Planned 300-room, dual-brand hotel marks early private-sector involvement amid Xi Jinping’s push to accelerate development.

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I’Park Mall in Seoul’s Yongsan district focuses on fandoms built around animations, games and character-based intellectual ...

If the sector is to become a robust economic driver for the city, it must look beyond mainland student numbers for growth.

Unemployment rate was 3.7 per cent for January to March, down 0.1 percentage point from 3.8 per cent for the preceding ...

A common hand gesture in a South Korean army recruitment poster has prompted scrutiny of a little-known cultural sensitivity ...

This year’s Auto China, the world’s largest car show, is likely to mark a watershed for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi complained she was not getting enough sleep, a veteran politician who met her on ...

Commerce chief says Beijing is prioritising its own semiconductor industry when asked whether selling US chips would aid ...

US senators pointed to legal channels, including work visas and university research, as potential pathways for China-linked ...

As European arrivals fall, Asian travellers are arriving in greater numbers. Visitors from China and India are rising at a ...

Chef Shun Sato remixes nostalgic mapo tofu with local flower crab, Korean tteokbokki and wok hei in his cheeky ‘peace out’ ...