CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Heather Chen, CNN Shocking images have emerged from New Zealand showing millions of once-velvety brown sea sponges bleached bone white, the worst…

By Jessie Yeung and Yuki Kurihara, CNN Drinks after work probably seemed like a good idea — but for one worker in Japan the hangover is likely…

By Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong next week to mark the 25th anniversary of the…

By Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that…

By Rhea Mogul and Iqbal Athas, CNN Sri Lanka’s economy has “completely collapsed,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said…

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By Simone McCarthy Chinese leader Xi Jinping set the tone for a virtual summit with leaders from major emerging economies in a pointed speech…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Desperate search and rescue operations were underway in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday following an earthquake that killed more…

By CNN staff A prominent civil rights advocate in China who once called on leader Xi Jinping to resign because he is “just not smart…

By Brad Lendon, CNN At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, another sign of the apparent…

By Masoud Popalzai, Jessie Yeung, Ehsan Popalzai and Tara John, CNN Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a…

By Heather Chen, CNN Singapore has reported the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak — while…

By Brad Lendon and Wayne Chang, CNN A total of 29 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan’s self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on…

By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau After days of mounting public pressure, Chinese police have finally issued an update on the…

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea successfully launched satellites into orbit with its homegrown Nuri rocket on Tuesday, a…

By Kathleen Magramo, Jorge Engels and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, a court has ruled, dealing a…