Tencent Holdings Ltd's messaging services were by far the most popular mobile apps in China in 2016, leading steady growth in the world's largest internet and smartphone market, a report showed on Sunday. WeChat remained the most heavily used app...
State authorities have said that no efforts were spared in attempts to save two giant pandas whose deaths at a Shanghai zoo late last month triggered public anger. The State Forestry Administration also said on its micro-blogging service that they...
Bangkok's China Town will not hold a Chinese New Year Festival this year because the country is still mourning the passing of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej. "The organising committee for the Yaowarat's Chinese New Year celebrations has resolved to not...
Hong Kong - One of the most popular tales behind how the 12 zodiac animals of the Chinese calendar secured their spot depicts an epic river race in which each creature revealed its true colours. In Chinese culture, every year...
SHANGHAI - China's internet supervisors have taken down more than 5,500 illegal apps for disseminating pornographic and violent content among other things, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The move is the latest step taken by Beijing to...
Should the US scale back its engagement in Asia Pacific, ASEAN should step up to the challenge of filling the void, Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday. He was the first foreign defence minister to speak at the fifth...
BEIJING - China has announced a 14-month campaign to "clean up" internet service providers and crack down on devices such as virtual private networks (VPNs) used to evade strict censorship. The ruling Communist party oversees a vast apparatus designed to...
Bangladesh reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus at a poultry farm in Dhaka, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday (Jan 23), citing a report from the Bangladeshi agriculture ministry. Of 3,000...
A lion attacked and severely injured two handlers working for a Japanese company that provides animals for the entertainment industry, media reported on Monday. The 10-year-old male was chained in a cage, being groomed for a scheduled shoot when the...
Japan could pass a one-off bill allowing its retirement-ready emperor to step down, a government panel said Monday, in what would be the first abdication in over two centuries. The option was one of several presented by the group of...
