The Philippine capital and its core suburbs will ban people from coming or going through April 14 to contain spread of the coronavirus
To stem suicides, Taiwan's government passes law that bans news media from disclosing too much information on how people take their lives
People from Japan into Southeast Asia cover their mouths to deflect exhaust, pollution and cold air, Some are hiding their faces
Concerts, sporting events and industry conferences from Japan to Singapore are either spiked for 2020 or postponed until late in the year
A second US aircraft carrier visited Vietnam this week, but Washington remains tough on trade with its former wartime enemy
Officials are cutting interest rates, offering economic stimulus and banking on foreign investors to pick their countries over China
An early, effective anti-disease response has kept caseloads low in Taiwan while raising the president’s approval rating, analysts believe
The Taiwan FactCheck Center, a non-profit founded in 2018, has taken 50 reports of iffy virus-linked news; most were fakes
Outside tourism, the more than 2.2 million Filipinos workers overseas are expected to keep their jobs even if living in infected countries
Foreign ministers from China and much of Southeast Asia resolved last week to share virus info, including any clues about treatment
The Southeast Asian country, challenged by three powers over the past century, now sees Moscow as a counterweight to Beijing and Washington
The two sides are bickering over the details of charter flights that would take Taiwanese citizens home
President Duterte in Manila said this month he would scrap a 32-year-old visiting forces agreement with the US military
Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes to fend off domestic criticism over deadly outbreak by showing strength militarily, analysts suggest
Economists expect tourism to dry up in early 2020 and say factories will struggle to get raw materials from China
The Taiwan government is rationing sales of common surgical face masks to ensure everyone has enough but not too many
Neighbors with old gripes against China now worry that Asia’s biggest power is downplaying the number of novel coronavirus infections
A defense white paper recommends stepping up military relations with nine other Southeast Asian nations and possibly with China's rival, the United States
Jakarta added warships this month to a sea where it had spotted Chinese vessels 63 times
Mount Taal, 109 kilometers south of Manila, erupted January 12 and the Philippine government is on guard for an imminent repeat
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