South Korea is holding the biggest election since the coronavirus pandemic spread around the globe -- and it might spur other world leaders with good poll numbers to follow suit.Surveys show President ... ( read original story ...)
Iran suspected of seizing, releasing Hong Kong-flagged tanker near Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces are suspected of being behind the seizure of a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Iran mortuary worker cleanses bodies
In this mobile phone footage a mortuary worker in Iran shows body after body waiting to be cleansed. He says some of the corpses had been there for five or six days. ( read original story ...)
Other countries ponder when to reopen. Iran is already doing it.
Many leaders around the world are itching to resume normal life after the devastating economic effects of the pandemic. Yet it is Iran, of all countries, that seems to be moving forward the most ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese studios lure Japan’s struggling anime artists
Chinese streaming providers are increasingly hunting for talent among animators in Japan, the land where anime was born but whose own industry has fallen on tough times. At a small office building in ... ( read original story ...)
‘A Reminder That Nature Is Strong’: In Japan, A 1,000-Year-Old Cherry Tree Blooms
As winter turned to spring in the town of Miharu, Japan, a small group of workers pounded posts into the ground to lay a grand pathway at the base of a giant cherry tree. It was the same path they've ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan Extends Coronavirus Lockdown, Eases Curbs on Economic Activity
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has relaxed restrictions on certain industries to allow them to resume their activities but extended a lockdown on educational institutions and public gatherings for another two ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan Has A Plan To Keep Millions From Going Hungry During Shutdown. Will It Work?
"The day before yesterday my kids went to sleep without eating," he says. Azem — and his small crowd — were in violation of stay-home orders that have been rolled out across Pakistan. Since late March ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus patrols in Indonesia village use ‘ghosts’ to enforce social distancing
In the streets of one village in Indonesia, keeping people indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus means employing some haunting figures. A roving gang of "ghosts" are now on patrol in Kepuh at ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s trade surplus seen shrinking in March: Reuters poll
The median forecast of 14 analysts in the poll was for Southeast Asia’s largest economy to post a $760 million trade surplus in March, about a third of February’s surprise $2. ( read original story ...)