TAINAN, Taiwan - Lee Mei-chen steps back after almost three hours of cut and craft to view her work, a teddy bear trimmed into the fur of a patient dog.The teddy bear design is one of the most complex...
The dog meat festival in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region arrived as usual on Tuesday but at a reduced size, as the local government pledged to take action to avoid public dog slaughtering. Peter Li, China policy specialist...
A CONDOM manufacturer in Bangkok, Thailand, is producing durian-flavoured condoms to cater to the Asian market, reported China Press.A spokesman said they had started the production of the condom and believed it would be a hit among Asians.The company...
SEOUL - North Korea conducted two back-to-back tests of a powerful new medium-range missile on Wednesday, with at least one launch ending in failure, South Korea's Defence Ministry said.The first test shortly before 6:00 am (2100 GMT Tuesday) was...
TOKYO - A man was arrested in northern Japan on Tuesday after stabbing one woman to death and injuring three others at a shopping mall, a rare random attack for the law-abiding nation.The suspect, identified as Nobuyuki Matsuhashi aged...
A Taiwanese man who failed to stop his son from playing inside a large fridge at his shop did not expect to face a barrage of criticisms from netizens.What is worse is the authorities came looking for him after...
North Korea is showing signs of attempting a new ballistic missile launch, Japanese reports said Tuesday, as fears grow over Pyongyang's efforts to develop a viable nuclear strike threat.The isolated state apparently failed with an attempted launch at the...
.jpg "Hong Kong leader writes to Beijing on missing bookseller")
Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday he had sent a letter to Beijing outlining the city's concerns over the case of a bookseller who told how he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China, but pro-democracy activists say it is...
At least three people have died and three are missing after landslides and floods hit an area of Japan that was recently battered by major earthquakes, officials said Tuesday.Rescue workers are searching for three people in southern Kumamoto prefecture,...
SEOUL - Tensions between the two Koreas switched focus Tuesday to a Seoul courtroom, and a closed-door hearing on the status of a dozen North Korean defectors who Pyongyang insists were abducted.The hearing will pit officials from South Korea's...
