Government data show that Japan’s economy contracted at a annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst downturn on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade...

South Korea has reported 279 new coronavirus cases in the highest daily jump since early March, as fears grow about a massive outbreak in the greater capital region...

South Korea has announced stronger social distancing restrictions for its greater capital area where a surge in COVID-19 cases has threatened to erase the country's hard-won gains...

Malaysia has reported its economy contracted 17% in the last quarter, in its worst downturn since the global financial crisis...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lifted a lockdown at a major city near the border with South Korea where thousands had been quarantined for weeks over coronavirus worries...

China's Commerce Ministry says it has extended a tariff on Indian optical fiber for five years...

Antagonisms between China and the United States didn’t stop Beijing’s burger lovers from standing in line for hours for a bite of Shake Shack's snacks...

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong last year to demand full democracy, many egged on by a tabloid newspaper critical of China’s ruling Communist Party...

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. says its April-June profit rose 12% as its investments added to its coffers, including sales of its shares in U.S. carrier T-Mobile...