CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile early Thursday, the same day leaders from the two US allies were due to meet in…

By Tara Subramaniam and Junko Ogura, CNN A YouTube star who became a Japanese lawmaker has been stripped of his role after he failed to show up for a…

By Heather Chen, CNN Three elderly king penguins have been fitted with custom-made eye lenses during surgery to remove cataracts in what is believed…

By Hannah Ritchie, Kocha Olarn, Heather Chen and Angus Watson, CNN At least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a monastery in…

By Eric Cheung, CNN A Taiwanese state-owned military weapons developer unveiled five new types of indigenous military drones on Tuesday, as the…

By Emiko Jozuka, CNN The world’s longest-serving death row convict was on Monday granted a retrial by a Japanese court in the latest twist in a…

By Heather Chen, CNN Michelle Yeoh’s history-making Oscar win caused jubilation this week in her native Malaysia, but it also sparked false…

By Eric Cheung and Nectar Gan, CNN A Taiwanese soldier who went missing last week from an island near the Chinese coast has been found in mainland…

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s leader Xi Jinping on Monday vowed to bolster national security and build the military into…

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Behind the gleaming skyscrapers and multimillion-dollar homes that have made this city the world’s most expensive…

By Chris Lau and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A Chinese city has sparked a backlash on social media after saying it would consider the use of lockdowns in…

By Laura He, CNN Business, and Riley Zhang China’s rubber-stamp legislature has appointed Li Qiang, a long-time aide of leader Xi Jinping, as…

By Brad Lendon and Wayne Chang, CNN When a Chinese high-altitude balloon suspected of spying was spotted over the United States recently, the US Air…