A 60-year-old man has been charged with arson after last Friday evening's firebomb attack on an MTR train, reported Hong Kong media. The case will be mentioned in court today. Of the 19 people injured in the blaze, nine are still...
United Nations, United States - The United States, Japan and South Korea on Sunday requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss North Korea's missile launch, Pyongyang's first test since US President Donald Trump took office. The council is...
BEIJING - In an effort to promote filial piety, a university in Fujian province has set aside 100,000 yuan (S$20,640) to reward students who returned home for the winter break. Students at Xiamen University of Technology who returned home can...
Tokyo - As Japan prepares to celebrate Valentine's Day, a cranky group of marxist protesters have called for an end to public displays of love, claiming it hurts their feelings. Members of 'Kakuhido', or the Revolutionary Alliance of Men that...
SEOUL - South Korea's special prosecutor said its investigation team would again summon Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee on Monday to question him on suspicion of bribery, as part of its investigation into a political corruption scandal. Lee Kyu-chul,...
SURIGAO, Philippines - Thousands of residents of a city in the southern Philippines huddled on the streets Sunday, two days after a deadly quake, as aftershocks continued to hit the region. The 6.5-magnitude quake struck Surigao and nearby areas of...
Tens of millions of Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday in local elections across the Muslim-majority country, with bitter feuding over the powerful post of Jakarta governor stoking political and religious tensions. Incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Jakarta's first ethnic...
SEOUL - A provincial governor nicknamed after a leading boy-band is surging in South Korean presidential polls following former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon's announcement that he would not run in an election that could come within months. Governor An...
The world's most famous mouthless cat (or is it?) knows you have to eat. There's now a pop-up Hello Kitty-themed supermarket in Hong Kong, where you can get all sorts of Hello Kitty themed groceries, like sushi, egg rolls, macarons...
People across the country are preparing to welcome the country's new Supreme Patriarch at his official ordination ceremony today, with a former disciple of Somdet Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan (Ambhorn Ambharo) labelling him the perfect choice to lead Thai Buddhists. The sacred appointment...
