STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the ...

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing announced on Thursday that it expects net profit to reach 385 billion yen ($2.6 billion) for the ...

HONG KONG -- China and Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Thursday after steep drops on Wednesday, as the central bank announced the start of a key operation to prop up the market.

Asia will remain the center of the chip industry despite the buildup of chip production in the West, Christophe Fouquet, president and CEO of Dutch chip production equipment maker ASML, told Nikkei ...

SYDNEY -- Australian rock lobsters are to finally return to Chinese dining tables in time for the peak Lunar New Year season, marking the end of a "catastrophic" period for the industry that lasted ...

Vietnam's foreign direct investment trajectory remains impressive. Many international companies have relocated all or some of their operations away from China to the Southeast Asian economic tiger of ...

TOKYO -- Seven & i Holdings, owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has vowed to sharpen its focus on its core convenience store business as it scrambles to raise its corporate value, a task ...

VIENTIANE -- New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made his diplomatic debut on Thursday, participating in a meeting with his Southeast Asian counterparts in Laos. "This is my first visit ...

TOKYO -- Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing on Thursday announced that it expects net profit to reach 385 billion yen ($2.6 billion) for the year ending August 2025, which would mark a record high for the ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is pushing for an "earnest" dialogue to resolve South China Sea disputes with Beijing. He is also urging his fellow ASEAN leaders to get in front of the issue ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan will remain a responsible global actor while defending its sovereignty and democracy in the face of global conflicts and chaos, President Lai Ching-te said Thursday in a closely ...