There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately ...

Deaths from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia have surged past 1,500. Rescue teams are racing ...

China is expanding its military presence beyond East Asia as it operates the world’s largest navy by number of hulls.

Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared ...

Gold amassed by a Japanese general still lies in inaccessible spots throughout the Philippines. But unlike some other ...

BEIJING – Chinese Customs seized 60,000 maps it deemed “problematic” over their labelling of Taiwan and omission of territory Beijing claims in the South China Sea, the authorities said. China claims ...

Indonesia’s premier fair Art Jakarta runs from 3 to 5 October. Director Tom Tandio speaks to Monocle about this year’s edition, which is taking place soon after anti-government protests rocked the ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intends to issue a statement next month to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, focusing on the causes of Japan’s entry into the conflict, local ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey ...

When Taiwanese traveler Eric Weng goes to South Korea, he resigns himself to toggling between three different map applications to navigate his way around. That’s because Google Maps, ubiquitous in ...