What we know about North Korea’s new ICBM
By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in more…
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Nearly half of foreign business plans to leave Hong Kong
Foreign businesses have for decades reaped the benefits of setting up shop in Hong Kong, a historically stable, expat-friendly finance hub at the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea not telling the whole truth about latest ICBM test, South Korean official says
CNN By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about North Korea’s new ICBM
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in…
Continue ReadingTaliban postpones return to school for Afghan girls above 6th grade
CNN By Masoud Popalzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The Taliban prevented girls above the 6th grade in Afghanistan from making their much-anticipated…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017
By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Emiko Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic…
Continue ReadingOne in five South Koreans have had Covid, as latest wave sees deaths surge
By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN, and Reuters South Korea’s latest Covid-19 wave has pushed the country’s total infections past 10…
Continue ReadingTaliban postpones return to school for Afghan girls above 6th grade
By Masoud Popalzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The Taliban prevented girls above the 6th grade in Afghanistan from making their much-anticipated return…
Continue ReadingA mother, a fiancé, a friend. China mourns the victims of China Eastern Airlines crash
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau One passenger was a mother, flying to visit the daughter she hadn’t seen for several years.…
Continue ReadingNo survivors found after China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade, investigators say
By Jessie Yeung, Yong Xiong, Hannah Ritchie and CNN’s Beijing bureau No survivors of a China Eastern Airlines plane crash have been found after…
Continue ReadingChinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern Guangxi region
CNN By CNN’s Beijing bureau, Yong Xiong, Lizzy Yee and Wayne Chang, CNN A China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the…
Continue ReadingChinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern Guangxi region
By CNN’s Beijing bureau, Yong Xiong, Lizzy Yee and Wayne Chang, CNN A China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the…
Continue ReadingA Chinese vlogger shared videos of war-torn Ukraine. He’s been labeled a national traitor
By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN Wang Jixian didn’t set out to become the Chinese voice of resistance in Ukraine. The 36-year-old resident…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the earthquake off Japan’s Fukushima coast
By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN A deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima prefecture on Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingRussia’s invasion of Ukraine sparks concern in Taiwan over readiness for conflict with China
By Eric Cheung and Wayne Chang, CNN On a regular day, they’re lawyers, software engineers and blacksmiths. But this week, they donned military…
Continue Reading4 dead after 7.4-magnitude earthquake hits coast off Japan’s Fukushima prefecture
CNN By Emiko Jozuka, Mayumi Maruyama, Karen Smith and Brandon Miller, CNN A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan late Wednesday night, killing…
Continue Reading4 dead after 7.4-magnitude earthquake hits coast off Japan’s Fukushima prefecture
By Emiko Jozuka, Mayumi Maruyama, Karen Smith and Brandon Miller, CNN A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan late Wednesday night, killing at…
Continue ReadingNorth Korean projectile believed to have exploded soon after launch, South Korea says
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN A North Korean projectile is presumed to have exploded soon after launch Wednesday, the South Korean military said,…
Continue ReadingIn China, 37 million people are in Covid lockdown. Here’s what we know
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Tens of millions of people are living under lockdown in China, as the country battles its worst…
Continue ReadingIn China, 37 million people are in Covid lockdown. Here’s what we know
CNN By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau Tens of millions of people are living under lockdown in China, as the country battles its worst…
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