Handcuffed and tied with white rope, the scion of one of the world's biggest conglomerates, Samsung Group, was taken Saturday for questioning by South Korean authorities after spending a night in a small detention cell. Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday for his alleged...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will review his minister's order to close more than half the country's mines for environmental violations, following an outcry from affected producers. "I will review. There's such a thing as exhaustion of administrative remedies," Duterte said in...

China has told Japan that "negative" moves by Tokyo on major issues are preventing an improvement in bilateral ties, but there are now opportunities to improve China-Japan relations. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during a meeting in Germany that...

Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The man was identified as Ri Jong Chol, born in 1970. He was arrested on Friday night in Selangor state, the police...