SEOUL - The corridors of power have been home to South Korea's Park Geun-Hye as a child, de facto first lady, and president. She leaves them in disgrace, crippled by a corruption scandal that made her the country's first head...
Tokyo - A senior Japanese politician criticised last year for being carried over flood waters while inspecting deadly typhoon damage was out of a job Friday after joking about the incident. Shunsuke Mutai, parliamentary vice minister for reconstruction, in September...
PARIS-The number and proportion of people in China over 80 are growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be declining, scientists reported Friday. Comparing medical data and surveys from 1998 and 2008 of nearly 20,000 people aged 80...
South Korea's Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun Hye on Friday (March10), removing her from office over a graft scandal that has gripped the country for months. Park, 65, becomes the country's first democratically elected leader to...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that the controversial ingredients in Taiwan's latest counterfeit drug scandal had come from mainland China. During a meeting of the Legislature's Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee, Health Minister...
South Korea's upcoming presidential election is likely to take place on May 9 at the latest, as the Constitutional Court issued a verdict confirming the removal from office of disgraced President Park Geun-hye on Friday. As the nation has to...
Today could be judgement day for controversial monk Phra Dhammachayo, with the Sangha Supreme Council (SSC) expected to issue a resolution in its meeting. More than three weeks since authorities began besieging the temple, the ex-abbot has still not been...
BEIJING - China will not devalue its currency to stimulate exports, a deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said. "China will definitely not devalue the yuan to stimulate exports, it will definitely not engage in a currency war....
SEOUL - South Korea's Constitutional Court will on Friday deliver a ruling on a parliamentary vote impeaching President Park Geun-hye which could oust her from office and see a snap election within 60 days. If the court upholds parliament's Dec....
PETALNG JAYA - The nine remaining Malaysians in North Korea received moral support from Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who made a long distance call to the Malaysian embassy in Pyongyang to check on their well-being. Read also: Pyongyang bans Malaysians from...
