NEW YORK - US government prosecutors have asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon indicted in New York on charges of bribery, an official confirmed Friday. An indictment unsealed on January 10 accuses Ban...
MOUNT KYAIKHTEEYOE, MYANMAR - Under the shadow of Myanmar's famed "Golden Rock" punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure - slices of skin from the country's fast disappearing wild elephants sold for a few dollars a square inch. A...
Yangon - Myanmar's government lashed out at Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday, accusing him of using the Rohingya crisis unfolding in Rakhine state for his own "political interests". The premier of Muslim-majority Malaysia has been a vocal critic...
SEOUL - South Korea's special prosecutor's office said on Friday it summoned a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd executive for questioning as it investigates a widening influence-peddling scandal that has embroiled President Park Geun-hye. The office said it had summoned Executive...
Parks officials yesterday mobilised staff from the Protected Areas Regional Office 3 to catch protected and endangered animals left at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanburi province. The animals were left over from the last animal seizure at the controversial temple...
A grieving family is claiming that their relative may have survived if a pick-up truck driver had not blocked an ambulance from rushing to her rescue due to a minor road accident. On Wednesday, an ambulance collided with a pick-up in...
Samsung Group heaved a sigh of relief Thursday, as a Seoul court rejected a request by a special counsel to arrest the group's heir apparent Lee Jae-yong. However, the company expressed concerns over its business prospects, citing the possibility of...
The court's refusal to issue an arrest warrant for Samsung Group's heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has dealt a blow to the special investigators who have been striving to prove the bribery allegation centred on President Park Geun-hye and her...
A disgruntled woman who was stopped from bringing her pungent durian fruit onto a train in China, decided the only logical thing to do was rip open the prickly things and eat it all on the spot. The 27-year-old woman...
How far would you go for the hottest hairstyle? Hair styling just got a whole lot hotter! Who'd have thought the next big thing in hair styling would be to literally set it on fire? This guy! Meet Shafqat Rajput, a barber...
