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It was being reported as fact by media outlets in China and Japan that the 36-year-old dictator was dead. Other sources said he was on his death bed in a...

With China managing to largely contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, the socioeconomic order in the country is gradually returning to normal. But since the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and...

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said the country has a shortage of about 290,000 health care workers and the annual migration of at least 13,000 workers is contributing to the...

South Korea played down a report Tuesday that North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was being treated after surgery, as speculation mounted over his absence from a key anniversary. Pyongyang marked the...

CNN reports the North Korean leader has serious health problems. A website linked to the South Korean government claims that the strong man from Pyongyang has undergone surgery for cardiovascular...

There are fears for the immediate health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after his absence from a key public event. The regime's leader is receiving treatment after undergoing a...

7-Eleven Japan Co, Lawson Inc and FamilyMart Co, the top three convenience store chain operators, have all decided to end the sale of adult publications and manga comics by the...

"Areas where a state of emergency should be carried out will be expanded from the seven prefectures to all prefectures," Abe told a special meeting of medical experts called to...

The Westwind aircraft was headed for Haneda airport on a medical evacuation mission carrying six Filipino crew members and two passengers, an American and a Canadian, authorities said without naming...

Ma is a Chinese billionaire who has been at the forefront to fight the coronavirus pandemic since it first broke out in China. The Global MediXchange for Combating COVID-19 (GMCC) programme, will...