov 2020 - 12:41 pm

SEOUL: South Korean authorities announced a ban on year-end parties and some music lessons on Sunday and said public saunas and some cafes...

Afghanistan car bombing kills at least 30 security force personnel 29 Nov 2020 - 12:08 pm

Kabul: A car bombing in the Afghanistan's central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members on Sunday, officials said,...

Elite runners brave Delhi race despite COVID-19 surge, pollution concerns 29 Nov 2020 - 11:01 am

NEW DELHI: Some of the world's leading long-distance runners participated in a half-marathon in New Delhi on Sunday, even as India's capital grapples...

China's first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online 28 Nov 2020 - 04:12 pm

Beijing: China has powered up its first domestically developed nuclear reactor -- the Hualong One -- a significant step in Beijing's attempts to...

Biker dog Bogie thrills fans as he cruises Philippine highways 27 Nov 2020 - 07:33 pm

IMUS, Philippines: With his black sports jacket, reflective aviator sunglasses and bespoke orange helmet with holes so his ears can stick out, Bogie...

The Vietnamese designer convincing the young to choose tradition 27 Nov 2020 - 06:14 pm

Hanoi: Made from delicate silk, intricately embroidered and with vast, flared sleeves: Vietnamese 19th-century outfits do not seem a perfect fit for life...

Thailand signs supply deals for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 02:51 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand on Friday signed a deal to procure 26 million doses of the trial coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in...

Malaysia secures Pfizer vaccine in a first for Southeast Asia 27 Nov 2020 - 02:20 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to announce...

Five COVID-19 patients killed in Indian hospital fire 27 Nov 2020 - 01:59 pm

AHMEDABAD, India - Five patients were killed in India on Friday in a fire that broke out in a COVID-19 ward, the fourth...

Philippines secures 2.6 mln doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 01:26 pm

MANILA - The Philippines will get 2.6 million shots of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca under the country's first supply deal...

S.Korea foils N.Korea attempt to hack COVID-19 vaccine makers 27 Nov 2020 - 12:49 pm

SEOUL - South Korea's intelligence agency foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, lawmakers said on Friday....

Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season 27 Nov 2020 - 12:27 pm

SYDNEY - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit...

Clashes erupt as farmers blocked from entering Delhi to protest over new law 27 Nov 2020 - 11:57 am

NEW DELHI - Thousands of Indian farmers scuffled with police on Friday as they tried to march to the capital, Delhi, in protest...

Farmers gather on a bridge as police block a road during a march to India's capital New Delhi to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms, on the outskirts of Ambala on November 26, 2020. / AFP / -

Symptomless and spreading, South Korea battles surge in silent COVID-19 cases 27 Nov 2020 - 10:34 am

SEOUL/TOKYO - Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are driving a surge in new cases in South Korea, frustrating efforts to control transmission by the Asian...