Hill-ringed Kathmandu Valley, which is home to four million people and the capital, alone saw 56 deaths and suffered one of its worst devastations in recent years where rivers spilled over banks and ...

Yongsan police station chief Lee Im-jae is the first senior police official to be convicted over the crush, which led to 159 ...

The CSI 300 index, a benchmark for blue chip stocks listed on mainland exchanges, jumped 8.48% on the day, the biggest daily gain since April 2008. This followed a rise of 15.7% in the index last week ...

To Lam, president of Vietnam and general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), has just completed an official visit to the U.S., where he became the first party chief to address the ...

TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and presumptive new prime minister, said on ...

Singaporean tech group Sea is making another bid in its digital banking venture, applying for a license in Thailand after ...

Korea Zinc traces its roots back to another metals producer, Young Poong, founded in 1949 by two friends, Chang Byung-hee and Choi Ki-ho, according to the latter company's website. The Choi family has ...

TOKYO -- Seiko Group has outpaced rival Japanese watchmakers in the stock market this year, thanks in part to the company's not-so-secret second earnings driver.

IMPHAL, India -- Indian army soldier Thanglenlal Lhungdim had insisted that his parents flee their village in ...

Japanese stocks fell sharply Monday morning, as investors reacted to Shigeru Ishiba's election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average dropped to ...

HONG KONG -- China's manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth consecutive month in September, but policymakers are hoping to ...

SHANGHAI -- China's tourism industry is bracing for sluggish growth over the upcoming national day holidays, even as regional ...