Commentary: Recycle or reduce waste? Why Southeast Asia’s ocean plastic pile has no easy answers
SINGAPORE: At this time of year, the Northeast monsoon season has made the windward shorelines in…
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The ‘Lost Boys’ of Palawan: A new way of life when fishing is no longer enough
EL NIDO, Philippines: The Lost Boys of Palawan know exactly where they are heading. Doracotan…
Balancing faith and tradition: Indonesia’s Chinese Muslims mark CNY in their own ways
JAKARTA: Like other Chinese Indonesians, Mr Naga Kurniadi looks forward to spending time with his family this…
IT happens: Facebook sorry for vulgar translation of Xi Jinping’s name
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Facebook apologised Saturday (Jan 18) for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s…
US, China have long way to go to resolve trade friction: IMF chief
WASHINGTON: The United States and China still have a long way to go to resolve…
World’s shortest man dies in Nepal at 27
KATHMANDU: The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday…
Off-duty Hong Kong police officer arrested for supporting protests
HONG KONG: An off-duty Hong Kong police officer was arrested along with seven other people…
Commentary: Vietnamese brides increasingly the choice for China’s bachelors
FROSTBURG, Maryland: China has 24 million more men than women of marriageable age, putting some bachelors…
Former Philippine police chief indicted for drugs war corruption
MANILA: The former chief police enforcer of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs…
South Korea to decide on first transgender soldier amid debate
SEOUL: South Korea’s military said on Thursday (Jan 16) it will hold a meeting to…
Disease that killed millions of China’s pigs poses global threat
CHICAGO: Bettie the beagle, a detector dog for US Customs and Border Protection, picked up the…
Government appeals ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for UK’s most prolific rapist
LONDON: Britain’s attorney general on Thursday (Jan 16) appealed against a minimum 30-year prison term…
Mystery China virus patients could have infected family members: Officials
BEIJING: A new virus from the same family as the deadly SARS pathogen could have…
Family of dead Franco-Irish teen push for inquest in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The parents of a Franco-Irish teenager whose body was found in a Malaysian…
Girl buried under Pakistan avalanche for 18 hours found alive
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: A 12-year-old girl was found alive on Wednesday (Jan 15) after being buried for…
China’s growing influence rattles Southeast Asia as US retreats: Survey
SINGAPORE: China’s rising economic and political clout in Southeast Asia is a growing source of…
Shanghai cuts Prague ties after mayor announces Taipei twinning
BEIJING: Shanghai cut ties with sister-city Prague Tuesday (Jan 14) after the Czech capital announced…
Arrests in Indian town after religious clash sparked by bikers
NEW DELHI: Police arrested dozens of people in a south Indian town after a tour by…
Thailand, Indonesia to share intelligence to combat insurgents
ACEH: Thailand and Indonesia on Tuesday (Jan 14) signed an intelligence sharing agreement that the…
Microsoft CEO critical of new India citizenship law
NEW DELHI: Microsoft’s chief executive hit out at the government of his native India and joined…
In pictures: Tens of thousands evacuate as erupting Philippine volcano Taal blankets towns in ash
MANILA: It was disaster and chaos on Monday (Jan 13) at the Taal volcano island…
2 Indonesians, 1 Malaysian arrested after boat intercepted entering Singapore illegally
SINGAPORE: Two Indonesians and a Malaysian have been arrested for entering Singapore illegally on a…
Filipino couple hold wedding amid ‘light rain of ash’ from Taal volcano
MANILA: The threat of a volcano eruption did not stop a couple from getting married near…
Myanmar sends nearly 200 Rohingya captured at sea to Rakhine camps
SITTWE, Myanmar: Nearly 200 Rohingya Muslims arrested at sea last month by Myanmar’s navy after a…