Seoul - Malnutrition remains a significant health issue in North Korea, with a drought last year slashing crop output and undermining the push for agricultural self-sufficiency, according to a new UN report.More than three quarters of North Korea's population...
DEHRADUN, India - A horse was buried with "police honours" after dying from injuries suffered in an attack allegedly by an Indian politician, with his death triggering renewed outrage.The police horse, called Shaktiman, became the subject of a weeks-long...
BEIJING - Chinese state media unveiled a new title for President Xi Jinping calling him "commander in chief" of the country's new joint forces battle command centre, as he seeks to consolidate power over the military.State-run Xinhua news agency...
WASHINGTON - Satellite images show that North Korea may have resumed tunnel excavation at its main nuclear test site, similar to activity seen before the country's most recent nuclear test in January, a US North Korea monitoring website reported...
MANILA - Trash-talking Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with the United States and Australia after their ambassadors criticised his joke about the jailhouse rape of a missionary.Duterte also told the...
BEIJING - The founder of China's Internet giant Tencent will donate $2 billion (S$2.7 billion) in shares to charity, the company said - one of the largest gifts ever given in a country whose new super-rich have no tradition...
BEIJING - China will launch a "core module" for its first space station some time around 2018, a senior official told the state-run Xinhua news agency on Thursday, part of the country's plan to have a permanent manned space...
SHANGHAI - The new boss of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Jack Ma, has promised not to interfere in editorial decisions, in an apparent bid to assuage concerns about the paper's independence under his e-commerce giant Alibaba Group...
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday sent a ritual offering to a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead, a move that could anger China as the Asian neighbours prepare for a meeting to help smooth ties.Abe's...
A number of foreign nations are awaiting delivery of China's CH series military drones, one of the country's most popular products on the international arms market.The drone family, bearing the name Cai Hong, which means rainbow in Chinese, is...
