Political uncertainty has gripped most of Asia, marking new areas of global concern even as attention is fixed on measures proposed by US President-elect Donald Trump. The domestic events unfolding across the region-from the potential exit of South Korea's president...
Tokyo - A 28-year-old man died in Japan after choking on a rice ball at a speed-eating contest, an event organiser said Tuesday. The man, whose name was withheld, died on November 16 in hospital three days after choking, said...
DHAKA - Hundreds of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, community leaders said Tuesday, but border guards have pushed back hundreds more despite a United Nations plea to let them in. The UN says up to...
BANGKOK - Thai lawmakers have been asked not to leave the country next week, the head of parliament said on Tuesday, as a much-touted December date for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne draws near. The death of King...
A four-year-old boy died after he took medicine to treat high blood pressure which belonged to his grandmother, major Chinese dailies reported. The family members of Li Xin Jie felt something amiss when the boy started to vomit at their...
The inaugural Michelin Guide Shanghai 2017 debuted in China earlier and it certainly made an immediate impact, though not necessarily a positive one. The 224-page guide is printed in Chinese and English and retails for 168 yuan (S$35). Before its...
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday he was determined to "prevent the growth of radicalism", apparently responding to rumours that Islamist extremists were planning protests to destabilise his government. Officials say there has been mounting alarm within...
MANDALAY, MYANMAR - More than a century after the British expelled Myanmar's last king, descendants held an emotional ceremony in Mandalay's Golden Palace on Tuesday in a watershed moment for a country rediscovering its royal heritage after decades of colonialism...
Taipei - Taiwan's troubled TransAsia Airways said Tuesday the company would be dissolved in the wake of two deadly plane crashes, massive financial losses and an insider trading probe. Board members reached the decision to close the struggling airline during...
In the midst of TransAsia Airways' emergency board meeting this morning, Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers at the Legislative Yuan hurled criticism at the company's irresponsibility and the government's supervisory failures Tuesday after the airline took the nation by surprise by...
