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The deeply revered king, who turned 88 in December, has made the rare, appearance amid concerns about his ailing health.

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ had its world premiere on Dec. 14 in Los Angeles in a star-studded event that was expected to be one of the largest - and most secretive - Hollywood premieres. Photo: AP

Federal investigators in India searched the office of an aide to the Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday, sparking a feud between the central government and local authorities in the capital and disrupting proceedings in the national Parliament.

Is official tolerance for official doctoring of provincial GDP numbers on the wane in China?

More developers see no end to the pain in Chinese real estate and are looking to get out. Other developers are branching off into everything from banking to cosmetic surgery to women’s soccer.

Japan's first lady raised eyebrows after telling a Japanese magazine that she has considered becoming a hemp farmer to help revive the traditional culture.

Just hours after South Korean startup Yello Mobile said it had raised $47 million to boost its overall valuation to $4 billion, another rising star of Seoul’s startup scene said that it had sewn up a $33 million investment led by Goldman Sachs.

From regional security to global finance, China is announcing its intention to lead.

Seattle’s city council approved legislation aimed at giving drivers of ride-hailing services the ability to negotiate their pay and working conditions.

The verb "jiwaru," describing things that get more interesting with the passing of time, has been named the word of the year by Japanese dictionary publisher Sanseido.

Flush with cash and bolstered by U.S. sales running at more than a decade-high, auto-parts companies are preparing to crank up their merger and acquisitions activity to advance their technology offerings.

China’s commitment to environmentalism isn’t the only thing that has helped its sewage-treatment companies float. Accounting leeway, too, has done so in a way that could prove unsanitary for investors in Beijing Enterprises Water.

China has rarely taken the initiative to carry the world’s burdens. Now, from climate talks to global finance, Beijing is announcing its intention to lead.

Google’s India website already receives more visits and page views than any other site in India and is the world’s 10th-most-visited site. On PCs alone, that totals 1.3 billion page views a month, said Simon Kemp, regional managing partner for Asia at U.K.-based social-media consultancy We Are Social.

Typhoon Melor has weakened as it crossed over the central Philippines, leaving one man dead and wide areas without power.

After seven years of near-zero, financial markets are nervous.

Just hours after South Korean startup Yello Mobile said it had raised $47 million to boost its overall valuation to $4 billion, another rising star of Seoul’s startup scene said that it had sewn up a $33 million investment led by Goldman Sachs.

Just hours after South Korean startup Yello Mobile said it had raised $47 million to boost its overall valuation to $4 billion, another rising star of Seoul’s startup scene said that it had sewn up a $33 million investment led by Goldman Sachs.

Don’t wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping online this year. It took an average of nearly seven days, or 20% longer than last year, for orders placed on Cyber Monday to arrive, according to a study by retail consultancy Kurt Salmon.

Collectors of “fancy notes” appreciate—and often put a premium on—the string of digits in the serial numbers on paper currency.

China’s new pledge to depeg its currency from the U.S. dollar underscores a difficult fact for Beijing: the U.S. Federal Reserve could blunt its efforts to rekindle Chinese growth.

For workers like Li Jiang, China’s factory closings represent a failed promise, the fraying of a social compact in which migrants accepted grueling shift work for the promise of a better future.

The Department of Homeland Security is working on a plan to scrutinize social-media posts as part of its visa application process before certain people are allowed to enter the country.

U.S. securities regulators are scrutinizing Third Avenue Management LLC’s unusual legal strategy to halt shareholder redemptions from a high-yield fund without first obtaining a green-light from the agency.

China’s slowing economic growth has fueled labor dissatisfaction among the nation’s assembly-line workers. For many, job losses have eroded the social compact under which migrants accepted grueling shift work and spartan living conditions far from home in exchange for prospects of a better future. Here are five things to know about the growing labor unrest in China.