BEIJING - A man in China's southern region of Guangxi wounded 11 children with a blade at their kindergarten on Wednesday (Jan 4), state television said, in the country's latest mass knifing incident. Violent crime is rare in China, compared...
Police in India's technology hub of Bengaluru said on Wednesday they had begun investigating reports of a New Year's assault on a woman after a video emerged showing the attack by two men, as bystanders watched. News of the video...
BANGKOK - Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Wednesday a general election will be held this year after doubts were raised by a member of the national legislative assembly. Thailand's next polls will restore civilian rule following a 2014...
Edgar Matobato, a confessed killer and member of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS), said he witnessed President Duterte kill eight times, seven at the infamous Ma-a quarry in Davao City, when Mr. Duterte was mayor there. "Sa Ma-a, siguro...
The government is under increasing pressure as laborers and employers unpack the details of a new workweek law and the general public begins to feel its impact. Just days into the new year, the government's workweek policy, which came into...
A Thai crocodile trainer has amazingly escaped from getting his arm bitten off after a three metre man-eater grabbed a hold of his arm and performed a 'death roll'. The footage below shows the hair-raising moment where the crocodile attempted...
The special investigators' probe into the President Park Geun-hye scandal is increasingly taking shape, but there is one key suspect and witness still missing from the picture -- the daughter of Park's friend Choi Soon-sil believed to have been...
Seoul's dilemma is intensifying over a newly installed "comfort women" statue in Busan, as government efforts to relocate it stumbled amid citizens' frenzied resistance while Tokyo stages a strong protest. The memorial was initially put up on Dec. 28 on...
They are the stuff of dream vacations that would inspire holiday planners or turn others green with envy. An attractive Thai woman, who works as an Emirates flight stewardess cultivated a massive following after posting glamorous Instagram shots of herself...
South Korea's Constitutional Court held the first hearing Tuesday to review the legitimacy of President Park Geun-hye's impeachment over a corruption scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon-sil. But with Park's absence, the session lasted just nine minutes. The court's nine justices,...
