The Chinese government yesterday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involve in the editing human genes, after a Chinese scientist said he had edited the genes of twin babies.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has dipped below 50 percent for the first time, a poll showed yesterday, as

Australian spies operating overseas will have more leeway to use force, including lethal force, under legal reforms put forward by the

China yesterday expressed concern after two US Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the third such operation this year.

China green lights a project to build the first underwater bullet train route, reports CNN.

Bhutan has continually been ranked as the “happiest place on Earth”, and now the country located in the Himalayas has made it into Conde Nast Traveler’s 2018 Readers’ Choice Award.

As Myanmar State Counsellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi commences her two-day Nepal visit, the Nepalese government should draw her attention to ensure safe return of the Rohingya Muslim minorities and have a fair investigation into the alleged abuses, said human rights agencies.

A truck carrying combustible chemicals exploded yesterday at the entrance of a chemical factory in a northern Chinese city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, leaving 23 people dead and 22 others injured, state media and authorities said.

South and North Korea will launch a field study soon to relink railways cut since the 1950-53 Korean conflict, Seoul's Unification Ministry said yesterday, the latest development in improving ties between two sides technically still at war.

A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China yesterday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another

Beijing has ordered an investigation into claims by a Chinese scientist to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies, a move that would be a ground-breaking medical first but which has generated a barrage of criticism.

Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians".

The Syrian man who had been living in Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) for about six months is on his way to Canada.

LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is battling for her political future after a wide-ranging vote that see the island swing towards conservatism.

A woman pretending to be a former South Korean first lady was arrested yesterday on suspicion of swindling a politician out of nearly $400,000, a report said.

A South Korean cult leader is convicted of multiple rape of eight female followers -- some of whom believed he was God -- and jailed for 15 years.

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, starts pilot operation of zero-emission bus for a regular route, to test the viability of the new generation vehicle as public transportation in the city.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called his visit to long-time US ally the Philippines a "milestone", as he aims to boost blossoming ties on the promise of billions of dollars in backing for mega-projects.

Cambodia will not allow foreign military bases on its soil, strongman premier Hun Sen said yesterday, swatting away US concerns about a

The Maldives' new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny nation to