North Korea says it test-fired new solid-fuel hypersonic missile
SEOUL — North Korea successfully test-fired a new mid- to long-range solid-fuel, hypersonic missile, state media KCNA said on Wednesday (April 3).
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SEOUL — North Korea successfully test-fired a new mid- to long-range solid-fuel, hypersonic missile, state media KCNA said on Wednesday (April 3).
BANGKOK — Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday (April 3) accepted a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, in another blow for a popular anti-establishment movement pushing major institutional reforms in the country.
BANGKOK — Thai LGBT activists celebrated another victory on Tuesday (April 2) after a marriage equality bill overwhelmingly passed a first reading in the upper house, a key step bringing the country closer to becoming Asia's third territory to legalise same-sex unions.
PARIS — The Indonesian Navy signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday (April 2) on its website without disclosing the contract's value.
MANILA — The Philippines on Tuesday (April 2) said its national security adviser and his US counterpart discussed "coercive, aggressive and deceptive actions" by Beijing in the South China Sea, as a diplomatic row intensifies between the two Asian neighbours.
SEOUL — North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on April 2, South Korea's military said, in a move that sparked immediate condemnation from the prime minister of Japan.
SEOUL — Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea's first lady has not been seen in public since Dec 15, but few in Seoul were surprised as a high-stakes parliamentary election approaches this month.
TAIPEI — Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou left on Monday (April 1) for an 11-day trip to China where he is expected next week to have his second meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at a time of simmering tensions across the Taiwan Strait.