Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province have set up a 100 billion yuan (S$20 billion) joint railway fund to boost regional integration, authorities announced on Tuesday. About 54 billion yuan, or 90 per cent of the initial instalment, comes from social...
When President Duterte warned taxi drivers last year that not giving exact change to passengers amounted to estafa, he touched on one among a litany of grievances Filipinos have had about taxis. From getting turned down after flagging it...
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has conceded defeat to rival Anies Baswedan and running mate Sandiaga Uno in the gubernatorial runoff election on Wednesday. "Congratulations to Anies and Sandiaga, their campaign team and supporters. We're actually the same, we...
SEOUL - North Korea put on a musical show to mark the birthday of founding father Kim Il Sung, which ended with a mock-up video of missiles engulfing the United States in flames, prompting cheers from the audience and...
JAKARTA: Jakarta's Christian governor on Wednesday lost heavily to a Muslim former government minister in an election run-off, private polls indicated, after a divisive battle that has damaged Indonesia's reputation as a bastion of tolerant Islam. Anies Baswedan, who was...
BANGKOK - Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be cremated on Oct. 26, a government official said on Wednesday, adding that the king's funeral will take place over a five day period. Confirmation of the cremation date sets a timeframe...
For three decades everyone from police and builders, to street cleaners and partying rich kids have gorged on noodles at Uncle Pan's street-side stall in Bangkok's chic-est neighbourhood. But now the 67-year-old food vendor is no longer welcome at his...
PHUKET: A nine-year-old girl received a reward for returning a bag containing 130,000 baht(S$5,292) in cash and 90 grams of gold yesterday afternoon. Piyarat Boonkek and her parents met with 55-year-old Nukhlia Sangkaew, the owner of the bag at Kamala...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has won the 2017 Time 100 reader poll, a part of Time Magazine's "annual list of the most influential people in the world." While the poll does not determine the official lineup - Time's editors choose...
Tokyo - Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying an "outrageous" 100-hour-a-month cap will do nothing to tackle karoshi, or death from overwork. Tokyo's bid to ease a...
