JAKARTA - At least 23 people have been killed and 17 are missing after a passenger boat caught fire on Sunday near Jakarta, according to officials. The boat was ferrying around 200 people from Jakarta to Tidung island - a...
BEIJING - Severe smog in northern China on Sunday led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of highways, disrupting the first day of the New Year holiday. Most of the northern region was hit by harmful smoke in...
The captain vowed not to interfere with the outcome of the next general election, even if the ruling party won the national vote. "Although the elections in 2017 will lead to the formation of the same old political party, all...
Sixteen people, including two surgeons, were sentenced to two to five years' trafficking in human organs in China, a practice that is still widespread in the country. The organization also includes an anesthesiologist, a nurse and an assistant physician, according...
The underreporting of working hours is suspected to have occurred in several departments at advertising giant Dentsu Inc., which has already been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Labor Standards Law by having its employee work illegally...
China has accelerated the pace of anti-corruption ahead of an important meeting next week, and on Thursday announced developments in three major cases. The Ministry of Defense confirmed the investigation of the bribery of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of...
North Korea is in the "final stage" of developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, and Kim Jong-un said Sunday that the country would greatly strengthen its nuclear deterrent in 2016. "We are in the final phase of a test firing launch of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Abang bomba were kept busy right up to New Year's Eve, rescuing a girl whose leg was trapped in a drain grill to helping a dude whose penis got stuck in a metal ring. The 30-something man was...
China will never allow anyone to"make a great fuss" about its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's address, while China's top official in charge of Taiwan ties warned of risk ahead in...
The suicide of an overworked employee of advertising giant Dentsu Inc. has led the company's president to announce his resignation. This case has shown that excessive working hours is a serious matter over which top management should be held...
