SORONG -Indonesia vowed to take action after a British-owned cruise ship smashed into pristine coral reefs and caused extensive damage, as residents of the popular tourist site lamented "paradise" had been ruined. The foreign ministry in Jakarta said the damage...
Taipei - A judgement against a gay woman who married a man because of pressure from her family has sparked criticism in Taiwan as the island moves closer to legalising same-sex marriage. The woman was recently ordered by a court...
A Taiwanese woman has posted online about how she was detained by Malaysian authorities for 35 hours due to a damaged passport. The woman, identified by her alias "Qiao-mei," wrote that upon her flight's arrival at the Kuala Lumpur airport,...
Archaeologists have discovered nearly 200 boat-shaped coffins dating from between the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), in Chengdu, Sichuan province. They found the coffins after digging an area the size of two...
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday ordered ousted president Park Geun-Hye to appear before them next week for questioning over the corruption scandal that triggered her dramatic downfall. Park, who was dismissed by the Constitutional Court last Friday, will...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has used a DNA sample from one of Kim Jong-Nam's children to confirm the identity of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un, the deputy prime minister said Wednesday. Investigators "confirmed the identity of...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge to fully support Saudi Arabia's efforts to end its dependence on oil illustrates Japan's policy of attaching great importance to maintaining stability in the Middle East to ensure a stable supply of energy resources...
SEOUL - South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9 to replace impeached leader Park Geun-hye, who was dismissed last Friday over a corruption scandal, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. Read also: What to know about South...
The son of a Kalasin police deputy superintendent has reportedly confessed to fatally stabbing Silpakorn University student Thirapong Thitatharn, 24, during an attack last month in the victim's dormitory room in Phetchaburi, a police source said yesterday. The young man,...
Doctors in Wuhan, Hubei province, thanks to a donation from an Italian businesswoman, have successfully performed the first surgical procedure on Monday to help a man whose face was burned and disfigured 22 years ago when he was an...
