Early humans named Homo erectus reached East Asia 600,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping the timeline of hominin ...

Human ancestor species Homo erectus arrived in East Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought, a new fossil discovery in China shows. Homo erectus, a distant ancestor of ...

Asia depends on oil and gas from the Middle East, sourcing 60% of its crude from the region, making it highly vulnerable if ...

Last October, Hong Kong’s highest-ranking financial minister trooped to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city and the home of the Tadawul, its stock exchange. Surrounded by Saudi officials, Paul Chan ...

Spotlight on East Asia, a region steeped in history and now helping to write the future of our world. We'll break down the ...

Asia is home to some of the world’s most diverse political systems—from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes and hybrid states. As global democracy faces renewed pressure, this edition of East ...

As war threatens the Gulf, millions of Asian migrant workers face hidden dangers, reminding governments that human lives ...

If we follow the most recent political protests around the world through social media, we are likely to encounter Pikachu — a character from the Japanese anime Pokémon — running among protesters in ...