January 15, 2024 North Korea abolishes agencies tasked with South Korean relations North Korea has abolished multiple government agencies tasked with managing the secretive dictatorship's strained relations with South Korea.
January 15, 2024 Philippines' president congratulates pro-sovereignty Taiwanese election winner President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines congratulated Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te on his electoral victory Monday.
January 15, 2024 Arakan Army seizes western Burma township bordering India and Bangladesh, group says The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group fighting Burma’s military that is based in the state of Rakhine, has reportedly seized a township bordering India and Bangladesh.
January 15, 2024 Cambodia court convicts land rights activists for alleged plot to provoke revolution against state A Cambodian court has convicted four land rights activists of plotting to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions, officials say.
January 15, 2024 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces parliament over decision to join US strikes on Yemen's Houthis British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must face Parliament to explain the UK's involvement in the recent US-led strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, officials say.
January 13, 2024 Biden admin's handling of Iran regime is 'biggest failure of Middle East policy in 20 years': Morgan Ortagus Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus discusses the U.S. strikes on the Houthis, the Biden administration's Middle East policy and Taiwan's presidential election results.
January 13, 2024 Taiwan election: Ruling party candidate wins tightly contested presidential race, upsetting China's ambitions China's preferred candidate in the Kuomintang, or Chinese Nationalist Party, lost to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's pro-independence candidate in a closely fought election.
January 13, 2024 North Korea ceases broadcast of coded messages to spies in South Korea North Korea has ceased operations of Radio Pyongyang, also known as Voice of Korea, which has previously broadcast coded number messages to agents in South Korea.
January 12, 2024 Chinese exports begin rebound, but 2023 slump still apparent Chinese exports are believed to have grown for a second month in December, following a sustained lull marked by the country's first drop in annual exports in seven years.
January 12, 2024 Burmese military, ethnic rebel forces agree to immediate ceasefire Burma's military junta has reportedly reached a ceasefire agreement with the Three Brotherhood Alliance, an ethnic rebel group that has made significant advances in recent months.