The attempt to stamp out cheap tour packages from China has stalled arrivals from that market during Golden Week, but the travel industry believes this will save them over the long haul. "Since the government moved to crack down on...
All pregnant women living in 16 provinces where Zika outbreak has been detected will be tested for the virus, Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said yesterday, as two babies from infected mothers were born with severe birth defects. The newborns...
Nearly 50 people died in a Yokohama hospital for the elderly between July and last month, in what Japanese police increasingly suspect to be a series of mercy killings. The perpetrator behind the deaths at the 85-bed Oguchi Hospital in...
President Duterte has approved an increase in the combat and incentive pay of soldiers and police personnel as part of his campaign promise to improve the lives of the security forces. "There is an urgent need to increase the said...
India's state coffers are $10 billion (S$14 billion) richer thanks to the unexpected success of a government-led income declaration scheme. But among the many areas in need of urgent investment, from farmers' welfare to job creation schemes, Prime Minister...
At least 600,000 people in North Korea have been affected by heavy flooding that damaged or destroyed 30,000 homes, the Red Cross said, calling for urgent humanitarian aid ahead of the winter. "The disaster hit, in many ways, at probably...
PETALING JAYA: The Jalur Gemilang-themed underwear worn by a group of men at the Formula 1 Petronas Grand Prix on Sunday come from an Australian swimwear label and are available online. Checks revealed that the briefs, made with polyester fabric...
A Japanese sushi chain is being accused of 'wasabi terrorism' after it admitted to heaping excess dollops of the pungent root into foreign customers' food. Osaka-based Ichibazushi issued an apology on its website on Sunday (Oct 2), owning up to...
A trio of male Japanese politicians has gamely strapped on "pregnancy vests" that simulate swollen bellies in a lighthearted campaign for men to pick up the slack in a nation where women do most of the housework. The three governors...
The head of Taiwan's top financial regulator resigned Monday after US authorities fined a local bank linked to the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Ding Kung-wha, chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), had been criticised over his handling of the...
