HONG KONG - Luxury fashion brand Gucci apologised Friday after warning Hong Kong's funeral shops not to sell paper fakes of its products, traditionally burned as tributes to the dead.Burning paper replicas of everything a loved one could ever...
BEIJING - With a following of several million teenage fans, China's Liu Jie says he can earn nearly US$50,000 (S$67,700) a month from his online videos and is even recognised on the street. But he is no pop star.A...
Overcrowding, the lack of sufficient life vests and a submerged pole in the river were factors in Sunday's boat accident in the Chao Phaya River in the province of Ayutthaya, the Cabinet heard yesterday. Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said...
A Japanese sushi chef who served Kim Jong-Il claims North Korea's current leader has no intention of waging war with the United States.The chef, who goes by the pseudonym Kenji Fujimoto, told a Japanese tabloid magazine he was invited...
BANGKOK - A draft military-backed constitution in Thailand won the approval of 61.35 percent of those who voted in a referendum on the weekend, the Election Commission said on Wednesday as it released final results of the vote.The results...
The incident of a large python eating a man in a West Sulawesi village has triggered new concern over "uncontrolled" deforestation across the country, which many believe to be responsible for the numerous incidents of animals attacking humans. The body...
In an extraordinary case of blood donation, the fates of the donor and beneficiary became tied together for life, reported Chongqing Morning Post. Nine years ago, Lin Xiaofen went to a hospital in Taipei after getting very sick. She fell into...
BEIJING - China has agreed with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos that the South China Sea territorial dispute should not affect relations between China and the Association of South East Asian National (ASEAN), China's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.Four members...
Thousands of people have turned a small village in Zhejiang province upside down in a search for what they believe are precious red rubies. However, a senior official said that the so-called rubies are worthless rocks.In recent days, many...
MANILA/HONG KONG - After unleashing a crackdown on drugs, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is turning his guns on a booming online gaming industry, abruptly scrapping one firm's 13-year monopoly this week and denouncing its billionaire chief as a corrupt...
