TAIPEI - President-elect Tsai Ing-wen is expected to confirm New Frontier Foundation (NFF) CEO and former Finance Minister Lin Chuan as her first premier next week along with members of her Cabinet according to local media on Sunday. Democratic...
SEOUL - A minor 3.1 magnitude earthquake was detected in North Korea early Monday, South Korea's state weather agency said, adding that there was no indication it was related to a nuclear test.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA),...
BEIJINGLAVENDER marriage is getting popular in China as more Chinese homosexuals find it a tolerable compromise to appease their parents and, for some, the best way to have children, Chinese media reported.A website chinagayles.com catering to Chinese seeking lavender...
BEIJING - China's extensive anti-graft campaign resulted in a record number of corruption probes last year, the country's top prosecutor has told the National People's Congress, the country's legislative body.Some 8,200 officials were investigated for offering bribes last year,...
Seoul - A South Korean Go grandmaster on Sunday scored his first win over a Google-developed supercomputer, in a surprise victory after three humiliating defeats in a high-profile showdown between man and machine.Lee Se-Dol thrashed AlphaGo after a nail-biting...
Seoul - North Korea on Sunday blasted Seoul's accusation that Pyongyang had launched a series of cyber attacks targeting South Korean government officials, calling the allegation a "bullshit" fabrication.Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) last week accused North Korean agents...
BEIJING - Chinese courts convicted more than 1,400 people last year for harming national security, including taking part in terrorism and secessionist activities, China's top judge said on Sunday, double a broadly equivalent number given for 2014.Hundreds of people...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - All four candidates aspiring to become the Kuomintang's (KMT) next chairman vowed to put the party's wealth under public scrutiny, but could not agree on the best way to do so yesterday.The candidates, speaking at a...
Wanted: six full-time ninjas who have a way with words and can do backward handsprings. Pay: about $2,200 a month.Central Japan's Aichi prefecture said it is hiring full-time ninjas - the martial-arts masters and stealth special assassins of feudal...