Superpower of the sea: China's maritime ambitions on display in satellite pics
Beijing's "accelerated" aircraft-carrier building programme is bearing fruit.
Beijing's "accelerated" aircraft-carrier building programme is bearing fruit.
Anchan Preelert's sentence was 87 years but the court halved it after she pleaded guilty.
North Korea's leader delivers a message to the US with huge military parade.
A ghostly landscape greets displaced villagers one year after Taal volcano erupted.
New York Times: Barely a year goes by without a major air accident in the Asian nation.
The Times: A year ago, everything seemed possible. Now activists "can't see any light".
Babies bring light to a dark year.
In December last year, market vendor Jiang Dafa started noticing people were falling ill.
New York Times: China's Covid shots are user-pays - and they require a leap of faith.
Work grinds to a halt on Kim Jong-Un's vanity project - despite Donald Trump's backing.
In 2013, organisers said the Games would cost US$7.5b. It will cost a lot more.
The first locally-transmitted case of Covid-19 since April has been reported in Taiwan.
The new law has seen innocent people tortured and imprisoned, critics say.
Man sentenced to death for killing and dismembering nine people in his Tokyo apartment.
OPINION: Closer economic ties with China will bring benefits - but also risks.
Muskan Jahan, 22, was forcibly separated from her husband by a Hindu nationalist group.
With schools shut and parents losing jobs, families are putting their children to work.
Tourists and tour guides made up the 22 people tragically killed on White Island.
Authorities have seized dismembered animal corpses during a raid at a private Thai zoo.
OPINION: China's relationship with the West is spiralling. NZ should step up to help.
HSBC's survey of global companies found many expecting strong growth next year.
Mount Ili Lewotolok sent a plume of ash 4000m into the sky as it erupted on Monday.
A professor of international law is calling on New Zealand to back Australia.
Kaavan the elephant is heading to his new home at a sanctuary in Cambodia.
He was doing odd jobs while travelling when he came up with an idea.
Chinese-built Pangda village gleams with newness. But there's a hitch: it's not in China.
New York Times: It's globalisation - with communist characteristics.
The sandstone plateaus and lift are said to have inspired the sci-fi film Avatar.
Those found guilty of unlawful assembly could face as long as five years in prison.
Kim Han-sol is the son of the North Korean leader's half brother, who was killed in 2017.