Seoul - The court is responsible for verifying the bombing of South Korean President Park, said Friday that she would not be asked to appear in court. But the Constitutional Court said Park's close friend Choi Soon-Sil, the center of the...
SHANGHAI - China's yuan firmed against the dollar on Friday after the central bank fixed a much stronger midpoint, but the currency is on course to be the worst performing major Asian currency this year and have its biggest...
With new reports of human infections in China, Indonesia says it is supporting the return of avian flu, which is expected to be a major health risk next year. The Ministry of Health said bird flu was the most concerned...
SEOUL - Southern Port of Busan on Friday said it would allow activists to place a statue of a victim of Japanese wartime sex slaves outside the city's Japanese consulate. The municipality had previously removed the "comfort women" statue, but changed...
Shanghai - China is the world's second-largest economy and has one of the fastest growth rates of any G20 nation, but its stock markets have been among the worst performing in the world this year. Starting with a botched attempt...
Taoyuan, Taiwan - If the door is not locked, the knife is tied to the table and uniformed staff, Taoyuan women's prison food factory like any commercial kitchen. Wearing masks and hair prisoners mixed cocoa powder to make chocolate, or chopped cabbage...
A state-of-the-art conservation centre to "treat" ancient cultural relics in disrepair opened at Beijing's Palace Museum on Thursday. The base, informally called the Relic Hospital, covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation's most-advanced restoration workshops, said Shan Jixiang, the...
A special investigation team led by independent lawyer Park young-soo suspected that another unauthorized person could be involved in the treatment of President Park. According to sources and local reports, the team received a communication between the two park secretaries...
HANGZHOU - A Chinese boy chased his mother's car for some distance after she drove off without him unwittingly, reports said. She had dropped a relative off at a train station in Zhuji, a city in Zhejiang in eastern China...
A 64-year-old woman who lost her only child gave birth to a healthy baby boy by Cesarean section and herself remained stable in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province on Dec 28. The news was released by a Sina Weibo user...
