MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin on Tuesday, the most high-profile Chinese visitor since he took office last year, and has had an amazing conversation with Beijing, the historical rival . Duterte will...
Japan and South Korea battle entrenched mindsets as the younger generation pushes back against the overtime culture. The Straits Times takes a look at the situation in these countries and Singapore, and how some workers and firms are coping. At 9pm,...
The anti-globalisation sentiment sweeping Europe and the United States is the greatest threat to the Asia-Pacific in the years ahead, a risk consultancy firm said on Monday. "The backlash in Asia-Pacific's two biggest markets against globalisation is the greatest threat to...
Japan and South Korea battle entrenched mindsets as the younger generation pushes back against the overtime culture. The Straits Times takes a look at the situation in these countries and Singapore, and how some workers and firms are coping. In 1991,...
Beijing plans to establish an environmental police force by the end of March, amid tightened controls on air pollution, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said after the capital and other northern cities are engulfed by a new bout...
SEOUL - North Korea denounced outgoing US President Barack Obama for blacklisting leader Kim Jong-Un's sister over human rights abuses, urging him to concentrate on "packing" as he exits the White House. The US Treasury Department last week added seven individuals...
Overuse of food additives and microbial contamination were the primary food safety problems facing China last year, according to the top food authority. The two together accounted for more than 64 per cent of all food safety problems found in...
MANILA - Senator Manny Pacquiao empathizes with President Duterte in his desire to declare martial law to stop drug trafficking in the country. President Duterte wanted to declare martial law, not to perpetuate himself in power, but to address the...
DAVAO CITY - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed the arrest of the 26-year-old son of a Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader by Malaysian authorities. According to a CNN article, Duterte said Datu Mohammad Abduljabbar Sema was arrested in Malaysia...
South Korea's special prosecutor's office said on Monday that Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee had paid bribes totaling 43 billion won (US$36.42 million or S$52.1 million) to Choi Soon-sil, the friend of President Park Geun-hye at the centre...
