Taiwan to implement points system for migrant worker entry
Migrant workers from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines will be allowed into Taiwan as part of the first stage
Yudhoyono to be treated overseas for prostate cancer
A team of state doctors has diagnosed that the disease is still in early stages
Laotian government eyes earnings from bitcoin mining
The government expects to earn 2,000 billion kip in revenue from bitcoin mining, in a first
Massive shortage of tech talent looms as Asia takes to digitalisation
A 2022 Digital talent Insight report estimates a shortage of 47 million tech talent by 2030 in the Asia Pacific region
China calls on US to stop politicizing Covid’s origin
US intelligence agencies said in a declassified report on Friday that a natural origin and a lab leak are both plausible hypotheses for how SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans
S. Korea grapples with price hikes as inflation growth hits near 10-year high
Consumer prices grew at the fastest clip in almost a decade in October due to last year's low base effect and surging oil prices
Court allows Maria Ressa to travel to US to meet parents
She needs to return by Dec 2 and report to the court in writing, 24 hours after her arrival
Kyoto firm puts genome-edited tiger puffer on the table
Genes in the fish that control appetite are knocked out by the genome-editing technology, boosting their appetite and the speed at which they gain weight
17 people injured in Tokyo train attack
The attacker, a 24-year-old man, reportedly sais he wanted to be executed by killing people
Former US ambassador Bill Richardson heads to Myanmar
Bill Richardson is on a private humanitarian mission and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres was aware of the mission