News | Asia

MALAYSIA CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

July 31, 2020
By F.L Wong/EyePress



Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Balloons vendor wearing face mask waiting for customers near shopping district in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2020. Malaysian government has made it compulsory, effective August 1, to wear face masks inside public transportation, crowded public spaces and areas where social distancing is impossible to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid 19). Those flout the mandatory mask rule can be subject to fine of up to Malaysia Ringgit 1,000. (EyePress Newswire/FL Wong)

News | China

HONG KONG TAXI DRIVERS COVID19 SPECIMEN COLLECTION

July 19, 2020
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Health workers collect specimen samples from taxi drivers for COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong on July 19, 2020 as the city braces for the third waves of COVID19 with dozens of new infection daily. (Alan Siu/EYEPRESS)

News | China

HONG KONG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW PROMULATED

July 1, 2020
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Officials and ex-leaders attend a ceremony celebrating 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong sovereignty handover on Wednesday July 1, 2020, hours after Beijing’s imposition of national security law came to effect. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

News | China

TAIWAN VOTED TO REMOVE PRO-BEIJING MAYOR

June 6, 2020
By HO/EYEPRESS



Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Taiwan opposition candidate Han Kuo-yu bows at a press conference after being removed as mayor of Kaohsiung by a recall election on June 6, 2020. The defeated presidential contender was elected in a landslide less 18 months ago, but Saturday’s vote to remove him was even larger. Han, 62, conceded defeat after more than 900,000 eligible voters backed his removal for being unfit for office, becoming the first Taiwanese official ever to be removed in this way, a result that will have a ripple effect on future elections.

News | China

CHINA WILL FORCE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW IN HONG KONG

May 29, 2020
By SK Yip/EyePress



Shanghai, China - A Chinese man rides his motorbike pass a national flag in a street in Shanghai, China, on May 28, 2020. China's parliament pass a legislation on May 28, allowing China to unilaterally draft and force national security laws in Hong Kong in the near future. (SK Yip/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG PROTEST OVER NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

May 28, 2020
By Chilam Wong/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Riot police cordon a road in Mongkok, Hong Kong, on May 27, 2020, as protesters take to the street in protest of Beijing's plan to impose national security law in the city. (Chilam Wong/EyePress)

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MALAYSIA COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

April 9, 2020
By F.L Wong/EyePress



Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian soldier stands guard behind the barb wire fence at the entrance of a building under lockdown during the Movement Control Order in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 7, 2020. The government called on people to stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. The movement control order has been extended by the government until April 14, 2020. (EyePress Newswire/FL Wong)

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JAPAN QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP

February 22, 2020
By Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EyePress



Yokohama, Japan - The quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess anchors at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on February 20, 2020, Yokohama, Japan. The passengers who tested negative for COVID-19 virus started disembarking from Wednesday. The Japanese government confirmed the death of two Japanese passengers from the quarantined Diamond Princess ship after being diagnosed and hospitalized for COVID-19 virus.

News | N. America

SINO-US TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY

January 16, 2020
By HO/EYEPRESS



White House, United States - President Donald J. Trump participates in a signing ceremony of an agreement between the United States and China with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He with Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in the East Room of the White House. Vice President Mike Pence attends.

News | China

MACAU HANDOVER ANNIVERSARY

December 10, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Macau, China - Macau's iconic Ruínas de São Paulo celebrates the 20th anniversary of handover to China on Dec 9, 2019. Security is expected to be tightened when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the city, in response to the violent clashes in Hong Kong over the past six months, which Beijing has repeatedly blamed on radical protesters.

Sport | China

UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP

December 1, 2019
By /EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Hong Kong's Lee Wai Sze celebrates after defeating Germany's Emma Hinze in the final of the Women's Sprint event during the UCI Track Cycling World Cup at the Hong Kong Velodrome, Hong Kong, 30 November 2019

Sport | Asia

WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GWANGJU

July 17, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Gwangju, South Korea - Player practice their routine in the artistic swimming highlight team technical at the 18th world swimming championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 16, 2019.

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PROTEST IN TOKYO AS TRUMP VISITS JAPAN

May 27, 2019
By Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EYEPRESS



Tokyo, Japan - Protesters holding placards against the US President Donald Trump's visit to Japan during a rally in Shinjuku on May 26, 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Police prevented a clash between a small group of right-wing people and protesters against US President Donald Trump's visit to Japan and the country's new Emperor Naruhito. Trump is currently on an official four-day state visit to Japan. He is the first foreign leader to visit the country after the coronation of Emperor Naruhito.

News | Asia

THAI CROWNED NEW KING

May 4, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Bangkok, Thailand - Three-day coronation swathed in centuries-old Buddhist and Brahmin traditions begins on Saturday May 4, 2019 as Thailand's new King, Maha Vajiralongkorn, who succeeded his late father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in December 2016, formally be crowned Rama X. Royalist Thais have in recent weeks been wearing yellow, the colour associated in astrology with Monday, the day on which both the king and his late father were born. (EYEPRESS/Alan Siu)

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INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

October 4, 2018
By Jafar G Bua/EyePress



Palu, Indonesia - Earthquake and tsunami wage the city of Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September 28, 2018. Food and supplies are trickling into Indonesia as the official death toll from last week's earthquake and tsunami has now topped 1,400 people. In Palu, the situation is increasingly desperate, but 17 countries including the U.S. have promised to send aid. The city of more than 350,000 people has no running water or electricity. Food and water is scarce, as are the tools to recover the dead. (Jafar Bua/EP Image)