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Zhu Rongji, the Chinese premier who dismantled inefficient state enterprises and engineered China's World Trade Organization entry, has died at 98 in Beijing after a brief illness.
Zhejiang Province in eastern China has escalated its emergency response level for Typhoon Dolphin from Level IV to Level III as the system approaches the coast. The 13th typhoon of 2026 is forecast to make landfall Sunday or Monday between Shanghai and Fujian.
A newly launched South Korean dessert brand Tokyo Berry is under fire for allegedly mimicking the packaging and branding of Japan's Tokyo Banana confectionery. The controversy has led to cancelled pop-up store events and online backlash.
UNESCO has inscribed Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites—19 locations spanning the sixth to eighth centuries—as World Heritage, becoming Japan's 27th designated site and demonstrating the nation's ancient state-building process.
Japan's parliament has passed significant reforms to its 1947 Imperial House Law to address a shrinking royal family, permitting male adoptions and allowing imperial women to keep their status after marrying commoners. The male-only succession tradition remains intact despite strong public support for female emperors.
Penang is positioning itself to become the first Peninsular Malaysian state to gain East Asian-Australasian Flyway recognition by designating Penaga mudflats as a protected bird stopover, as part of its broader environmental sustainability agenda.
A South Korean appeals court has increased the prison sentence to 22 years for a Chinese man convicted of killing his 14-year-old daughter with a hammer. The court rejected arguments that the crime was impulsive, citing extreme brutality.