Two tour operators based in China have made separate online announcements saying tour groups would be allowed to visit the mountainous city of Samjiyon.

North Korea reopening to international tourists for first time in five years

The foreign secretary was in Central Asia as part of a bid to bolster trade, security and environmental ties.

David Cameron joins language lesson and pets horses during Mongolia visit

Growing economic ties between the Channel Islands and Asia present major opportunities, according to business leaders.

'There's so much business': Hopes economic links with China will grow

Forced scamming is one of the most complex and fastest-growing forms of modern slavery in the world, writes ITV News Correspondent Lucy Watson.

Inside the scamming networks kidnapping and enslaving victims in east Asia

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have increased in recent months as North Korean President Kim Jong Un continues to accelerate his weapons development.

North Korea fires several cruise missiles, Seoul says

The North Korean teens were each sentenced to 12 years of labour after allegedly distributing dozens of South Korean movies and TV shows.

North Korean teenagers punished for watching South Korean dramas, group says

A man has been arrested following the discovery of the drugs, which had a street value of £1.26 million.

Hong Kong customs seize 11kg of cocaine stashed in electric wheelchair

It follows a devastating earthquake in June 2022, which killed at least 1,000 people. 

More than 300 people dead as Afghanistan hit by two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes

South Korean authorities are yet to name the man, but activists have identified him as Kwon Pyong.

'Chinese dissident' rides hundreds of miles to South Korea on jet ski

The coast guard personnel assist in putting out the fire on Philippine ferry M/V Esperanza Star at the waters off Panglao, Bohol province, central Philippines 

Dramatic photos and video released by the coast guard show flames and black smoke billowing from two decks at one end of the ferry.

All 120 people on board rescued after Philippine ferry catches fire at sea 

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, May 29, 2023. North Korea has notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put Pyongyang's first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit. (Kyodo News via AP)

The launch could be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.

Japan prepared to shoot down North Korean satellite set to launch in days

FILE - This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a green military-grade laser light from a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea, Feb. 6, 2023. Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023 the Chinese coast guard’s use of a military-grade laser that briefly blinded some crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense treaty with the United States but added he told China that such aggression should stop. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP, File)

The Philippines has vowed to defend its territory in the hotly contested South China Sea.

China blinding Philippine ship crew with laser will not trigger US defence pact

Objects from east Asia have gone on display in a new exhibition in Dumfries and Galloway.

Dumfries and Galloway celebrate region's connection to China and Japan

Currently, babies become one year old on the day they are born - and then get an additional year tacked on come January 1.

Why an age rule change could see South Koreans becoming a year younger 

2022 is the third Lunar New Year since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, forcing festivities to be scaled back again.

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