MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has cautioned his critics of dire consequences for condemning his government, particularly his war on illegal drugs. Known for his verbal assaults, President Rodrigo Duterte warned his critics that they would be at the receiving...
The woman who was attacked by a Siberian tiger after getting out of her car at Badaling Wildlife World in Beijing on July 23 is asking for compensation of 2 million yuan (S$414,000) from the zoo, saying visitors were...
GUJARAT - A CCTV camera caught a gang in India's Gujarat state stealing a cow - by forcing the animal into the back of a small white hatchback car, reported the Daily Mail. Police are now hunting for the gang...
BEIJING - Archaeologists claim that the latest study has shown that the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Emperor Qinshihuang's mausoleum in China may be inspired by ancient Greeks, say reports. They said that ancient Greek artisans could have been...
More than 200 young cobras recently escaped from a farm in Nanjing city, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, and more than 50 remained missing by end of Monday (Oct 10). The local authorities said that the escaped cobras, or...
With his father elevated to semidivine status, Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will have a huge challenge not just to fill the shoes of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, but to define himself as the new monarch. Tall and with a soldier's...
Hong Kong - Tucked away on a coastal Hong Kong hillside is a different type of recycling point - here, thousands of unwanted statues of deities look out to sea, gathered and repaired after their owners discard them. Dedicated volunteer...
BANGKOK - Until his death on Thursday Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest-reigning monarch. Officially known as King Rama IX, he descended from the Chakri dynasty which came to power in Thailand in the late eighteenth century. Both local...
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej rose to the greatest heights in modern Thai history and was, in his lifetime, the pillar and soul of his nation. Like his grandfather King Rama V, His Majesty made enormous contributions to his country,...
After the official announcement of the King's death from the Bureau of the Royal Household at around 7pm, the outpouring of grief at the hospital began, with many learning of his passing on social media. They shouted: "Long live...
