Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, speaks beside fiance Kunimaro Senge at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo May 27, 2014.
The Republic of Korea will deploy the 12th guided-missile destroyer, built solely on its indigenous technology, in early 2014.
Dozens of navy sailors from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were confirmed to have been killed when their warship sank during a drill last month.
The ROK President Park Geun-hye said that she was open, in principle, to summit talks with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the DPRK.
Seven people were killed and 10 others injured in what could be a tribal conflict when suspected militants from a separatist group in the northeast Indian state of Assam opened fire Sunday night on a group of people in a remote village, said police.
The 10th ASEAN Air Chiefs conference opened in Lao capital Vientiane on Sunday, aiming to strengthening cooperation of the ASEAN Air Forces regarding Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR).
Moscow expressed displeasure with the expanding US-Japanese alliance in the Asia-Pacific region.
A 77-year-old woman from China's central Hubei province died of heart attack in Cambodia's southern Preah Sihanouk province on Sunday while she was spa-ing in a five-star hotel.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over an important meeting later on Sunday to discuss relationship with the US following the drone strike which killed Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
An undersea earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude shook Tonga on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. There was no immediate report of casualty or damage.
New Zealander Cameron Tukupua has been a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine for 30 years and a frequent visitor to China since 2005. She speaks to Tracie Barrett about how TCM can help people deal with the increasing pressures of modern life.
Pakistani government accused US of sabotaging peace talks with domestic Taliban fighters by killing their leader in a drone strike.
CPA Australia, one of the world's largest professional accounting bodies, held its congress in Hong Kong on Friday.