The military, known as the Tatmadaw, celebrated with a parade of troops and weapons in the…
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Philippines slams Chinese ship’s ‘close distance maneuvering’ in South China Sea
The March 2 incident took place during Philippine maritime patrol operations around the Scarborough Shoal, locally…
What we know about North Korea’s new ICBM
North Korean state media said on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un had directly guided the…
North Korea tests ‘possible ballistic missile,’ Japan says
South Korea also reported the launch, with the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff saying in…
One in five South Koreans have had Covid, as latest wave sees deaths surge
Cases began rising in February, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The country is now…
Japan opposes Russian withdrawal from World War II peace treaty talks over sanctions
Russia and Japan have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the standoff…
A Chinese vlogger shared videos of war-torn Ukraine. He’s been labeled a national traitor
An elderly woman is helped by policemen after she was rescued from an apartment that was…
What we know about the earthquake off Japan’s Fukushima coast
For some, the incident brought back painful memories of 2011, when an earthquake triggered a tsunami…
7.3-magnitude earthquake hits coast off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida later said “no abnormalities” had been detected at any of the…
