MANILA - The Philippines' top diplomat says that while he believes the West Philippine Sea belongs to Filipinos, the country's territorial dispute with China may "not be resolved during our lifetime." Foreign affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. admitted on Wednesday that...
New Delhi - An ATM in Delhi spewed dummy 2,000-rupee notes issued by the 'Children Bank of India', prompting an investigation into the embarrassing lapse, police said Wednesday, months after the government's shock cash ban triggered painful shortages. A customer care executive...
KUALA LUMPUR - Even the location of the office of Air Koryo seems to be a big question mark. The North Korean airline has suddenly emerged on the public radar with the revelation by Malaysian police that one of its employees...
KUALA LUMPUR - The Vietnamese woman suspected of helping to kill the North Korean leader's half-brother was a keen singer whose Facebook pages featured pouting portraits and pictures of parties. Four days before Kim Jong Nam was killed at a...
Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed grave concern over the continued militarisation in the disputed South China Sea. "A number of ministers expressed concern over recent developments and escalation of activities in the area,...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong handed out billions in tax cuts and poverty relief on Wednesday (Feb 22), to stimulate its economy that is expected to grow more strongly than expected at 2 to 3 per cent this year despite...
While other parts of Indonesia are experiencing flooding and heavy downpours, Riau is bracing for the dry season as a number of hot spots have been detected across the province. According to the Pekanbaru Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency's (BMKG)...
Tiga Ananda publisher, a branch of PT Tiga Serangkai in Surakarta, Central Java, has pulled a children's book from the shelves following complaints over its alleged pornographic content. The book, titled "Aku Berani Tidur Sendiri" (I Can Sleep Alone), is...
Representatives from Indonesia and Vietnam sat down with their Malaysian counterparts late on Monday to request access to their citizens who have been detained by Malaysian police for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man believed to...
A provincial court in Phuket is expected to hand down a verdict later this week after an Australian man pleaded guilty last Friday to a reckless driving charge following a jet-ski collision that killed his girlfriend. Thomas Keating, 22, acknowledged charges...
