AUCKLAND, New Zealand - A race to harvest one of the world's oddest looking marine delicacies is causing concern about environmental damage inflicted in the South Pacific.Soaring demand for the sea cucumber, a seabed dwelling invertebrate also known as...
JAKARTA - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has earned plaudits in his two years as governor of Jakarta for his efforts to transform the capital into an orderly and modern metropolis. However, his support for property developers seeking to create luxury...
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's next election will be in July 2018, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday, as leaders of the opposition face legal charges they say are politically motivated to stop them challenging the veteran premier in...
The phrase "a down-to-earth king" or "a people-friendly ruler" is used to describe many a monarch around the world.But it seems a particularly apt description for the King of Bhutan, after a picture of him preparing a meal for...
To insiders and those who track his restaurant jaunts in America and abroad, Barack Obama is the first foodie president of the United States.And the fan of cheeseburgers and steaks finally gets a spot on celebrity TV host Anthony...
BANGKOK- A Thai man who says he found 700,000 methamphetamine pills - with a street value of nearly US$6 million (S$8.28 million) - in a bush, drove the local price of the drug down after handing them out to...
A Singaporean man was arrested with three kilograms gold from Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal on Tuesday night.The gold was concealed on a microwave and amplifier carried by Marugain Selbham. He had flown into Kathmandu on a Malindo Air...
SEOUL - A lawsuit filed by a prominent gay film director and his partner seeking legal status for their same-sex marriage was rejected by a South Korean district court on Wednesday in the first case of its kind.Movie director...
JAPAN - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday made a pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine, the holiest site in Japan's Shinto religion, a day before he hosts a Group of Seven (G7) summit nearby.Abe is expected to...
JAKARTA - Thirteen species of Indonesian birds, including the country's symbolic Javan Hawk-eagle, are at serious risk of extinction mainly due to the pet trade, a wildlife watchdog warned Wednesday.The vast Indonesian archipelago is home to a dizzying array...
