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Pyongyang - North Korea kicked off a massive parade in the centre of Pyongyang on Tuesday to celebrate a just-concluded ruling party congress that was seen as a formal coronation for supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.Kim presided over the event...

A group of students have reportedly developed sickly symptoms after attending Xinailixiang School in Da'an city in north-east China.According to news site CCTV News, a Sina Weibo user who goes by the name Zhuiyixun, posted on Monday (May 9)...

Jakarta - Indonesia on Monday freed a Singapore-flagged vessel captured by pirates off the coast of Borneo island, and detained nine suspects involved in the hijacking, a navy spokesman said.The 20 crew and one passenger who were aboard the...

HONG KONG/TAIPEI - A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines' international court case against China's claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei's position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic...

SEOUL - The president of China, which has grown increasingly frustrated over North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, congratulated its leader, Kim Jong Un, on his promotion to chairman of the ruling party, North Korean state media said on...

MANILA - Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte secured a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals.Mr Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern...

Manila - Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was heading Monday for a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced threats to kill criminals.Duterte, the longtime mayor of...

New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was forced on Monday to produce his college degrees, days after bitter political rivals accused him of lying about graduating from university.At a press conference in the capital, Finance Minister Arun...

SHANGHAI - In the world's most populous country, people are having difficulty finding a "home" of their own -- both before and after death.China's population is aging rapidly due in large part to Beijing's long-standing "one child" policy. As...

Pyongyang - North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un was named chairman of the ruling Workers' Party on Monday at a once in a generation congress seen as a coronation for the young leader.Thousands of delegates, many in uniform, clapped and...