An infant in China has died after plunging three storeys from an escalator in Shanghai Qingpu Wyatt Plaza. The accident happened when the grandmother of four-month-old baby boy lost her balance as she stepped on the escalator, reported Chinese news...
SEOUL - As if South Korea's scandal-hit president Park Geun-Hye didn't have enough to worry about with single-digit approval ratings and massive protests, she now has thousands of very disgruntled shamans on her case. Practitioners of the centuries-old spiritual tradition...
NEW DELHI - Anger was rising across India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash after the government withdrew large denomination notes in a shock move aimed at uncovering billions of dollars of unaccounted wealth hidden from the...
Taunggyi, Myanmar - The skies of central Myanmar were set ablaze this week with the beginning of the Taunggyi fire balloon festival, one of the most beautiful and dangerous celebrations in Asia. Brightly coloured balloons with hundreds of homemade fireworks...
SEOUL - Tens of thousands of men, women and children joined one of the largest anti-government protests seen in Seoul for decades on Saturday (Nov 12), demanding President Park Geun Hye's resignation over a snowballing corruption scandal. Police had planned for...
A man set a woman on fire following an argument in a restaurant in Japan, local media reported Saturday, in a rare act of violence in the country. The 52-year-old Iranian man was seen pouring liquid over his 36-year-old Filipina...
China has removed Dong Mingzhu, one of China's most prominent businesswomen, from the post of chairperson of state-owned conglomerate Gree Group, but retained her as the head of its electronics arm, state news agency Xinhua reported. The move was ordered...
In the dusty village of Dudko, farmers and villagers are desperate for new currency notes after the Indian government banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes last week in an effort to flush black money out of the economy. Residents of...
Up to one million people were expected to take to the streets of Seoul on Saturday to demand the resignation of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye, in one of the largest anti-government protests in decades. On the back of official appeals...
SEOUL - South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday denied rumours that President Park Geun-hye received plastic surgery on the day the ferry Sewol sank in what became the nation's worst maritime disaster. "After checking directly with the...
