Bilawal, Shehbaz accuse govt of turning parliament into a ‘rubber-stamp’, criticise...

PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday accused the government of "steamrolling" bills through the parliament and resorting to revenge...

US sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, defying China

TAIPEI - A top US diplomat will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a...

Internet cafes see little relief after reopening under eased social distancing...

(Yonhap)Internet cafes in the greater Seoul area reopened this week after the government relaxed its social distancing guidelines for COVID-19, but few reported better...

Wuhan next-of-kin accuse China of blocking Covid lawsuits

WUHAN, China: Pensioner Zhong Hanneng endured every parent's worst nightmare when coronavirus claimed her son in February, and now she and other bereaved relatives...

S. Korean Foreign Minister heads to Vietnam for talks on fast-track...

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha arrives at the Incheon International Airport to depart for Vietnam on Thursday. (Yonhap)South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha...

Tourists travel secret tunnels of Albania’s communist-era paranoia

GJIROKASTRA (ALBANIA) - Snaking beneath a fortress in southern Albania, a covert tunnel network built during the communist era captures the secrecy and...

US forces honor South Korea’s outgoing top military officer

(Yonhap)The US Forces Korea (USFK) held an honor guard ceremony Thursday to mark the planned departure of South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)...

India virus cases soar as EU warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’

NEW DELHI - Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as the EU's chief warned against "vaccine nationalism" in the frantic...

Seoul city rolls out antivirus rules for internet cafes

(Yonhap)The Seoul city government on Wednesday unveiled detailed guidelines for internet cafes that recently resumed business after the government eased tightened social distancing in...

Unfriended abroad, China’s tech giants seek home comfort

BEIJING - China's tech titans can rely on their massive home market to ride out a Donald Trump-led campaign against them overseas, and in...