An arrested Japanese reporter has returned home after being released by Myanmar’s ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan...

Greg Kelly, an American lawyer on trial in Japan on charges related to former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation, has asserted his innocence, testifying he acted legally and in Nissan's best ...

Rights organizations and reporters’ groups are urging Thai authorities not to repatriate three journalists who fled to Thailand from military-run Myanmar, saying they would face arrest and possible ph...

Three senior journalists working for a news agency in Myanmar who fled after the military government ordered its operations to stop have been arrested by police in northern Thailand...

Philippine military officials say Malaysian authorities have captured eight suspected Abu Sayyaf militants who may have been planning ransom kidnappings in Malaysia...

Prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to more jail time for participating in an unauthorized vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown...

Japan’s government is asking Myanmar to release a Japanese journalist who was arrested by security forces in Yangon...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive march during the 2019 anti-government protests that trig...

Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including well-known publisher Jimmy Lai, have pleaded guilty to taking part in an unauthorized rally that devolved into violence between police and participan...