With breaches of etiquette by foreign tourists becoming a problem in tourist spots nationwide, local communities are using signboards featuring illustrations, pictograms and manga to inform visitors of how best to behave.These moves are aimed at helping foreign tourists...
SURABAYA, Indonesia - So many animals have perished at Indonesia's biggest zoo that wildlife activists call it the "zoo of death" and are demanding an overhaul of its management.Activists say many of the more than 2,200 animals at the...
Davao, Philippines - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is planning to visit the Vatican to make a personal apology to the pope for calling him a "son of a w***e", the politician's spokesman said on Thursday."The mayor repeatedly said he...
Beijing - The British media is riddled with "barbarians" who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China's ancient civilisation, a state-run newspaper said Thursday after Queen Elizabeth II called some Chinese officials "very rude".In a rare diplomatic...
Traffic was brought to a standstill on major roads as heavy downpours hit the Guangdong provincial capital on Tuesday.Changban Station on the city's Metro Line 6 was flooded, and passengers had to take off their shoes and wade to...
BANGKOK - Thai police have yet to charge any suspects in a much-publicised case of high-tech cheating at Rangsit University's entrance exams, as further investigation is needed into the case.Pathum Thani police chief Pol Maj-General Thavorn Khaosa-ard told a...
JAKARTA - The Indonesian government will soon issue a regulation in lieu of law (perppu) on sexual violence against children imposing maximum sentences of 20 years imprisonment plus additional harsh punishments of chemical castration and chip implants, a minister...
BANGKOK - A minor explosion inside Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Wednesday (May 11) wounded two people, although the police played it down, calling it an accident.However, the country's National Security Council (NSC) expressed concern...
Tokyo - Mitsubishi Motors said Wednesday that its years-long cheating on fuel-economy tests did not affect cars sold overseas, potentially limiting the scope of a scandal that has plunged the automaker into crisis.The company also said it was probing...
We've had Mayweather vs Pacquiao. We've had Lee vs Yamaguchi. We've even seen cobra vs python.But this triple threat battle may just be the most epic of them all, featuring a snake, a cat and a toad.A video circulating...
