A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily Covid-19 tests will add massively to the city's plastic waste problem.

When 23-year-old Norwegian Anastasia Johansen and her boyfriend were planning their first vacation in two years, they considered going to Thailand but chose Vietnam instead, for its simpler entry rules.

Mr Lee's diner, a cheap-and-cheerful fried chicken shop near central Seoul, has held firm against raising prices for a decade and a half.

Hundreds of protesters in tightly controlled Singapore staged a rare demonstration against the death penalty Sunday as fears grow the city-state is set to carry out a wave of hangings.

The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry Directorate General of Immigration has reintroduced the visa on arrival option for tourists from 23 countries, including Việt Nam, arriving in Bali as of March 7. 

The Philippines has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 after amending a near century-old law, a move child rights activists said Monday would help protect youngsters from rape and abuse.

Thailand is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to arrest a slumping birth rate, offering parents childcare and fertility centres, while also tapping social media influencers to showcase the joys of family life.

New Zealand recorded the biggest increase in new cases, with an almost seven-fold spike, followed by Hong Kong, Vietnam, South Korea and Thailand.

South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with Covid-19 are expected to cast ballots.

Japan plans to help residents and businesses facing difficulty due to a surge in oil prices fuelled by the Ukraine crisis with $3 billion in relief funds, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.