Fake news has made Asians amused, bewildered and in some cases deeply anguished about the turn of events. A growing number of such instances, coupled with the lack of adequate regulation, damaging consequences for legacy media and repercussions on efforts to build informed societies, is stoking debate anew on tackling the issue.

The irresistible shift toward digitisation is sweeping through Japan’s three megabanks. Amid a drive toward greater efficiency and higher profits, artificial intelligence and robot technology are increasingly replacing roles typically handled by thousands of bank employees.

One-on-one online teaching for children, especially English lessons taught by teachers who are native speakers of the language, is becoming increasingly popular in China.

Pakistan yesterday released 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said. Indian and

Only a few years ago Beyonce and Jay-Z were posing for photos among Myanmar's famed temples, heralding the

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis yesterday warned North Korea of a "massive military response" to any use of nuclear weapons as

Myanmar police detains two journalists working for Turkey's state broadcaster TRT and their interpreter and driver for flying a drone near the parliament compound, amid tension between the two countries over the Rohingya crisis.

Voters in Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat will go to the polls in December, the election commission announced yesterday.

Tiny Singapore now has the world's most powerful passport, according to a new ranking, with its citizens able to

Since Xi Jinping, 64, took over the party at its 18th National Congress in 2012, he has increasingly tightened his grip

India's foreign minister yesterday defended the country's ties with North Korea and Iran during talks with Secretary

With Paraguay removing visa requirements for Singaporeans, the Singapore passport is now the "most powerful" in the world, with a visa-free score of 159.

A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia yesterday, US seismologists said, but no

Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, will freeze the number of private cars on its roads for at least two years, a rare move in Asia where many cities are increasingly gridlocked.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi yesterday reconfirmed Pakistan's commitment to the "war on terror" during a meeting with US

China has a state constitution, which governs how the country is run, but the Communist Party that has ruled the

Chinese President Xi Jinping's vast "Belt and Road" infrastructure project was unexpectedly included in the ruling Communist Party's constitution yesterday, giving it greater policy heft and added pressure to succeed.

The two women who has been accused of killing the North Korean leader’s half brother has toured the Malaysian airport as participants in their murder trial visits the scene of the attack.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday pledged to work with the US, China and Russia to contain North Korea's nuclear threat

Conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border continue to be grim, says the Malaysian team helping out there.