Asia Pacific

Australian grandmother Donna Nelson says she will ‘never stop fighting for my freedom and for truth’ after her drug smuggling conviction in Japan.

President Yoon Suk Yeol conceded defeat before sunrise, but his drastic actions may have already sealed his own political downfall. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tsunami update after an earthquake was felt in Western Australia, just hours after quakes hit Indonesia and the Philippines.

More than 30 people are dead and tens of thousands of others are displaced after monsoon rain flooded Malaysia and Thailand, with officials bracing for more.

Bringing home the remaining Australians convicted in 2005 would either require a ‘bespoke’ agreement between Indonesia and Australia, or revisiting a scrapped deal that fell apart almost 20 years ago.

Lethal drinks have been sold for years in the tropical party town where six foreign visitors, including two Australians, died last month but corrupt police care more about extorting tourists than saving them.

The mother of a British lawyer who died in an alleged mass methanol poisoning in Laos has revealed the "horrendous" journey she made to be at her bedside.

Malaysian officials have warned that the worst flooding in a decade is expected to hit over the next few days.

Smartraveller has issued urgent updated travel advice for a popular Australian tourist destination amid ‘serious safety concerns’ and multiple deaths.

The terrifying moment a shark tried to bite a diver’s head off in a popular tourist destination has been captured on video. 

Russia's foreign ministry says the placement of US missiles in Japan will lead to a Russian retaliatory response.

A father made desperate pleas via social media to try and locate his missing son who flew to Bali and had not been heard from for over two weeks.

Australia and China should join forces to counter the impact of Donald Trump’s threatened trade tariffs while acting in their own economic interests, China’s envoy to Canberra urged on Tuesday.

At least six people have died as a result of a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos.