BEIJING - China warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a "dead end", state media said Wednesday, after the island's democratically elected president phoned Donald Trump in a precedent-breaking move. Beijing's stance of opposing and blocking "Taiwan independence splittism" is...
GENDER DISPARITY IN FIGURES: - Only 6% of top 100 tech companies have women CEOs
- Only 9% of apps are developed by women
- Almost 90% of electronic goods in the world are created by men
- 10-15% high level managers are...
For several years, India has been a star performer among Asian economies, with annual output rising continually above the 7 per cent level while China's growth has eased and other economies slowed. But India's short-term prospects have dimmed, according to...
TOKYO - Japan is notorious for its long working hours. A typical worker pulls an average of 60 hours per week, compared to workers in the United States, who work an average of 34.4 hours each week. But this may...
The slaughter of dogs will be abolished and butchery facilities removed from South Korea's largest dog meat market, in a move which officials described as a step toward ending the animal welfare controversy over the industry. The decision was announced...
Just hours after declaring he was "not a killer," President Duterte told a group of business leaders on Monday night that he "personally" killed drug suspects when he was mayor of Davao City. Mr. Duterte said he rode a big...
A new ad by Absolut Vodka has tapped South Korea's on-going political crisis as creative inspiration, but the end result could leave the Swedish spirits giant with a nasty hangover. Back in June, Absolut released a limited-edition bottle called 'Absolut...
Donald Trump's push to reset America's relationship with China has led him to question a fundamental principle that allows him to hold talks with Beijing in the first place. Trump recently suggested he could scrap America's longstanding "one China" principle,...
SEOUL - A friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the centre of a scandal that led to Park's impeachment in parliament will attend the preliminary hearing in her corruption trial next week, even though she is not...
Manila - Environmentalists have hit out at organisers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant in the Philippines, calling them "irresponsible" for letting contestants swim with endangered whale sharks. A group of bikini-clad Miss Universe candidates were photographed smiling and waving...
