JALANDHAR - A six-year-old Indian boy was rushed to hospital with serious burn injuries after his father dropped him on hot coals during a Hindu ritual, a doctor said Monday (June 13).The father was walking barefoot with his son...
A number of Chinese actors were stranded in Shanghai after the bombing incident at Pudong airport yesterday afternoon (Sunday).Many celebrities had flown earlier to the city to attend the opening of Shanghai International Film Festival. Some were delayed at...
Shanghai - Chinese police on Monday identified the suspect in a bombing at Shanghai's main international airport which injured four people as a 29-year-old man with heavy debts from online gambling.Zhou Xingbai had been working at an electronics company...
Bangkok - Thai budget airline carrier Nok Air apologised on Monday after one of its pilots joked about crashing a plane carrying ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra.The gaffe highlights how hatred towards the Shinawatra political clan still runs deep two...
Thousands of people marched through central Seoul on Saturday to stand up for equality and respect for sexual minorities in South Korea's biggest-ever pride parade, despite vocal opposition from antigay protestors.An estimated 50,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people,...
For many Seoulites, a visit to Daerim-dong or Yeonnam-dong would mean a stop in the district's Chinatown for exotic menus featuring lamb skewers or bubble tea. It is also in such ethnic zones that Chinese immigrants tend to search...
TAIPEI - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party slammed the island's new government as "suppressive" for barring former president Ma Ying-jeou from travelling to Chinese-controlled Hong Kong on the grounds of national security.Ma's China-friendly Nationalists lost landslide elections in January to...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - With only hours before the deadline for payment of ransom expires on Monday afternoon, the only hope now for the family of a kidnapped Filipina is incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.Flordelisa Flor, mother of 38-year-old Tess...
MANILA - Does Facebook know something that Filipinos don't?Netizens were surprised when Facebook gave them an unusual greeting to commemorate the country's 118th Independence Day on Sunday (June 12).The Philippine flag, which accompanied the "Happy Independence Day" greeting, showed...
Jakarta - Indonesian netizens have reacted with fury and a flurry of donations after footage emerged of a frail food seller breaking down as her cafe was raided for staying open during the daytime in Ramadan.Video of the 53-year-old...
