BANGKOK - Thai police hunting a fugitive Buddhist monk discovered medical equipment in the temple rooms where they had expected to find him and will keep searching, an officer said on Friday. The military government used an emergency law on...
Hong Kong has been ranked the world's freest economy for the 23rd straight year, climbing in overall points to widen the lead over second-placed Singapore, according to the 2017 Heritage Foundation index released on Thursday. The US think tank's annual...
The spread of a deadly strain of bird flu in China is slowing, health authorities said on Thursday, as they vowed to tighten controls on markets and the transport of live poultry to battle the virus. As many as 79...
Another pangolin-eating controversy has erupted in China, after police in Shenzhen detained a woman over photos that appear to show her feasting on the endangered animal. The woman, identified by authorities only as Lin, has been dubbed the "pangolin princess"...
The abuse of Chinese trainees in Japan is rampant as many of them are forced to work overtime and under unsafe conditions, according to a recent TV programme that aired in Japan. The interns gained working access in the country...
In a dramatic breakthrough in investigations into the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam, police stormed a hotel here in the wee hours of the morning to arrest the second suspected assassin. The cops got their...
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have detained two more suspects in connection with the assassination of Mr Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday. One of them...
SEOUL - Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested early on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach South Korean President Park Geun-hye, dealing a fresh blow to the world's biggest...
The two women involved in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the elder half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, are most likely to be members of an elite female reconnaissance team, according to a former North Korean ranking...
The murder of Kim Jong-nam, the exiled half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, in broad daylight at a busy international airport, has spawned various theories about the motive behind the killing. South Korean intelligence said that the assassination of...
