
Fauna & Flora International found about 40 individuals in northern Vietnam, called for urgent conservation action

Around 60 to 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases are so-called "zoonotic events", where animal diseases jump into people

"Corpse hotels" are used to store some of Japan's mounting pile of bodies waiting for a spot in one of...

'I know that my life will be more joyful from now on,' says the surrogate mother



An ageing population impacts on areas like healthcare and labor

The World Bank said in a report this week that East Asia was ageing faster than any other region.

A lack of reforms to tackle aging in the region would come at a high cost


More than 70 percent of older people have to keep working and financially depend on their families

'I was panicked, but then I knew it had been decided for me'

There were no immediate details on the new policy or a timeframe for implementation.

"China will allow all couples to have two children, abandoning its decades-long one-child policy," the official Xinhua new...

Chang Wanquan exhorted the military, police, and general population to prepare for a “people's war at sea.”