Coronavirus
Shanghai grapples with China's new COVID wave in echoes of 2020
Disneyland, shopping centers and cinemas feel pinch from restrictions
Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Thailand plans watered-down Songkran celebrations for April
Government aims to class COVID as 'endemic' by July, nightclubs kept shut for now
Business trends
Philippines' back-to-office order unsettles call centers
Work-from-home program for over a million outsourcing workers set to end
Coronavirus
Japan decides to lift all COVID emergency curbs on Monday
Opposition party says cases could rebound as new business and school year begins
Coronavirus
South Korea's daily COVID cases hit record of over 600,000
Government looks to end curbs despite surge in infections, deaths
Coronavirus
Cambodia drops COVID test requirements for overseas visitors
Prime minister wants to open economy and learn 'to live with COVID'
Coronavirus
South Korea becomes world's COVID hot spot as infections surge
Seoul to ease curbs despite new daily cases topping 400,000
Myanmar Crisis
Peninsula Hotels takes $87m write-off on halted Yangon project
Hong Kong-based luxury chain to revive development at 'suitable time'
COVID vaccines
India starts COVID jabs for kids ages 12-14 with own vaccine
Country widens inoculations as schools reopen; daily cases dip below 5,000
Economy
Digital, trade infrastructure key to Southeast Asia recovery: ADB
As pandemic-hit economy faces risks of inequality, bank urges strong protections
Coronavirus
New COVID-19 'deltacron' variant confirmed in Brazil
Mixed variant has traits of delta and omicron, but details still scarce
Coronavirus
New Zealand to reopen borders earlier than planned
Ardern says reopening 'will spur our economic recovery'
Japan immigration
Japan to open borders to 10,000 arrivals a day from April
PM plans to increase cap from current 7,000, giving foreign students priority
Coronavirus
Tokyo does not plan to extend COVID measures beyond March 21
City calls for more medicines and government to mull offer of fourth vaccine dose
Coronavirus
China COVID cases jump as Jilin outbreak grows in northeast
Over 100 international flights to Shanghai will be diverted to other cities
Economy
China's industrial output beats forecast in January-February
7.5% growth fastest since June 2021; retail sales, fixed asset investment rise
Asia Insight
China scrambles as COVID exposes cracks in Hong Kong leadership
Deadly omicron wave dents city's global status, while mainland fights spillover
Economy
Japan's long-term joblessness spikes to post-Lehman high
Rigid labor market makes finding new jobs difficult after pandemic layoffs
Supply Chain
Nissan, Daihatsu scramble to shield suppliers from Ukraine war, COVID
Staffing help, advance payments on table to keep supply chains humming
Coronavirus
Anger boils as China locks down to contain worst COVID outbreak
Schools, restaurants and factories shuttered in Shanghai, Shenzhen