SEOUL - North Korea announced Wednesday that its first ruling party congress for nearly four decades will open on May 6, amid increasing concern that Pyongyang will preface the event with a fifth nuclear test.Anticipation over the congress, the...
Mr Huang Po-wei trains five times a week with a coach, crunching out 300 sit-ups and pulling on weights - all in anticipation of the day when he can strap on a new pair of legs.The 23-year-old engineering student...
TAIPEI - Japan has released a Taiwanese fishing boat whose seizure prompted a protest from Taipei after its owner paid more than $50,000 Tuesday, the government said.The 50-tonne "Tung Sheng Chi 16" was chased for hours by a Japanese...
DHAKA - Suspected Islamists have hacked to death two gay rights activists in the Bangladeshi capital, the latest in a series of chilling murders in the Muslim-majority country.With the list of victims growing fast and rights groups warning that...
As some mothers will have you know, when the baby decides to come, there's no stopping it.That's precisely the case on Friday (April 22), when an expectant mother experienced cramps just before the Jetstar Asia flight that she was...
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian tour operator said Tuesday it would reduce work hours for elephants during high temperatures following the collapse and death of an animal which had been ferrying tourists in 40C heat.The female elephant, aged between...
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday he has ordered help for those hit by the worst drought in half a century, including bringing in water by truck to the worst-affected regions.Cambodia, like its neighbour...
SUBIC BAY, Philippines - A Japanese warship sailed into a Philippine port near disputed South China Sea waters on Tuesday in another sign of deepening security ties between the World War II foes to counter Beijing.Tensions in the South...
A bear which was held captive in an animal farm was finally able to splash around in a rescue centre's pool after seven months of intensive care and treatment.According to a video uploaded by Hong Kong group Animals Asia,...
BANGKOK - A gay couple from the United States won an appeal on Tuesday for parental rights over a baby born through a Thai surrogate mother in a high-profile case that came to light before Thailand banned commercial surrogacy...
