Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with a delegation of the New Zealand National Party led by President Peter Goodfellow in Beijing on Monday.
Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer on Thursday signed a Senate notice promoting him to acting president, after lawmakers voted to open impeachment proceedings against suspended President Dilma Rousseff.
South Korea's ruling party failed to regain a majority in the parliamentary election on Wednesday, heralding hardships that President Park Geun-hye's economic reform drive may face during the remaining tenure of her five-year term.
China's civil servants must take exams and be evaluated on their legal knowledge, and abide by the law when exercising power, according to an official document issued on Thursday.
Iceland's ruling center-right coalition on Wednesday decided to appoint Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as new prime minister after its previous leader was forced to resign.
Japanese opposition parties accelerated their realignment ahead of this summer's upper house election with the latest move of the formal establishment of the Minshinto, or the Democratic Party, on Sunday to confront the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Corrupt officials were given no respite during China's biggest annual political events, the plenary meetings of national lawmakers and political advisors.
As China's annual parliamentary session draws to an end, the "four consciousnesses" has emerged as a popular catchphrase frequently underpinned not only by top leaders, national lawmakers, but commentators and news anchors.
Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is currently looking at several "strong candidates" to contest the vacant Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC) seat, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Monday.
Chinese leaders on Sunday called for more efforts to deepen reforms and develop the economy while talking to legislators and political advisors.
Party officials, lawmakers and media have called for unwavering conformity with top leader Xi Jinping, ahead of the country's major political meetings, known collectively as the "two sessions."
A compilation of editorials, commentaries and reports concerning President Xi Jinping's recent remarks on reporting and public opinion has been published by the People's Publishing House.
Japanese opposition parties accelerated their realignment ahead of the upper house election slated for this summer with the latest move on Tuesday that two major opposition parties here basically agreed to merge in a step to challenge the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Five Japanese opposition parties on Friday filed two bills to the National Diet's lower house demanding the retraction of a series of controversial security laws enacted last year due to their unconstitutionality.
Wang Baoan, head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), is being investigated for "severe disciplinary violation," according to the top anti-graft body of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The 10th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Laos' most significant political event, came to a close on Friday afternoon here after the election of the party leader.
The opening ceremony of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was held in capital Hanoi on Thursday morning.
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