PETALING JAYA - In denying its own involvement, North Korea has accused South Korea and the United States of killing one of its citizens. Kim Jong-nam, whom North Korea refers to as Kim Chol, was killed on Feb 13 at Kuala...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman held talks with Indonesia's president on Wednesday and signed a range of co-operation agreements at the beginning of a 12-day visit to the world's largest Muslim-majority country. The royal visit is the first by a Saudi...
CRIME Suppression Division police will tomorrow interrogate the senior palace official dismissed on Monday following allegations of encroachment on forest land, a source said yesterday. Police General Jumpol Manmai was sacked as Grand Chamberlain in charge of security and special...
Experts and academics are calling for greater policing of schools and for regulations to be drafted to prevent abuse, after claims that teachers in Beijing and Shanghai sexually assaulted students during periods of private tuition. The attacks attracted widespread public...
Officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with possible flight delays if the runway and taxiway are closed during maintenance work over the next two months. The repair work is due to begin on...
Macau's gambling revenue rose for a seventh month and hit a two-year high in February, in the strongest signal yet the casino hub was firmly on its path to recovery from a slump triggered by China's anti-corruption campaign and...
Islamic State militants from China's Uighur ethnic minority have vowed to return home and "shed blood like rivers", according to a jihadist-tracking firm, in what experts said marked the first IS threat against Chinese targets. The threat came in a...
Jakarta - King Salman Wednesday began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia in almost 50 years, seeking to strengthen economic ties with the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. The king - who is accompanied by about 1,000...
This is the horrifying moment a mother in Guangdong, China, was filmed cruelly kicking her baby daughter in the back as she lies screaming on the ground. The six-second clip shows the woman, wearing a pink jacket, brutally kicking the...
The obsessed stalker who stabbed pop idol Mayu Tomita dozens of times in a savage attack last May was yesterday jailed for 14½ years. Ms Tomita, 21, suffered 34 stab wounds on her face, neck, back and arms, and also...
