SEOUL/HONG KONG -- South Korea's new government under President Lee Jae Myung is eager to issue won-backed stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to traditional currencies, hoping to nurture the country's ...

12:20 a.m. The LDP failed to win a single seat in the Osaka district, where four seats were up for election, marking the first time the ruling party failed to capture a seat there in 27 years. The ...

12:20 a.m. The LDP failed to win a single seat in the Osaka district, where four seats were up for election, marking the first time the ruling party failed to capture a seat there in 27 years. The ...

As conversations grow louder around a new regional bloc that could sideline India, South Asia stands at a crossroads between ...

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HANOI -- The Communist Party of Vietnam has taken disciplinary action against multiple former senior leaders including Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a former Vietnamese president and prime minister, as well as ...

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition failed to win the 50 seats it needed to maintain its majority in upper house in Sunday's ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as the country's leader, even as his ruling coalition looked ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese public voted on Sunday to determine the makeup of the nation's upper house, in a crucial vote for Prime ...

Japan's ruling coalition looks set to suffer a significant loss of seats in the country's upper house election, in a vote ...

HALONG BAY, Vietnam (Reuters) -- The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam's Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the government said, as rescuers ...

But Pacquiao, in the end, fell just short on the judges' scorecards as Mario Barrios escaped with a majority draw to retain the WBC welterweight championship. Two judges scored the bout a draw, and ...