BAGAN, Myanmar - Myanmar took stock of toppled spires and crumbling temple walls in the ancient capital Bagan Thursday after a powerful earthquake hit the country, killing three and damaging the top tourist destination.Two young girls and a man...
GOTEMBA, Japan - Japan's military on Thursday began four days of live-fire drills near Mount Fuji, an annual exercise that comes this year the day after North Korea test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile.Around 2,400 soldiers, as well as tanks,...
TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is battling falling popularity and increased pressure from Beijing as she approaches 100 days in office marred by controversy.Since she took the leadership in May, Ms Tsai has been faced with a litany...
BAGAN, Myanmar - Myanmar sent truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police to protect and rebuild centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan on Thursday (Aug 25), a day after at least 187 of the brick temples...
HONG KONG - More Hong Kong stores are withdrawing their support for a popular brand of milk tea on Wednesday (Aug 24), after it was reported that all 7-Eleven outlets in the city pulled it off their shelves over...
Look to Singaporean and Hong Kong for investments that offer quality and income, Lim Say Boon, chief investment officer at DBS Wealth Management, told CNBC's "Street Signs."Lim's recommendation came amid concerns about monetary policy globally, which has spurred surges...
PETALING JAYA - AirAsia is giving free flights for life to all ASEAN athletes who won gold medals in the recently-concluded Rio Olympics 2016 "for making us dream and believe".Its chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes announced that...
YANGON - A powerful earthquake shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least three people including two children, and damaging scores of centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan.The 6.8 magnitude quake shook buildings across the Southeast...
The Beijing wildlife park whose tigers killed one woman and injured another this summer was not to blame for their deaths, an official investigation concluded Wednesday.The tourists ignored park rules and clear warning signs when one of them alighted...
A gang of foreign criminals stole millions of baht by hacking a Thai bank's ATM network in a theft believed linked to a similar one in Taiwan, police said Wednesday.The hackers made off with at least 12 million baht...
