Haunted by the trauma of anti-Chinese rioting in 1998, a number of residents of Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra, have fled their homes following the recent ransacking and burning of viharas and pagodas in the port city.A member of the Indonesian-Chinese...
As soon as the mega-hit game was launched in the country on August 6, Pokemon Go fever swept across the country from the capital to provinces such as Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima and Chon Buri.At 2am yesterday, a number...
Thailand is trying to remove Pokestops from its religious and historical sites, government offices and other sensitive spots.Pokestops are part of the now hugely popular smartphone game, Pokemon Go.Its players usually gather around Pokestops in search of virtual monsters. ...
A 27-month-old toddler surnamed Chang lost all his hair on his head and body, including his eyebrows and eyelashes, after taking herbal medicine for a week, local news reports said.The parents living in Seoul fed Chang the herbal medicine...
Jia Jia, the longest-living captive panda in the world, had her 38th birthday in Hong Kong Ocean Park on Monday, and is 114 in human years, reported cnr.cn.As a senior, Jia Jia has a good appetite for seven kilograms...
AHMEDABAD, India - Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has been fined US$300 (S$402) for taking selfies with endangered Asiatic lions in the country's west despite a ban on such photos, a senior forest official said on Wednesday.Officials had ordered an...
The six-month-old heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck made an appearance at the kingdom's Bumthang district on Tuesday with his parents, attracting a huge crowd paying homage to the popular royal family.Photos of the visit...
Tokyo - A Japanese woman and her former partner were acquitted Wednesday in a retrial for the alleged murder of the woman's 11-year-old daughter after the pair had spent about two decades in jail.They were released in October last...
BANGKOK - A draft military-backed constitution in Thailand won the approval of 61.35 percent of those who voted in a referendum on the weekend, the Election Commission said on Wednesday as it released final results of the vote.The results...
TOKYO - When Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito proposed to a reluctant Masako Owada, he promised to protect her with all his might, a vow that may get tougher to keep if, as expected, his father Emperor Akihito abdicates, and...
