Daimaru and Daiso. The duo from Japan are household names in Singapore, and visiting Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam said he hopes local brands, too, can leave their mark in Japan. He was speaking at a reception last night...
GUANGZHOU - Setting up a camera in a public place, Ou Zhihang hastily removes his clothes, then with just one bottom-exposing press-up - his work is done. The artist has taken more than 700 photos capturing his nude exercises on...
SEOUL - South Korean lawmakers on Monday (Dec 5) kicked off an unprecedented series of hearings that will see the country's business elite grilled over a corruption scandal engulfing impeachment-threatened President Park Geun Hye. The powerful heads of family-run conglomerates...
Authorities have recovered body parts and debris in waters where an Indonesian plane carrying police went missing, officials said Sunday, raising fears over the fate of the flight's passengers and crew. The M28 Skytruck plane carrying 13 people lost contact...
SEOUL - As protesters march through Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul, the centre stage of huge weekly demonstrations calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down, nearby restaurants hustle to prepare for a busy night. Many bars and...
SEOUL - When South Korea's Park Geun-Hye looks back on the scandal-fuelled implosion of her presidency, she may reflect ruefully on what lit the first fuse - a parent pulling strings over a child's education. Park's downfall was the result...
BEIJING - A report by a local major food delivery service has found that preferred orders differ across the nation's regions. According to delivery service Meituan-Dianping, people in Shanghai and neighbouring Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces like to order fried chicken...
NEW DELHI - In Bollywood-crazy India, the decision by the nation's highest court to require playing the national anthem before film screenings has triggered an array of responses. "All the cinema halls in India shall play the national anthem before the...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON - China lodged a diplomatic protest on Saturday after US President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, but blamed the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own for the"petty" move. The 10-minute telephone call...
JAKARTA/SINGAPORE - A twin-engine Indonesian police plane went missing on Saturday with 15 people on board en route to the island of Batam, south of Singapore, police said. The plane is thought to have crashed between the islands of Mensanak...
