Asia

The South Korean man who opened the emergency exit door of his plane mid-flight Friday told authorities he did it because was feeling claustrophobic.

An official with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs mocked on Tuesday the White House's decision to ban the TikTok social media app from government devices.

A plane crash in Nepal that claimed 72 lives in January has been attributed to pilot error following the release of a preliminary report by the Nepalese Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission.

In 2022, China showed the second-lowest growth level in more than four decades. But with COVID restrictions lifted, Chinese consumers are showing new confidence.

The People's Republic of China experienced its first population decline in over half a century in 2022, recording 850,000 fewer people than the previous year.

Interest in escaping from the pressures of living in China have been going on for a while, but the re-election of Xi Jinping and new COVID outbreaks has led to a massive spike in people wanting out.

As XI Jinping gets ready to be installed for a historic third-term as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist party, Beijing is facing a host of growing economic problems that are already cause for concern.

Samsung Electronics has been granted an exception that will allow it to continue to temporarily maintain its memory-chip production facilities in China after the U.S. announced last week it’s tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips.

Biden invoked the Defense Production Act as supply chain issues have caused slowdowns for the American production of solar panels and he aims to enact policies to fight climate change

Tesla founder Elon Musk explained Friday that the company will not manufacture cars in India unless it is allowed to sell and service its vehicles.

In South Korea, President Biden announced Hyundai will invest more than $10 billion towards electric vehicles in the United States.

President Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol will tour the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus, a model for the new Samsung plant in Texas, on the first day of Biden's trip to Asia Friday.

A luxury $300 million yacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch has been seized in Fiji by request of the U.S. in a move that the Justice Department says proves Putin’s allies “cannot hide – not even in the remotest part of the world.”

Many small business owners in South Korea recognize themselves in the cash-strapped characters of the wildly popular Netflix (NFLX.O) drama 'Squid Game', who vie desperately for a chance to win $38 million, exposing a debt trap that is all too familiar.

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday the U.S. plans to donate 1 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to Vietnam, where only 2% of the population has been vaccinated.