CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea’s first-reported Covid-19 outbreak is the “greatest turmoil” to befall…

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong’s national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken…

By Helen Regan and Yasmin Coles, CNN Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed victory in the 2022 Philippines elections on Wednesday, saying the “people…

By Nectar Gan, CNN The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China’s internet after questioning the sustainability…

By Iqbal Athas, Hannah Ritchie and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was rescued in a pre-dawn military…

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol promised an “audacious plan” to strengthen North…

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Shanghai is further tightening its stringent lockdown measures after China’s top leader Xi Jinping…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN As night fell, chaos erupted when crowds of protesters outside Hong Kong’s legislative building hurled bottles at police,…

By Iqbal Athas, CNN Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, after prolonged protests and a general…

By Helen Regan and Yasmin Coles, CNN Photographs by Veejay Villafranca for CNN Six years after losing the race for vice president, the son of…

By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s top leader Xi Jinping has issued the strongest warning yet against anyone who questions the country’s…

By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast on Wednesday, Japan and South Korea have…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN An elderly Shanghai resident was mistakenly declared dead and taken to a morgue in a body bag, in the latest sign of dysfunction…

Story by Reuters The leaders of Japan and Thailand announced a new defense agreement on Monday as well as plans to upgrade their economic relations,…

By Simone McCarthy Hazmat suit-clad workers spraying clouds of disinfectant over city streets, building fronts, park benches and even parcels have…

By Rhea Mogul, Esha Mitra, Manveena Suri and Sophia Saifi, CNN Temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the…

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, shut down Universal Studios and ordered residents to provide…

By Nectar Gan, CNN “Thank you China,” complete with a Chinese flag and a heart emoji, might seem like an innocuous enough farewell…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN China has introduced lockdown measures in its two biggest cities, Beijing and Shanghai — the twin engines that power much…

By Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Russia has warned Japan of “retaliatory measures” if it expands joint naval exercises with the…

By Rhea Mogul and Helen Regan, CNN A man with intellectual disabilities was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family’s lawyer said, after…

By Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Azaz Syed Three teachers from China and a driver have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing near a Chinese…