FUKUOKA, Japan -- A plan to turn the Japanese island of Kyushu into a semiconductor industry hub is picking up steam as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. builds a second plant there, though ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Singapore will block a bid by German insurer Allianz to buy a majority stake in Singapore's Income Insurance but remains open to a new deal if its concerns can be addressed, ...

(Reuters) -- China said on Monday it would punish and sanction Taiwanese businessman Robert Tsao and lawmaker Puma Shen for alleged criminal and pro-Taiwan independence activities.

Mukhtar Babayev is president-designate of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. He is also Azerbaijan's ...

SEOUL (AP) -- South Korea on Monday said it has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to destroy the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use, as the rivals are embroiled in ...

TAIPEI/TAINAN, Taiwan -- China on Monday launched another round of military exercises aimed at intimidating neighboring Taiwan -- maneuvers that experts say are aimed at normalizing blockade-like ...

HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong financial sector has embarked on an ambitious project to streamline transactions of traditional assets through the use of digital tokens.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces", drawing condemnation from ...

JAKARTA/OBI ISLAND, Indonesia -- In just a few years, the western part of the far-flung Obi island in Indonesia's North Maluku province has been transformed beyond all recognition.

(Reuters) -- A man arrested at a security checkpoint near Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's California rally on Saturday faces gun charges after he was found in possession of loaded ...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- The mainland China and Hong Kong stock markets were volatile on Monday, after the Ministry of Finance outlined fiscal support for the economy on Saturday but did not reveal the ...

TOKYO -- Shin-Etsu Chemical, the world's top producer of silicon wafers, plans to launch a semiconductor manufacturing equipment business, as the Japanese company expands its core electronics material ...