Indonesian students and activists said on Wednesday that a minister's suggestion to remove doors at college dormitories to prevent sexual promiscuity would infringe privacy and compromise security. Indonesian social affairs minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa said she was inspired by her...
SEOUL - South Korean President Park Geun Hye is set to address the nation on Friday (Nov 4) over a snowballing political scandal that saw her close friend arrested for corruption and sparked calls for her resignation. Ms Park will deliver...
GENEVA - At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday (Nov 3). One group of migrants, including about 20 women...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong can handle an unprecedented city government legal attempt to bar two newly elected legislators promoting independence from China, a government lawyer said on Thursday, amid growing speculation Beijing would intervene in the case. The case of...
Seoul - A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday, with her newly nominated prime minister warning she could face a probe, hours after prosecutors detained a former presidential aide. Ahn Jong-Beom was detained...
NEW DELHI - An impassioned plea by an Indian bride-to-be urging authorities to issue a visa to her Pakistani bridesmaid has gone viral on social media amid worsening ties between the neighbouring countries. Journalist Purvi Thacker, who is set to...
Drivers in Shenzhen who misuse their headlights can expect to be subject to more than just verbal abuse or shown the finger from annoyed road-users. Traffic police in the southern Chinese city are taking action against such errant motorists by making them stare into...
JAKARTA - Hopes are fading for 44 people still missing more than a day after an overcrowded speedboat carrying Indonesian migrant workers capsized and sunk in rough seas, claiming at least 18 lives. The search resumed at first light on...
Traffic offenders in China are given a taste of their own medicine as a new punishment has them staring at headlights in full beam for a whole minute. Violators of the traffic headlight rules regarding when and where it is...
Shanghai's Ada Scallion Pancake shop reopened on Yongjia Road on Friday after owner Wu Gencun reached a cooperative agreement with an online food ordering company. His old location was forced to shut down in September because of licensing issues. Wu's scallion...
