JAKARTA - A recommendation to suspend Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is being processed by the Home Ministry following the receipt of a letter from the North Jakarta District Court, expounding charges of blasphemy against him on Monday. The Home...
SEOUL - As hundreds of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets every weekend for two months to call for President Park Geun-hye to resign, the opposition's leading contender to replace her appeared reluctant to seize the moment. That...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Thursday he would halt all online gambling in his country. Duterte made the comment while announcing a 2017 budget that focused heavily on populist measures. He gave no timeframe for such a...
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's customs authorities on Thursday impounded a consignment of aprons from India featuring images of the Buddha, saying the novelty garments were "offensive to Buddhists". Spokesman Dharmasena Kahandawa said it was an offence under international customs law...
TOKYO - A fire engulfed about 140 houses, shops and other buildings in a Japanese coastal city northwest of Tokyo on Thursday, with early reports of just two people suffering injuries. The military was called in to help battle the...
BEIJING - China has begun daily civilian charter flights to Woody Island in the disputed South China Sea after approved the airport there for civil operations, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday. China claims almost all of the South...
SEOUL - South Korea's scandal-hit president was asked to clarify the mystery surrounding her whereabouts at the time of a disastrous 2014 ferry sinking Thursday as the Constitutional Court opened her impeachment hearing. Parliament voted to impeach Park Geun-Hye earlier...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Global warming naysayers will have a hard time explaining the heat that Taiwan experienced this winter solstice. According to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), Wednesday's temperature in Taipei City peaked at 30.5 degrees Celsius at 2:01 p.m. This...
Police will seek an arrest warrant for the acting abbot of Dhammakaya Temple after he failed to show up at Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi Provincial Court yesterday afternoon to apply for bail, a source said. The acting abbot, identified as Phra...
For Kim Su-yeon, a 36-year-old self-proclaimed germophobe, Seoul at this time of a year is a nightmare. Before stepping outside, she always makes sure she has a sufficient supply of antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizers in her bag. But such precautions...
