SHANGHAI – China’s yuan weakened to near its lowest in 8 1/2 years on Monday, weighed down by the dollar’s continuing strength as overseas investors bet the Trump administration will implement expansionary fiscal policies. The official midpoint guided by the...
As the king of fruits finds an increasingly bigger following in China, durian lovers in Malaysia and Singapore find prices spiking and supplies at home dwindling, reports PAULINE D. LOH. TO understand China, sit down and eat with them. Food...
An apparently innocent traditional item has found its way to the centre of the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil. Obangnang, a multicolored pouch that is a traditional symbol of good fortune, featured in...
SEOUL - The impeachment of South Korea's embattled President Park Geun Hye in a snowballing corruption case inched closer on Monday (Nov 21) when the main opposition party said it was examining its options. The move comes the day after...
TAIPEI - Taiwan's coastguard has said it plans to hold rescue drills in waters around Taipei's sole territorial holding in the disputed South China Sea at the end of this month, and that the drills could involve its navy. The...
NEW DELHI, India - At least 119 people were killed and more than 150 injured when an Indian express train derailed in northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, with the toll set to rise amid a scramble to...
YANGON - Three suspected handmade bombs exploded in a supermarket in southern Yangon on Sunday (Nov 20), authorities said, although no casualties were reported. Security forces locked down the area with sniffer dogs after the blasts went off around 5.30...
Pukhrayan, India - Emergency workers raced Sunday to find any more survivors in the mangled wreckage of an Indian express train that derailed overnight, killing over 100 people, in the worst disaster to hit the country's ageing rail network...
As rallies flared up all over the country Saturday to demand President Park Geun-hye's resignation, teenagers took to the streets to express their anger and frustration at the scandal involving Park and her confidante Choi Soon-sil. Many middle and high...
Yangon - Two civilians were killed on Sunday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies. The latest clashes are another blow to civilian leader Aung...
