A tall bridge hung 565 meters (1,854 feet) above the canyon in southwestern China on Thursday, with state media calling it the world's tallest bridge. The Bibi River Bridge spans 1.34 km (0.83 mi) between Xuanwei City in Yunnan and...
Bangkok - Thailand's military government on Thursday granted the king power to appoint the Buddhist country's top monk, a move aimed at resolving a bitter power struggle over the venerated post. The position of Supreme Patriarch has been left open...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duttett said Thursday that the United States can not obstruct China's island construction in the South China Sea, indicating that there is no serious concern about its militarization or reclamation work. The leaders reiterated that he...
MANILA - Filipino President Rodríguez Dutett threatened to embezzle government officials who could be thrown out of a helicopter over the air, warning him to have done it before, without questioning again. The ebullient former prosecutor said he had a Chinese...
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors investigating an influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye said on Thursday they are seeking a warrant to arrest the head of the national pension fund, the world's third-largest. National Pension Service (NPS) Chairman...
JAKARTA - Citilink, the low-cost subsidiary of Indonesian national carrier Garuda Indonesia, said Wednesday it had put one of its pilots under investigation after reports of an on-duty pilot allegedly under the influence of alcohol went viral online. The incident...
Beijing - A year ago, China abandoned the one-child policy, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband began to fight for their nine-year-old son siblings. Their efforts with one other boy - one million extra births this year - have produced results. "Traditional Chinese...
SHANGHAI - The Ministry of Environment warned the northern region to stand ready to take urgent action as the country was preparing for another serious smoke attack. Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a statement on Thursday, said Beijing - Tianjin -...
BEIJING - China 's anti - corruption struggle has achieved "broken momentum" and made great progress next year is expected to not relax, the ruling Communist Party said. Since assuming office four years ago, President Xi Jinping has launched a war...
Beijing Wednesday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with Japan's decision to change the name of its embassy in the Republic of China, including the word "Taiwan." Japan Exchange Association announced that it will be renamed the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, on January 1,...
