PHNOM PENH - A Japanese restaurant owner accused of overseeing a smuggling ring that forced women into sex work in Japan was charged with trafficking in Cambodia Tuesday, along with his wife and an employee. The charges follow the dramatic...
SEOUL - South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of power and perjury for their role in drawing up a blacklist of artists critical of...
A harrowing video of a girl being flung off her seat while on an amusement park ride gripped the Internet over the weekend. The Chinese teen named Gan Tian was thrown into the air by the momentum of the rotating A...
BEIJING - China's population is expected to reach about 1.42 billion by 2020, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. As of the end of 2015, China had a population of about 1.37 billion. The annual natural population growth...
A suspect who allegedly offered student loans in exchange for nude photos was arrested by police in Gansu province in January. Authorities said the man, surnamed Yang, had been preying on young women who were in need of money for...
China will update its "green card" policy this year to make life easier for foreign residents, a source at the Ministry of Public Security confirmed on Monday. With improved security features, the permanent resident permit is expected to guarantee more...
National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said the force had never wiretapped former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He made the statement in response to allegations that police tapped the phone of the former president, popular known by his initials SBY,...
So-called 'death cafes' - meetings in which people discuss death while sipping tea in a relaxed setting - have been gaining attention recently. What are these events like? A little more than 10 men and women gathered in a room...
At least three policemen are facing investigation after being recognised in photos alongside alleged Lao drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha. Two more celebrities, meanwhile, will be summoned for questioning in relation to the expanding investigation into Xaysana's alleged drugs network in...
ANDAMAN SEA - The aid cargo for Rohingya in Myanmar will be transported by barge to Sittwe after being unloaded in Yangon, said mission organisers. Organising committee head Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said some 200 tonnes from the Malaysian...
