The Bishkek local election commission has issued warning to the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) over violation of pre-election campaign rules. The working group of the local election commission has found a banner …
SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea said Tuesday that she was willing to resign before her term ends, in an effort to head off a pending impeachment vote over a …
1,306 local and foreign media in total have been accredited in Uzbekistan for the presidential election, reported the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry. The press services of the territorial election commissions and …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on November 28 approved a $154 million loan to enhance horticulture value chain development in all 12 regions in Uzbekistan and the autonomous region of Republic of Karakalpakstan, the …
The Korean peninsula is always dangerous, but the next few months are especially so. An erratic, nuclear-armed North still covets prosperous South Korea, which is enduring a presidential impeachment crisis even as the U.S. …
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund said Monday that it will acquire a 50% stake in an investment company led by Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar. The deal comes after Adeptio AD Investments SPC Ltd. …
TOKYO—For a glimpse of what happens when an aging nation runs short of workers, consider Takashi Abe. The 77-year-old former masseur was looking for a job close to home when his wife became ill. …
HANGZHOU, China—Swiping her son’s half-fare student card through the turnstile here one Monday afternoon, Chen Li earned herself a $6 fine and a reprimand from a subway-station inspector for not paying the adult fare. …
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi called off a trip to Indonesia on Monday after protests there over her country’s renewed crackdown on its Rohingya minority, a flare-up of violence that has killed dozens …
The U.S. military wants to replace Afghanistan’s well-worn fleet of Russian helicopters with American-made aircraft, according to a new budget proposal, a decision aimed at reducing the Afghan air force’s decades-long reliance on Russian …