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North Korea fired three ballistic miles despite COVID-19 outbreak.
Asia

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles off coast, emergency meeting called in South Korea

Three missiles were fired from the capital Pyongyang near an international airport.
Watch: NZ joins an alliance of Indo-Pacific nations aimed at countering China's influence in the region.
Asia

Australia's relationship with China will remain 'a difficult one', new PM says

"Australia should always stand up for our values and we will in a government that I lead."
Robert Patman spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.
Asia

Indo-Pacific framework is Biden telling China 'democracies aren't going to tip-toe around' authoritarianism - expert

"I think the Americans have decided to indicate to China that democracies are not always going to tip-toe around authoritarian regimes."
"It seemed so unfair that we had turned a blind eye to the plight of the Timorese at their time of need."
Asia

'There wasn't a soul around': Twenty years on from independence in Timor-Leste, those on the ground reflect what role Aotearoa played

"It seemed so unfair that we had turned a blind eye to the plight of the Timorese at their time of need."

Sanjeev Prasad and his wife.
Asia

'These people have an attitude': Couple sues son, wife for not having grandchild

"They don't think about us."
Rescue members and onlookers stand as fire fighters douse a fire that broke out at a commercial building in Delhi's western suburb May 13, 2022.
Asia

Dozens dead as fire rages through office building in Delhi, India

At least 26 people are dead after a fire broke out in a four-storey building.
Kami Rita.
Asia

Nepali sherpa scales Mt Everest for record 26th time

Kami Rita used the same climbing route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
"I was just expressing what I was feeling and I sincerely apologise for any hurt that I gave any Māori people."
Asia

'I didn't even know the words': Actor breaks down in tears apologising to Māori for naked haka on sacred mountain

"I was just expressing what I was feeling and I sincerely apologise for any hurt that I gave any Māori people."
Jacinda Ardern lands in Tokyo to meet Fumio Kishida for the first time.
Asia

Ardern lands in Tokyo: China on agenda for first meeting with Japan PM

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will meet her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida for the first time.