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  U.S. Forces Korea (USKF) is expected to receive the first shipment of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine Friday, sources said. The COVID-19 vaccine, which has been approved for emergency...

  North Korea is not shy when it comes to hyperbole – its leaders are “supreme”, its missiles are “massive” and its mountains are the most intelligent, having...

  This summer, Cambridge University Press yielded to Chinese censorship, before eventually reversing its stance. More recently, Springer Nature, a leading German publishing group, also bowed to pressure...

  A special meeting of the Muzakarah Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs on Dec 3 has decided that the use of the COVID-19 vaccine...

  The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Wednesday ordered all 437 schools and 299 kindergartens under its jurisdiction to close for 12 days from tomorrow to contain the...

  Japan may not attend a leaders' meeting with South Korea and China later this year unless "proper measures" are taken in a dispute between Seoul and Tokyo...

  Following China's reelection to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters the decision reflected the "international community's high recognition of...

  Thailand’s monarchy "is the key to our system" and suppressing it would mean "civil war,” said Warong Dechgitvigrom, 59, a retired gynaecologist and former lawmaker. Despite his...

  Activists have accused the police of using excessive force against protesters and journalists during Thursday's protests against the omnibus Job Creation Law, with hundreds of reported cases...

  The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted that the Bangladesh economy would grow by 3.8 per cent, up from its April prediction of 2 per cent, for...