HONG KONG - A research team from the University of Hong Kong has developed the world's first light-guided nanorobot, with the potential to travel through the bloodstream to help remove tumours and block growth of cancer cells. The tiny robot was...
SEOUL - The woman at the centre of a deepening political crisis around South Korean President Park Geun-hye will cooperate with prosecutors investigating allegations that she had improper control over state affairs, her lawyer said on Sunday. Choi Soon-sil returned...
All roads led to the Grand Palace yesterday as the Royal Household Bureau opened the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall to the public to pay respects before the royal urn for the first time since the King passed away...
SEOUL - South Korea's presidential office said on Saturday it was cooperating with prosecutors'investigation into key aides to President Park Geun-hye over allegations an old friend of hers enjoyed inappropriate influence over her. Prosecutors' request for presidential Blue House documents...
NEW DELHI - India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say. A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced...
YANGON - Allegations that Myanmar soldiers are killing, raping and torturing villagers in Rakhine, a restive region that is home to the persecuted Muslim Rohingya, must be independently investigated, rights groups said. Northern Rakhine has been under a military lockdown...
South Korean prosecutors on Saturday (Oct 29) raided the homes and offices of senior advisers to President Park Geun Hye, as she struggled with a corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving a close family friend. The crisis centred around Ms Park's...
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye is facing calls to resign over allegations she allowed a close personal friend to meddle in state affairs. The woman at the heart of the scandal is an elusive figure with no government post or...
Pressure mounted on South Korean President Park Geun Hye on Saturday (Oct 29) ahead of a large-scale protest over revelations that she allowed a personal friend, with no government position, to meddle in affairs of state. The scandal involving Ms...
Tens of thousands of Thais streamed into Bangkok's Grand Palace on Saturday (Oct 29) as the public was granted its first chance to enter the throne hall where late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is lying in state. For the past two...
