BEIJING - China may build mobile nuclear power plants in the South China Sea, state media reported on Friday, days after an international tribunal dismissed Beijing's vast claims in the strategically vital waters."Marine nuclear power platform construction will be...
PYONGYANG - North Korea on Friday paraded a defector accused of involvement in a child abduction plot masterminded by South Korean agents.In a carefully stage-managed press conference in Pyongyang, Ko Hyon-Chol, 53, "confessed" to attempting to kidnap two North...
Gym operator has chalked up millions of dollars in debts; two senior execs arrestedSome 64,000 members and 700 employees have been left in the lurch by the sudden closure of a gym chain once famously fronted by action movie...
Singaporeans visiting Mongolia will soon be able to stay for up to 30 days without a visa. Currently, they can do so for only 14 days.The visa waiver for a longer period was among the issues of cooperation discussed...
SERANG, Indonesia - Astride his white mare, a wide-brimmed hat shielding his eyes, Ridwan Sururi looks more cowboy than librarian as he winds towards the hilltop village, his horse Luna saddled with books.Their arrival sends ripples of excitement through...
KUALA LUMPUR- Southeast Asia will not issue a statement on the rejection of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea by an international tribunal, regional diplomats said Thursday, blaming the no-comment on pressure by Beijing.The Association of Southeast...
To prevent drug smuggling into Indonesia, travellers from Singapore and Malaysia will soon face stricter screenings when entering the archipelago through airports.State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II president director Budi Karya Sumadi told Bernama on Saturday that drug...
CHINA - Chinese university tutor Xie Shu's core subject is Communist ideology, but he has diversified from the dry annals of political doctrine for a more hands-on subject: seduction.His "Theory and Practice of Romantic Relations" course at Tianjin University...
A man in Vietnam has died after his wife reportedly squeezed his testicles during a fight and refused to let go for five minutes.Le Kim Khai, 53, died of suffocation on the way to the hospital on Sunday (July...
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito has no plans to step down, the imperial household has insisted, denying reports the 82-year-old wants to abdicate, in what would be an extraordinary move for a more-than 2,600-year-old royal line.The country's establishment was...
