BEIJING - Jing Qi, a part-time presenter on the live streaming platform Huajiao, underwent cosmetic surgery in March to improve her chances of becoming an internet celebrity. After five hours of rhinoplasty and facial fat injections that left her with...
Tensions boiled over as North Korea indicated that it was prepared for an "invasion" from the US and ready to hit back with a nuclear attack. US President Donald Trump responded by saying that North Korea was "asking for...
Pyongyang - On the side streets of Pyongyang, small traders sell vegetables from impromptu stalls. At markets, dealers offer imported household goods - even Coca-Cola - and in state-owned department stores hard currency is openly exchanged at black-market rates. Officially,...
BEIJING - Beijing has ordered 15 online real estate portals to remove misleading information, false advertising and even advice on feng shui by Wednesday, as part of its campaign to cool a red-hot housing market. Advertisements on the websites should...
Vehicles will be prohibited on six Bangkok roads during Songkran. According to temporary regulations to be enforced by Bangkok traffic police, published on the Royal Gazette website on Tuesday, the six roads are Khao San, Chakkrabhong, Bowornniwet, Sib Sam Hang,...
KATHMANDU - Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the "highest party on earth" at Everest base camp on Tuesday (Apr 11), playing to around 100 climbers - all in full mountain gear. The...
SHANTOU - Two men were stabbed to death during a brazen robbery staged by a knife-wielding attacker in an automated teller machine (ATM) room last Saturday (April 8). Footage of the attack in southern China's Guangdong province, captured on a...
Celebrations unfolded on Tuesday at Hanuman temples across the country as devotees thronged these shrines to offer special prayers and to worship with chant of mantras on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated every year on the...
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, soon to be the world's longest cross-sea passage, is one step closer to being completed. A 2.7-kilometer tunnel, which had been dug through on Monday, has linked the Zhuhai part of the project, the Southern Metropolitan...
Taiwan has passed landmark animal protection laws imposing fines for the consumption of dog and cat meat as well as jail time for those who kill and torture animals. The Animal Protection Act amendments approved by the Legislative Yuan on...
