BANGKOK - Two Chinese tourists were killed in Thailand on Wednesday when a pair of speedboats smashed into each other, police said, the second fatal boating accident involving tourists in less than two weeks.Tourism is a key source of...
When the flood hit their homes, there were some prized possessions many Sri Lankans refused to leave behind, such as their children's schoolbooks.This was among the many moving and inspirational anecdotes a two-man emergency response team from Singapore Red...
Here are answers to interesting questions about the controversial Tiger Temple.The origins of the Tiger TempleWat Pha Luang Ta Bu Yannasampanno was founded in 1994 in Sai Yok district of Kanchanaburi province. It was named after an esteemed monk,...
JAKARTA - What if three of the most hair-raising characters from Japanese horror movies came to life and played baseball?Sadako, a female ghost from The Ring, together with Kayako and her son Toshio from Ju-On: The Grudge, recently took...
China's first-tier cities are becoming more tolerant toward diverse sexual orientation, experts and business leaders said during a job fair in Shanghai for people identifying as LGBT.The Annual China LGBT Talent Job Fair late last month was the second...
Transport authorities are currently investigating an accident on Monday involving an American cargo plane at Incheon International Airport.According to Incheon International Airport Corp. and the Transport Ministry, a UPS cargo plane failed to takeoff from the airport on Monday...
HONG KONG - A pro-democracy protester told Wednesday how he was kicked and punched during mass rallies in 2014 as seven police officers stood trial over the attack, which was captured on film and beamed around the world.Civic Party...
Another 30 children in Fukushima have been hit by thyroid cancer, up from 16 in February following the threat of radiation exposure after its nuclear plant exploded in 2011.This brings the total number of Fukushima children diagnosed with thyroid...
HONG KONG - Cosmetics giant Lancome closed some of its outlets in Hong Kong on Wednesday ahead of protests, after the company cancelled a concert featuring a local singer critical of China.Many residents believe the promotional gig by pro-democracy...
LONDON - Poor families in the Philippines are pushing their children into performing live sex online for paedophiles around the globe in what one senior Unicef official called a form of "child slavery"."There's no limits to how cruel and...
