Thailand made history by legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation and the third in Asia, following Taiwan and Nepal, to do so.

Examining the popular narrative of Russia’s waning influence in Central Asia against key economic, diplomatic, and security ...

South Asia has undergone notable transformations across economic, political, social, and various other spheres. Mirroring these patterns of societal change are the architectural practices across ...

Guyana, meanwhile, has English as its official language because of its British colonisation, infobae reports. This ended with the country's independence in 1966. Guyana is the only South American ...

SEOUL – South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence on Jan 3 over a failed martial law bid but were blocked by his security forces.

By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Every day for the past week, Kim Kwon-seop, 72, has joined thousands of others gathered near the home of South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol .

JAKARTA -- Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, is developing generative AI systems centered on its own culture and languages as a complement to Western-focused models.

Welcome to the new year, and to our annual primer on what to expect in the Asia-Pacific ... dredges up memories of the pre-pandemic past: South Korea starts the year in political limbo, having ...

SEOUL-South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said on Jan 1 that they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to ...

BANGKOK: Thailand will face Vietnam in the final of the Asean Championship after Suphanat Mueanta’s extra-time header earned the defending champions a 3-1 win over the Philippines in Bangkok on ...

The country’s fire service has said that two crew were rescued from the wreckage, but it is the worst aviation disaster ever in South Korea. The Jeju Air flight from Bangkok crashed while ...

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