President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday that if nuclear threats from Pyongyang grow South Korea would either build nuclear weapons or ask the US to deploy them again on the peninsula

Beijing has been taking 'golden shares' in private online media and content companies for years, as part of a campaign to strengthen control over online content

The arrest of alleged drug dealer Tun Min Latt by Thai police has exposed the tycoon's close links to Myanmar's senior general Min Aung Hlaing and two of his adult children

Trade between Russia and China jumped in 2022, with Russia more than doubling its rail exports of liquefied petroleum gas to China last year

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet US President Joe Biden on Friday, with a focus on chip export controls, critical technologies, global economy and joint security issues

Regulators have asked banks to provide more convenient settlement services, to extend overseas yuan lending and 'encourage innovation in cross-border yuan settlement'

New energy vehicles, which include pure electric and plug-in hybrids, could account for one third of the overall passenger vehicle sales in China in 2023, the VW executive said

Tesla saw demand for its electric vehicles skyrocket in China after it announced major price cuts on January 6, according to local media and company PR

Rate hikes by central banks, plus Russia's war in Ukraine are causing a major economic slowdown that will hit emerging markets hard, the bank says. It forecast global growth of just 1.7% this year

Chinese display maker tipped to invest at least $400 million in two plants in northern Vietnam, sources say

Investors are optimistic US inflation will show signs of cooling this week but opinion is split over China’s post-Covid recovery prospects

Defence officials from Japan and the US will discuss agreements at a top-level meeting in Washington on Wednesday on key defence issues related to the Indo-Pacific and outer space