WASHINGTON - North Korea has restarted production of plutonium fuel, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons programme in defiance of international sanctions.The US assessment came a day after...
BEIJING - With a following of several million teenage fans, China's Liu Jie says he can earn nearly US$50,000 (S$67,700) a month from his online videos and is even recognised on the street. But he is no pop star.A...
Another batch of students in China experienced nosebleeds, whooping coughs, sore throats, dizziness or inflammation in the eyes following activity on a newly laid running track, reinforcing belief that many such surfaces constructed in the country's schools contain "toxic"...
BANGKOK - Thailand's hospital-bound monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej underwent an operation to widen arteries in his heart on Tuesday, the palace said, the latest in a series of medical procedures for the 88-year-old.Bhumibol is the object of an intense personality...
A restaurant in Hong Kong is in hot soup after being accused of serving noodles with faeces, Apple Daily reported.A couple surnamed Ho bought the Buddha's delight noodles for lunch yesterday, only to discover two dark brown, foul-smelling items...
BEIJING - Cosmetics giant Lancome showed "wisdom" in cancelling a Hong Kong concert featuring a local activist, a nationalistic Chinese paper said Tuesday, warning that political disagreements with the mainland made for bad business.The French company faced an online...
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TOKYO - A seven-year-old boy who survived for nearly a week after being abandoned by his parents in a forest left hospital on Tuesday, capping a 10-day drama that captivated Japan and sparked a national conversation about child discipline.Wearing...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong culled 4,500 birds on Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in a chicken at a local market.Health officials in white hazmat suits and masks dumped the chickens into green plastic...
Believe it or not, hermit crabs are facing a housing crisis.Environmental degradation has caused large numbers of the crustaceans to live inside trash like bottle caps, said Japanese biology professor Katsuyuki Hamasaki, who has been monitoring their situation.Hamasaki told...
Tokyo - Parents who abandoned their seven-year-old son in a Japanese forest as a punishment will not face charges, police said Tuesday.Yamato Tanooka survived for six nights alone after his mother and father left him on a mountain road...
