News | Asia

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 | Asia

SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES

December 1, 2019
By F.L Wong/EyePress



Manila, Philippines - Dancers perform during the opening ceremony for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at in Manila, Philippines on November 30, 2019. (EyePress Newswire/FL Wong)

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.

News | Asia

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)