A South Korean man was jailed for four months on Tuesday for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules, authorities said, in the country’s first such prison sentence. The man, 27, left home while under 14 …
Asia Today: South Korea cases rise, India crosses 150,000
South Korea reported 40 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days, causing alarm in a country where millions of children were returning …
Mumbai: How Covid-19 has ravaged India’s richest city
With more than 31,000 cases, Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India’s coronavirus infections and nearly a quarter of deaths. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye finds out why India’s financial capital is …
India Promotes Hydroxychloroquine, Despite WHO Stopping Trials Over Safety Issues
The director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday insisted there is “no harm” in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, despite the World Health Organization halting a …
Locusts strip the fields bare in northern India
First came Cyclone Amphan, which pulverised Calcutta last week. Now a plague of desert locusts is bearing down on Delhi after eating its way across northern India.They sneaked in from Pakistan around …
India’s contact-tracing app is going open-source
India said it will publicly release the source code of its contact-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, to the relief of privacy and security experts who have been advocating for this ever since the app …
In Hong Kong and beyond, China moves to consolidate position of strength as pandemic fades
This is by no means the first time Beijing has flexed its muscles in the South China Sea, or engaged in border disputes with India. But with political leaders in Washington and Ne …
Asia Pacific stocks mixed as U.S.-China tensions dampen investor sentiment
Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed in Wednesday afternoon trade as investors weighed the potential impact of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing against economies reopening, as coronavirus …
Riot police reinforce Hong Kong legislature overnight for expected protests
Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong’s legislature overnight, as protests were expected on Wednesday over a bill criminalising disrespect of China’s national anthem and against plans …
How Taiwan was coronavirus-ready while the U.S. got caught with its “pants down”
Small island just off mainland China is home to almost 24 million people, but they’d been bracing for a crisis like COVID-19 for 17 years.