A TEENAGER in Karnataka, India, who has been suffering from persistent cough, was shocked to find out there were pen parts lodged in her lungs, reported Malaysia Nanban. Medical specialists checking the 19-year-old found several parts of a pen lodged...
MITO - Japan's cherry blossom season kicks off boozy parties across the country and draws tourists from far and wide, but the annual coming-of-spring ritual isn't official until inspectors like Hisato Nishii sign off on it. Over the past few weeks,...
Seoul - South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye was spending her first day in custody Friday after a court ordered her arrest, with her opponents crowing and her supporters crying. The former head of state stared straight ahead, apparently trying...
BANGKOK - Thailand's ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday (March 31) accused the junta of bullying him over a 17 billion baht (S$689 million) tax bill and said it should count him out of reconciliation efforts. Thaksin has...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he will not sever ties with North Korea, state news agency Bernama reported on Friday, after a diplomatic row between the two countries ended this week. Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police took statements from three North Koreans wanted for questioning in the murder of Kim Jong Nam before they were allowed to leave the country along with the body of the victim, police chief Khalid...
TOKYO - Almost 40 per cent of foreign residents who sought housing in Japan had applications turned down and almost a quarter were denied jobs in the past five years, a survey showed on Friday, highlighting discrimination in a largely...
"MY first hero was an astronaut. But my new hero is the small farmer, earning about Rs200 (S$4.35) a day or about Rs6000 per month in India. People like that are trying to migrate out of agriculture because of the...
Mokpo, South Korea - The salvaged wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry finally reached port Friday, nearly three years after setting out on a doomed voyage that killed more than 300 people. A semi-submersible ship carrying the wreck docked alongside a...
Mokpo, South Korea - The salvaged wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry finally reached port Friday, nearly three years after setting out on a doomed voyage that killed more than 300 people. A semi-submersible ship carrying the wreck docked alongside a...
