It would take 12 years for a young Hong Kong couple earning a joint income of HK$60,000 (S$11,000) a month to save up for the down payment of a 450 sq ft flat which costs HK$6 million. Rising property prices...
Taipei - Distraught relatives in Taiwan gathered to mourn their loved ones on Tuesday after a bus carrying elderly local tourists flipped on its side and left 33 dead in one of the island's worst ever road accidents. The group...
Hashima, Japan - The haunting silhouette of "Battleship Island" rises up from the sea, an abandoned testament to what was once the most densely populated city on earth. Thousands of men, women and children lived and worked on the island,...
Inspector General of Police (IG) Punjab Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera confirmed that six police officials were among the dead, including two senior officers. 85 people were also injured in the attack, which he said had targetted police officials present at the...
While many single men and women in China tried to escape the blind dates their relatives set up during Spring Festival, the young people of a remote village in Southwest China's Yunnan province attended a local mass-dating event, following...
India's highest court Monday (Feb 13) barred hundreds of students from becoming doctors after they were caught paying bribes and cheating on exams to gain admission into prestigious medical schools. Around 630 students from central Madhya Pradesh state were found...
The Islamabad-Pakistani court banned the public celebration of Valentine's Day in Islamabad, the capital, and Indonesian students plan to abandon the event because of the love festival in some parts of Asia to hold a cool reception. In Australia, Malaysia...
China's smog-hit capital Beijing will ban high-emission vehicles from Wednesday as part of its efforts to combat pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. Concerned about the damage done to its reputation by persistent smog, the...
Beijing - China is investigating the former head of a securities industry newspaper for links to a tycoon who went missing in Hong Kong last month, a local media outlet has reported. Xie Zhenjiang, former president of the Securities Daily...
TOKYO - Tired of the usual box of chocolates? Try a bug cocktail or a caramel creepy crawly for Valentine's Day. A Tokyo bar on Sunday offered courageous couples and curious gourmets a special menu of desserts and drinks made...
