SAPPORO, Japan - More than 2 million visitors are expected at this year's Sapporo snow festival, which kicked off on Monday, showcasing hundreds of ice sculptures of iconic movie characters, celebrities and even US President Donald Trump. A military band...
MANILA - The Philippines held a memorial on Monday for a South Korean businessman whose kidnapping and murder by rogue anti-narcotics police prompted a shock suspension of police from President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Diplomats, government officials and members...
YANGON - A Buddhist monk in Myanmar has been caught hiding more than four million methamphetamine pills in his monastery, police said on Monday, following a record haul of stimulant seizures last year. The monk, named Arsara, is in custody...
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Prosecutors in Indonesia are examining online video comments by a US woman jailed for 10 years over the 2014 murder of her mother on the resort island of Bali to decide if they justify a stiffer...
Doctors in Chennai, India, faced one of their biggest challenges when they operated on a patient and removed a live cockroach from her skull. According to The New Indian Express, a 42-year old woman was admitted to the hospital on...
An Australian woman died in a tragic jet ski accident after a collision with another ski driven by her husband off Kata beach in Phuket yesterday afternoon (Feb 5), reported The Bangkok Post. The couple were riding the rented jet...
HONG KONG - Scores of China social media postings about a well-connected billionaire who went missing from a Hong Kong hotel have been deleted, pointing to what appears to be heightened sensitivity in Beijing over the case of Xiao...
The qipao is often said to be the epitome of elegant Chinese dressing, but it is actually the traditional clothing of the Manchus, a minority group that conquered China and ruled it for more than 250 years under the...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Beitou man on Sunday murdered two of his children while severely injuring another before taking his own life, authorities said. The man was only identified by his surname Chang, and is reportedly 46 years old. Chang stabbed his...
More than 10 billion yuan ($2.05 billion) will be spent this year on improving toilet facilities at tourist attractions nationwide, according to the top tourism official. The aim is to build 19,512 public restrooms and renovate another 6,685, Li Jinzao,...
