Japan - Takayuki Ueno did not hesitate one moment to expose himself to high radiation five years ago while searching for family members swept away by the tsunami that triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.The bodies of his...
After 10 years as a necessary, but ultimately unwelcome, live-in son-in-law, Ma Xuedong divorced, and moved out of his wife's family home. The end of his unhappy marriage pleased the 37-year-old migrant construction worker, even though he had to...
A series of early-warning buoys deployed after a 2004 tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia's western Sumatra island were not working when a huge quake rocked the same area on Wednesday, an official said.The 7.8 magnitude, shallow undersea quake hit...
SEOUL - North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after the UN Security Council voted to impose tough new sanctions on the isolated state and South Korean President Park Geun-hye vowed to "end tyranny"...
It was all a blur.My vision was clouded with sulphur mist blowing in my face but in the distance, I saw a young man, relatively short, small built and with tanned complexion, staggering towards me.He was lugging two large...
SEOUL - South Korea's opposition members of parliament on Wednesday ended a record-breaking filibuster to block an "anti-terrorism" Bill sponsored by their conservative rivals, more than a week after they began taking turns making marathon speeches.The filibuster began on...
The largest multinational military exercise on Indian soil involving the 10-nation ASEAN grouping and eight of its dialogue partners, among them India, started yesterday, reflecting the South Asian giant's increasing focus on deepening defence ties with South-east Asia.More than...
Seoul - North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, South Korea's defence ministry said, hours after the UN Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on Pyongyang.The ministry said six projectiles with an...
KUALA LUMPUR - With the introduction of more halal-certified restaurants and religious facilities, Taiwan has become more Muslim-friendly, says the island republic's tourism body.Its Kuala Lumpur Bureau director Tsao E Shu attributed the fast-growing segment to the Taiwanese government's...
A 28-YEAR-OLD man in China swallowed 200 sleeping pills to commit suicide.But he did not die because the pills were apparently fake.A doctor said the medicine was likely a placebo because the man had bought all of it online...
