YEONGJU, South Korea - Madam Kwon Pil Ju has been desperately trying to teach herself English before she is reunited with a son she sent away almost 40 years ago. Her son, Mr Adam Crapser, 41, was deported from an...
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ahok has no plans to quit the race despite calls by Muslim hardliners for his head on a platter over accusations of blasphemy.
The Chinese-Christian, whose formal name is Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, is now facing criminal charges...
SEOUL - Up to half-a-million protestors were expected to take to the streets of Seoul on Saturday for the fourth week in a row, demanding President Park Geun-Hye resign over a corruption scandal.
The weekly mass demonstrations - among the largest...
BANGKOK - A Siamese fighting fish sporting the red, white and blue stripes of the Thai flag has been sold for 53,500 baht (S$2,144) - a massive price tag for the tiny, inch-long pet. The vibrantly-coloured animals, also known as Betta...
JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesians are expected to rally on Saturday against what they see as growing racial and religious intolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Religious leaders, human right groups and other organisations will join the parade in...
Tokyo - Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market - the world's largest - will stay where it is for at least a year, the city's governor said Friday, in a move that could impact the 2020 Olympics. The delay - over concerns...
MANILA - Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honours at a heroes' cemetery in the capital Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in Hawaii, amid protests by human rights groups and opposition politicians. Many...
The sun is low as rice farmer Sammai Kruenthong emerges from a village minimart, holding a packet of instant noodles. He waves it in my face. "This costs 10 baht per packet," he says. "But my rice is now sold...
MANILA - Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be buried on Friday at the heroes' cemetery in Manila, the national police chief said after the Supreme Court cleared the way for his internment 27 years after his death in Hawaii. Police...
More than half of the corrupt Chinese officials recently netted after fleeing abroad opted to turn themselves in, Xinhua has reported. Yang Xiuzhu, the most wanted fugitive on the "red notice", returned to China and turned herself in on Wednesday...
