COVID-19

Taiwan will begin allowing visitors from all countries while also ending its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for new arrivals.

Public support is waning amid the new phase of heavy-handed enforcement.

The Asian Development Bank’s plan calls for improving long-term food security by strengthening farming and food supplies to cope with climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Hong Kong has mostly aligned with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy. Now Chief Executive John Lee says the city must provide “maximum room” for “connectivity with the world.”

The country is aiming to attract more than 30 million tourists in 2023, but its success may depend on the future of China's "zero-COVID" policy.

The response to COVID-19 contrasts with the CCP’s reaction to previous health crises, when the approach was to downplay the extent of the virus.

Japan’s struggling tourism sector sees a light at the end of the tunnel as “self-guided” tours make way for full travel.

Even a 6.8 magnitude earthquake wasn’t enough for authorities to allow residents to exit their apartment buildings.

After nearly three years, the city-state has taken a significant step toward living with the disease.

Japan, which has imposed some of the toughest border measures amid the pandemic, continues its gradual reopening even as case counts soar.

Australia, Japan, South Korea, and others have found middle ground between a full return to pre-pandemic normalcy and attempts to cling to “zero COVID.”