In 2017, as part of its bid to expand, it renamed the Chinese operation Aibiying (爱彼迎) - meaning to welcome each other with love - which is easier to pronounce for Mandarin speakers. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Airbnb is shutting down its domestic rentals in China, where a "zero-Covid" policy has ..

“GOT7” hit No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums charts in 83 different regions. (Photo from Dudeplace Music News) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] GOT7 is receiving lots of love with their latest comeback! On May 23 at 7 p.m. KST, GOT7 released their self-titled EP along with the music video for the title track. This marks the group’..

Australia's Anthony Albanese, US' Joe Biden, Japan's Fumio Kishida and India's Narendra Modi met on Tuesday. Formally referred to as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad began as a loose grouping of countries following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that banded together to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance. The group f..

The KCNA stressed that the North has succeeded in effectively keeping the virus situation under control. A worker disinfects a vehicle carrying medical oxygen, in Pyongyang. (File photo by= EPA) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] SEOUL: North Korea reported over 134,510 new suspected COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with the total number of fever cases ..

Nooses were displayed in London during a protest by an exiled Iranian opposition group last August. The 140% rise in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia last year was, according to Amnesty, the start of a "grim trend that continued in 2022 with the execution of 81 people in a single day in March". (Photo by= SOPA Images) [Asia..

The band made the announcement on Twitter, jointly saying they would be visiting Indonesia a week before the Philippines. (Photo from Inquirer) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: Better believe we won't be fools again this time. The Irish boyband Westlife, who made its name during the late '90s and early 2000s, is coming back to..

Prior to the pandemic, Japan had been keen to boost tourism as a key pillar for economic growth, with a goal in 2020 to attract 40 million foreign visitors. Travelers gather in the international arrivals lobby at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 7, 2022. (File photo by=Kyodo) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] TOKYO: Japanese business circles..

Bloody Heart” achieved an average nationwide rating of 5.5 percent. (Photo from KBS2) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] The Wednesday-Thursday dramas continue to battle for viewership! According to Nielsen Korea, the May 23 broadcast of SBS’s “Woori the Virgin” garnered an average nationwide rating of 3.1 percent. Th..

The document also discloses for the first time that the executive committee maintained a list of its ministers who were facing abuse allegations but - in spite of calls for a public database - kept its findings secret. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Leaders of the world's largest Baptist denomination covered up ..

"While the development of virus vaccines is taking place competitively in many countries, the reality of the current health care crisis shows that it is still much too insufficient to bring about optimism and confidence in an absolutely stable living environment," Minju Joson, a paper run by the North's Cabinet, said. (Photo from Chula TH ..

South Korea said it scrambled fighter jets as Russian and Chinese warplanes briefly entered its air defence identification zone. Moscow doesn't recognize the Korea ADIZ, while Beijing said the area isn't territorial airspace and all countries should enjoy the freedom of movement there. (Photo by=AFP/File/KIM JAE-HWAN) [아시아뉴..

PH Presumptive President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. (Photo from Contributed) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: The incoming administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will have to spend a record P5.268 trillion (100, 610,371,200 USD) in 2023, its first full-year national budget. The Cabinet-level Development Budget Coordinati..

The app, which passengers can also use to read magazines and newspapers on an inflight Wi-Fi network, is currently used by about 50 percent of the airline's passengers on domestic flights. The operator aims to boost the user rate to about 90 percent by around 2026. (Photo by= Kyodo) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] TOKYO: All Nippon Airwa..

Kim Woo Bin has halted all scheduled activities, and he is in self-quarantine at home in accordance with the government health authorities’ guidelines. (Photo from SBS News) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Kim Woo Bin has tested positive for COVID-19. On May 24, a source from APR Agency shared, “We had to cancel Kim Woo Bin&rsquo..

오륜교회 교육국장 정지운 목사./아시아뉴스통신=오준섭 기자 출애굽기 3장 13-22절 갈길을 잃은 시대를 살아간다. 다들 답이 없다고 말한다. 길이 보이지 않는다. 하루에도 수없이 바뀌는 상황으로 인해서 인간적인 계획들이 수포로 돌아가는 것을 보게 된..

휘발유보다 비싼 경유…리터당 2000원 시대./아시아뉴스통신 DB [아시아뉴스통신=윤자희 기자] 휘발유 가격을 넘어선 경유 가격이 L당 2000원을 사상 처음 돌파했다. 24일 한국석유공사 유가정보서비스 오피넷에 따르면 이날 오후 6시 기준 전국 주유소 평균 ..

尹 대통령, '가장 영향력 있는 100인' 선정./아시아뉴스통신 DB [아시아뉴스통신=윤자희 기자] 윤석열 대통령이 미국 시사주간지 타임지가 선정하는 ‘2022 세계에서 가장 영향력 있는 인물 100인’에 선정됐다. 타임지는 지난 23일 '세계에서 가장 ..

김진표 의원./아시아뉴스통신 DB [아시아뉴스통신=박주일 기자] 더불어민주당이 21대 국회 후반기 국회의장 후보로 5선의 김진태 의원(경기 수원무)을 선출했다. 국회 부의장 후보로는 4선의 김영주 의원(서울 영등포갑)이 선출됐다. 민주당은 24일 비공개 화..