East Asia

Generative AI makes Chinese, Iranian hackers more efficient, report says

Study published by Google says publicly available generative artificial intelligence tools help hackers speed up their activities but provide little help in creating new kinds of attacks

Taiwan considers reaction to Trump's tariff plans

Year of the Snake is underway with Lunar New Year festivities

The holiday is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world

India and China to restore direct flights as they move to stabilize ties

Uncertainties posed by the threat of potential tariffs by President Trump Could Lend Momentum to Economic Ties between India and China, analysts say

Australian police foil antisemitic attack involving explosives 

Australian police discovered a caravan containing explosives, in an escalation of threats against the Jewish community that authorities called terrorism  

Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

From a population estimated at some 3,000 tigers in the middle of the 20th century, the latest estimates are that there are only about 150 of the cats left in Malaysia. The big cats already have gone extinct in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam over the last 25 years

Passenger plane catches fire at S. Korean airport, 176 people evacuated

The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong when its rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International Airport

Singapore oil firm urged to quit war-torn Myanmar

Interra Resources’ majority stake in Goldpetrol makes the firm 'complicit' in the Myanmar junta’s alleged war crimes, says activist group

Analysts: Rubio charts a course for countering China

Newly sworn secretary of state is to maximize American interest and counter China to secure regional peace in Southeast and East Asia

North Korea's Kim calls for bolstering nuclear forces, state media says

Trump, who held unprecedented summits with Kim during his first term and has touted their personal rapport, said last week he would 'reach out to him again'

Consumers slow spending during spring festival 

Will China fill the void US left in WHO, Paris accord?