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(Bloomberg) -- President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party could be headed for its biggest defeat in five years in mayoral elections Wednesday in South Korea’s two biggest cities, a...

(Adds visit by U.S. carrier group to South China Sea) SHANGHAI, April 6 (Reuters) - A Chinese carrier group isexercising near Taiwan and such drills will become regular,China's...

TAIPEI, April 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's TheodoreRoosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South ChinaSea on April 4 to conduct routine operations, the U.S. Navy saidon...

* Protest to be filed every day of delay -foreign ministry * Philippines will not cede territory - Duterte spokesman * Presence of boats a stain on relations - Duterte aide...

(Adds quotes, details, background)KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 (Reuters) - Brunei, the chair of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, onMonday threw its support...

MANILA, April 5 (Reuters) - Territorial "incursions" byhundreds of Chinese vessels in the South China Sea are strainingties between Manila and Beijing, and could lead to...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 (Reuters) - Malaysia and Brunei onMonday said they agreed for the leaders of the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to meet to...

TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - The foreign and defence ministersof Japan and Germany are looking to hold a "2 plus 2" dialogueonline in mid-April, the daily Yomiuri reported on...

MANILA, April 4 (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence chiefsaid on Sunday China was looking to occupy more areas in theSouth China Sea, citing the continued presence of...

April 3 (Reuters) - Attempts by Myanmar's military to enddissent are turning to the virtual world with internet blocksand arrest warrants for online critics as big rallies...

(Updates with detail on violence, warrants for prominentopponents) * Junta orders wireless broadband halt * Protesters look for new ways to communicate * Suu Kyi, allies charged...

MANILA, April 2 (Reuters) - Barefoot and with their backsbloodied by repeated flogging, Catholic devotees in thePhilippines defied a ban on gatherings on Good Friday to performa...

LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it wouldadd Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines to itstravel "red list", banning entry to people arriving from...

By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da CostaJAKARTA, April 1 (Reuters) - As the rain teemed down andguests feasted on chicken curry, Muhammad Lukman married hisburqa-clad bride in a...

MANILA, April 1 (Reuters) - The Philippine military said onThursday it had documented illegal manmade structures on UnionBanks in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands, near areas...

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - White House nationalsecurity adviser Jake Sullivan, in a call with Philippinesnational security adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Wednesday,discussed...

MANILA, March 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese vesselsbelieved to be manned by militias in the South China Sea havespread to a wider area, the Philippines said on...