East Asia Tonight

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East Asia Tonight
StarringOtelli Edwards, Dawn Tan (relief)
Country of originSingapore - Broadcast to more than 20 Asian countries and territories
Production
Running timeEvery weekdays, 60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCNA
Release1999 (1999)–2011 (2011), 15 April 2024 (15 April 2024)–present

East Asia Tonight is a current flagship weekdays news programme on CNA that is airing every weekday between 6:00pm - 7:00pm (Singapore/Hong Kong time) starting 15 April 2024, providing a round-up of all the day's events in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, coverage of breaking news and international news in brief, as well as news analyses from CNA's correspondents around East Asia.

Originally, when the bulletin launched it was helmed behind the scenes by Editor Tan Yew Guan and was presented by Melissa Hyak. It was subsequently presented by a host of other presenters after Melissa Hyak left the station. Since 2011, East Asia Tonight was combined with Southeast Asia Tonight to form Primetime Asia which in turn became the second incarnation of Asia Tonight.

It was then announced on 19 March 2024 as part of the CNA's 25th Anniversary celebrations that the East Asia Tonight bulletin will be returning to CNA as a new 1-hour bulletin starting 15 April 2024 on every weekdays 6pm that will be mainly helmed by CNA presenter Otelli Edwards, with Dawn Tan as a relief presenter after a 13-year absence.