Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said the country has successfully lab-tested a nuclear warhead re-entry, as he ordered upcoming warhead detonation and ballistic missile tests, just weeks after being slapped with tough, new UN sanctions.The test had...
Naypyidaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's parliament will hold a historic presidential vote Tuesday expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation's first civilian leader in decades.Htin Kyaw,...
India is inching closer to having its own independent satellite navigation system. Last week, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched a navigation satellite into Earth's orbit. It is the sixth in a series of seven planned to orbit the...
BEIJING - China will seek to regulate taxi apps such as Uber and Didi Kuaidi rather than ban them, Transport Minister Yang Chuantang said on Monday."We will legalise them through legislation ... to allow a more diversified and quality...
Nearly half of South Korean men in their 30s are obese, while women have longer legs compared to 10 years ago, a nationwide survey showed on Monday.According to the survey on 6,413 South Koreans conducted last year by the...
TOKYO - The Japanese government will team up with experts in the United States and France to develop brand new technologies to collect melted fuel from crippled reactors at Fukushima, an official said Monday.Removal of the melted rods at...
JAKARTA - Indonesia expects dryer than normal weather in several fire and haze-prone regions in western and central Indonesia in March and April, the state weather agency (BMKG) said on Monday, referring to a recent increase in fires and...
BEIJING - China is further expanding a pilot scheme that gives local authorities more control over electricity transmission and distribution prices, as the world's largest power market steps up deregulation to boost efficiency.The government will allow 12 provinces and...
Jakarta - Indonesia has detained 14 people, including several children, as they allegedly tried to travel to Syria, police said, where hundreds of their countrymen have joined extremist groups like the Islamic State (IS) group.The Indonesians were stopped Sunday...
Bangkok - Eight people died and seven were injured when they accidentally triggered a fire extinguisher system in the headquarters of a major Thai bank, releasing a suffocating cloud of chemicals, officials said Monday.The accident occurred late Sunday night...
