Hong Kong - Four rebel Hong Kong lawmakers were in court Wednesday to fight a government bid to disqualify them from parliament, a move criticised as an attack on democracy under pressure from Beijing. Hong Kong's unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying...
Once a driver of growth and a source of national pride, South Korea's family-led conglomerates are becoming instead objects of public scorn as a massive corruption scandal puts them under mounting pressure to reform. Tuesday's indictment of the heir to...
Been wondering what Obama is up to? His look alike is taking acting classes. Jiguo Xiao is a Beijing resident who closely resembles the former US president. For the past years, he's been earning a living by making guest appearances as Obama...
Samsung Group on Tuesday announced the group will disband its controversial control tower, the Corporate Strategy Office, to take responsibility for its involvement in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye and the arrest...
NEW DELHI - India's top court on Tuesday (Feb 28) denied a plea by a pregnant woman to terminate her 26-week-old foetus diagnosed with Down syndrome, the latest in a string of women to have her abortion request rejected. Indian...
GENEVA - South Korea on Tuesday urged the United Nations to suspend its isolated northern neighbour, arguing that the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam showed Pyongyang was intent on using chemical weapons. Speaking before the UN's Conference on Disarmament in Geneva,...
NEW DELHI - Rallies were held in India's capital Tuesday in support of a student who received rape threats over her controversial remarks on Pakistan after being mocked online by celebrities, including cricketer Virender Sehwag. Hundreds of students from several...
HANOI - Japan's emperor arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday for a whirlwind tour that will include a meeting with families of Japanese soldiers who stayed there after World War II. The emperor and empress were received by Vice President Dang...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised on Tuesday for failing to save an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants, but insisted ransoms should not be paid. The Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom network in the southern Philippines...
Padang restaurants are available almost everywhere in Indonesia and loved by millions but this can mean that sometimes it's a little bit hard to find authentic Padang restaurants. Worry not, as these six simple tricks will help you identify the...
