The price of renting a boyfriend to take home with you is surging to as high as 1,500 yuan (S$215) a day as Spring Festival approaches, chinanews.com reported on Wednesday. Some single women, who are pressured by their parents to...
In an extraordinary case of blood donation, the fates of the donor and beneficiary became tied together for life, reported Chongqing Morning Post. Nine years ago, Lin Xiaofen went to a hospital in Taipei after getting very sick. She fell into...
In yet another criminal case related to the President Park Geun-hye scandal, Choi Soon-sil's niece Jang Si-ho admitted to having coerced donations from Samsung Group at a court hearing Tuesday. However, Choi, the president's longtime friend and central figure in...
SEOUL - A Seoul court on Thursday rejected an arrest warrant sought for Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong, it said, part of a widening probe into a corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye. The Seoul Central District Court turned down a...
Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday taunted the country's Catholic priests and bishops to take highly addictive crystal methamphetamine, as he accused them of "hypocrisy" for criticising his deadly drug war. Duterte launched his broadside in response to...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's unpopular pro-Beijing leader Leung Chun-ying faced protests Wednesday as he spoke out against the city's independence movement in his final policy address. Leung will step down in July after a four-year term marked by anti-Beijing...
MANILA - Philippine police kidnapped and murdered a South Korean businessman, then led his wife to believe he was alive for months to extort money from her, authorities said Wednesday. The killing is the latest in a long series of...
BANGKOK - A Czech fugitive wanted in his homeland for knowingly spreading HIV to multiple victims has been arrested on a Thai resort island after living in the country for more than a year, police said Wednesday. Zdenek Pfeifer, 49,...
NEW DELHI - Air India will introduce women-only seats on its domestic flights to give female passengers more choice and comfort, said a senior official from the national carrier, rejecting claims the move was linked to reports of in-flight...
NEW DELHI - Former Star India television network chief executive Peter Mukerjea will stand trial for the murder of his 25-year-old stepdaughter Sheena Bora in a sensational case that has continued to grab the headlines in India. Peter Mukerjea, his...
