SEOUL – Paper straws have scored 6.33 times higher than conventional plastic straws in a government-commissioned study’s measure of carcinogenic impact through the course of…
SINGAPORE – Singapore expects all parties to honour their commitments made under commercial contracts, and the country’s gas importer will take necessary steps to protect…
SEOUL – A prostitution ring operating in Seoul’s Gangnam-gu district is suspected of earning at least 574 million won ($434,000) through more than 2,800 arrangements…
SEOUL – A South Korean customer who ordered coffee under his surname, Kim, at a Starbucks location at Hong Kong International Airport on the evening…
TOKYO – The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry plans to establish a graduate school program that would allow working adults to earn teaching…
SEOUL – South Korea said Thursday it will formally raise North Korea’s alleged violation of the Korean War Armistice Agreement with the United Nations Security…
JAKARTA – The transboundary haze crisis from Indonesia’s uncontrolled wildfires has triggered a fresh public spat between Indonesian officials and politicians and their counterparts from…
BEIJING – When a British woman suffering from hindered mobility following a stroke was able to discard her wheelchair and walk with the help of…
MANILA – More Filipino lawmakers on Wednesday urged President Marcos to send Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan back to Beijing and declare him persona non grata…
SEOUL – Rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un died after suffering a brain hemorrhage have swept through social media and news outlets overseas in…
TOKYO – The Justice Ministry will launch a pilot program next fiscal year to provide specialized treatment for prison inmates with severe behavioral disorders that…
NEW DELHI – The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court, seeking immediate release of its leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav…
MANILA – Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon on Tuesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to consider expelling lower-ranking Chinese diplomats if he does not want…
KUALA LUMPUR – Enforcement agencies have frozen RM4.3bil in assets and seized a further RM1bil in their efforts to tackle money laundering and corporate-related offences…
TOKYO – The Japanese Embassy in Russia said Friday that it had been unable to meet with a male reporter for The Hokkaido Shimbun Press…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s first astronaut will undertake a space mission from a Chinese space centre on November 25, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday.…
DHAKA – Two Bangladeshis executed in Makkah on October 14 were included in a list of prisoners that Saudi Arabia had shared with the Bangladesh…
SEOUL – Kim Yo-jong said Monday that Pyongyang is considering new military steps against South Korea, including resuming loudspeaker broadcasts and deploying additional tactical strike…
WASHINGTON/BANGKOK – Japan’s nominal gross domestic product will be overtaken by India’s and Britain’s in 2027, thereby slipping to sixth place, according to projections by…
A golf event for amateur players was held in Pyongyang this week, the latest in a series of North Korean state media reports highlighting leisure…
