CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Brad Lendon, CNN United States and Philippine forces fired on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest display of…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and…

By Heather Chen, CNN A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted…

By Chris Lau, CNN Video game maker Nintendo has announced it has changed the Japanese name of Spike, the foreman who appears in “The Super…

By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan political activist has been formally arrested on suspicion of “secession” in China, more than…

By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN Move over, boomers and older millennials — Japan’s young people are stepping into office. The…

By Jessie Yeung and Eru Ishikawa, CNN A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step…

By Simone McCarthy European countries are demanding answers from Beijing after its top diplomat in Paris questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet…

By Chris Lau and Manveena Suri, CNN A cheetah from Africa has died two months after being reintroduced to India as part of an intercontinental effort…

By Sandi Sidhu, CNN Police in India say they have arrested alleged Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh, bringing to an end a massive months-long…

By Alex Hardie, Sugam Pokharel and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A 17-year-old critically ill elephant called Noor Jehan has died at Pakistan’s Karachi…

By Heather Law A Japanese merchant ship that sank during World War II while carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war in Australia’s largest loss of…

By Jessie Yeung and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN In the five months since its launch, ChatGPT has been used to generate student essays, write wedding vows,…

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN A young Chinese woman who was arrested after attending a peaceful protest against Covid-19 restrictions in…

By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed CNN Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will travel to India next month, the most senior-level visit in seven years in…

By Helen Regan, CNN Deadly heat waves fueled by climate change are threatening India’s development and risk reversing its progress on poverty…