BEIJING - A fire in a basement at the Shanghai Hongqiao airport has killed two people and injured three, the People's Daily said on Friday.The fire broke out in the basement of terminal one at the airport at around...
TOKYO - Tucked away in a quiet residential street in Kawasaki city in Japan is a refurbished workshop with a plain silver exterior and black draped windows that residents describe as creepy.The business inside, Sousou, is one of Japan's...
"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" is enjoying another boom. The girls anime series became a phenomenon when it was first broadcast in the 1990s, and new products based on the manga and anime franchise are now being marketed one after...
KUMAMOTO - Abnormalities have been observed in Kumamoto Prefecture's abundant groundwater sources, apparently due to a series of earthquakes that hit the prefecture and its surrounding area.Water in the spring-fed pond of Suizenji Jojuen park, commonly called Suizenji Park,...
ASEAN countries pushing for free skies to give travellers more flights and lower fares, as well as new destinations, have reached a key milestone.All 10 member states have ratified a deal allowing airlines that meet safety requirements to fly...
Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao expressed shock Thursday at President Benigno Aquino's claim that Islamic militants planned to kidnap him, and said the alleged plot should not have been made public.Aquino released a statement Wednesday saying Abu Sayyaf, a...
The Philippines has been discussing coordinated naval patrols on its southern maritime borders with Indonesia and Malaysia to protect shipping after attacks and kidnappings by Islamist militants, its foreign minister said on Thursday (April 28).Philippine Foreign Secretary Jose Rene...
North Korea on Thursday tried and failed in what appeared to be its second attempt in two weeks to test a powerful, new medium-range ballistic missile, South Korea's defence ministry said.A ministry official said the North had fired what...
SEOUL - South Korean athletes at the Rio Olympics will wear long-sleeved training kit impregnated with mosquito repellant to protect them from the Zika virus, the national Olympic committee said Thursday.Brazil - the epicentre of the mosquito-borne Zika virus...
A British family got more than just splashes of water, food and wine in the recent Songkran festivities in Thailand.The British couple in their 60s and their adult son also received no-holds-barred Muay-Thai-like blows so hard that they were...
