SEOUL, Oct 17 — South Korea plans to overhaul a set of business regulations as part of efforts to bolster investment, the finance ministry said Monday, amid growing fears over an economic slump, reported Yonhap.

BEIJING/TAIPEI, Oct 16 — It is up to the Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan issue and China will never renounce the right to use force but will strive for a peaceful resolution, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday at the opening of a major party meeting.

KARACHI, Oct 16 — Pakistan's foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the US ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan's nuclear programme.

PHNOM PENH, Oct 15 — The death toll in an overloaded boat accident in southern Cambodia's Kandal province on Thursday night had risen to 11, and the rescue mission has been completed, Xinhua quoted officials on Saturday.

ANKARA, Oct 15 —The death toll from the explosion at a coal mine in the province of Bartin in northern Türkiye has gone up to 25, according to local authorities.

JAKARTA, Oct 14 — The main reason for the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy in Malang, East Java on October 1, which claimed 132 lives.

TEGALLUAR, Indonesia — A high-speed railway project in Indonesia, part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, is on track for a 2023 launch despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries about the project being over-budget, officials said on Thursday.

THA UTHAI, Thailand — In the days before he killed 36 people, including 22 children stabbed as they slept, the former police sergeant behind Thailand's worst massacre was firing guns in his backyard.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah paid a courtesy call on King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday.

LONDON, Oct 13 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah has officiated the opening ceremony of the Malaysian-owned Battersea Power Station in Central London, ahead of its public launch this Friday.

LONDON, Oct 13 — Battersea Project Holding Company (BPHC) expects to achieve full completion of its £9 billion gross development value (£1 = RM5.20) Battersea Power Station by 2033, creating a new cultural destination for locals and visitors from around the world.

BANGKOK, Oct 12 — Thailand to impose stricter gun control with gun owners required to undergo a psychological evaluation, following the massacre at a childcare centre in Uthai Sawan last week where 36 people died including 24 preschool children.

ISTANBUL, Oct 12 — Incarcerated Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was served two more three-year jail terms over corruption on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 — British TV, film and stage legend Angela Lansbury, whose career spanned nearly 80 years, died Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut its projection of India's economic growth in 2022 to 6.8 per cent, reported Xinhua.

LONDON, Oct 12 — The coronation of King Charles III has been scheduled for May 6 next year at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday adding that the ceremony, while steeped in tradition, will also look towards the future.

TOKYO, Oct 12 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut Asia's economic growth forecasts on Tuesday, with rising inflation forcing many central banks to tighten monetary policy even as exports face the brunt of slowing growth in trade partners such as the United States (US).

BANGKOK, Oct 11 — The remains of the victims killed in a gun and knife rampage at a childcare centre were laid to rest today amid an outpouring of grief as family members and relatives bid their final farewell after a three-day mourning period.

TOKYO, Oct 11 — Japan on Tuesday removed its cap on daily arrivals and its ban on individuals, non-prearranged trips as it seeks to revive the country's struggling inbound tourism sector by easing its Covid-19 border controls.

ANKARA, Oct 11 — The World Bank and IMF chiefs said Monday that the risk of recession in the global economy is growing due to rising interest rates and slowing economies around the world, reported Anadolu.