Look! Is this picture nice?To capture a photo this picturesque, some tourists went to great lengths.Chinese tourists were photographed grabbing branches and climbing Japan's iconic cherry blossom trees just to snap photos of blossom petals as it rained on...
BEIJING - China's expressed anger on Tuesday (April 12) after foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) advanced economies said they strongly opposed provocation in the East and South China Seas, where China is locked in territorial disputes."We...
PETALING - Passengers on Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ535 from Perth, Australia, arrived in Denpasar in Bali on Saturday to discover the airline had unloaded most of their luggage in order to comply with weight restrictions.In a statement on Monday,...
STUDENTS of a college in Shaanxi province, China, are reportedly made to pay 10 yuan (S$2) for each wrong answer they give to a question, according to Kwong Wah Yit Poh.Some of the students said they also need to...
China's Great Firewall isn't a barrier to trade - it's only a bulwark against Western propaganda, a Chinese state-run newspaper wants to remind citizens.The Global Times came to the defence of the country's Internet censors on Monday as they...
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Philippine soldiers killed four more militants as they pressed their offensive against the Abu Sayyaf after suffering heavy losses in weekend clashes in the troubled south, authorities said Monday.Troops killed the four on the strife-torn island...
BANGKOK - A Thai opposition leader warned the ruling junta on Monday that his followers would reject in an August vote a military-drafted constitution, which critics say would enshrine the generals' domination of politics.The military seized power in May...
His hilarious portrayals of a seat-hogging aunty, a nose-picking commuter and other characters typically seen on the busy Shanghai Metro have left many people in stitches.A German expatriate, only known as 'Thomas', has poked fun at people and life...
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester who was allegedly beaten by police in an attack captured by television cameras and beamed around the world stood trial on Monday over allegations he assaulted officers.Political activist Ken Tsang stands...
TAIPEI - Taiwan on Monday accused China, which regards the self-ruled island as a breakaway province, of kidnapping eight of its nationals who it said had been acquitted in a cybercrime case in Kenya.Kenya's attorney-general said in January it...
