SEOUL, Aug 19 - North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's claim that Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to fight for its ally.
SYDNEY, Aug 20 - Australia's internet regulator secured a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox to improve protections against grooming and sexual exploitation, after tests found adult strangers could still contact children despite safety measures introduced by the world's
The rare find came during excavations of a rampart of the Abhayagiri temple complex in Anuradhapura.
The Japanese government will compile the aid package by the end of August.
The paralysed woman was buried alive under collapsed bamboo walls.
The Philippines plans to turn Balabac island into a forward operating base for its air force.
There were after repeated incidents, involving passengers believed to be Chinese traders, rushing past queues.
MANILA, Aug 19 - Philippine authorities were trying to understand how a student whom teachers described as academically strong livestreamed carrying out a fatal shooting at his school before turning the gun on himself, as lawmakers debate measures ranging from social media
A student who live-streamed a fatal school shooting was described as academically strong.
The patient, a man in his 60s with an intellectual disability, had a toe detached after a fall.
NEW YORK – As global bond yields spike amid the latest Middle East tremors, Japan is at the epicenter. Surging US Treasury rates are getting most of the attention – even from geopolitical observers like Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer, who notes that the “Treasury will struggle to
The US plans to impose sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and a Senegalese lawyer on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The taxis can be hailed through the Kakao T app within the designated operating area in Gangnam.
The visit comes after South Korea and the United States scaled back joint military exercises.
SEOUL, Aug 19 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, media reported, after Seoul and Washington scaled back joint military drills amid U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to revive diplomacy with North Korean
Guo Degang was accused of “violating public order and good customs” after changing the lyrics of a classic Chinese revolutionary song during a recent performance.
Leroy Saunders died on Aug 13, but no medical cause had been disclosed.
BEIJING, Aug 19 - A pioneer of China's aerospace programme, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday.
A pack of 20 cigarettes from a leading brand currently costs up to A$60 (S$54) in Australia.
China's robot boom faces fierce competition, steep costs and a long road to wider adoption.
Kem Monovithya has been made as a “special envoy” - a rank equal to a government minister.
The issue is becoming more pressing as Vietnam embarks on vast urban and infrastructure projects.
BEIJING, Aug 19 - China on Wednesday urged respect for each country's digital sovereignty, after a report the U.S. would ask countries to choose sides in the artificial intelligence race with Beijing.
Sniffer dogs also found more than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes on board.
LandSpace achieved the feat with its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday (Aug 19), delivering China’s first successful ground-based, leg-assisted landing of an orbital-class booster.
The move could dash the hopes of Khan’s party and family.
Both men are arrested after the alleged assault on a woman at a karaoke bar during a business event.
Births plunged 15.6 per cent to 29,700, the lowest since records began in the 1960s.
One candidate being considered is Jeonbuk, a province about 200km south of Seoul.
KAINAKARY, India, Aug 19 - This weekend around 20 wooden boats, 100-foot long and powered by about 100 rowers each, will slice through Kerala's backwaters to compete for the most prestigious trophy in the centuries-old sport of \"vallam kali\", or snake boat racing.
China marked late President Jiang Zemin’s birth centenary on Monday (Aug 17) and bid farewell the next day to former Premier Zhu Rongji in two major ceremonies held just 24 hours apart.
BANGKOK, Aug 19 - Thailand is ready to shift its approach to a slow-burn insurgency in its Muslim-majority deep south and revitalise a peace process, Bangkok's chief negotiator said, as violence simmers in one of Southeast Asia's longest-running conflicts.
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. When US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby addressed the Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium on August 5, he described an effort to provide the president with more “sensible
SEOUL, Aug 19 - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's order to curb joint military drills appeared aimed in part at pressuring Seoul to support U.S. efforts in the Iran war, alongside other unresolved issues such as
New evidence sheds more light on the death of Tunchanok Donholma, who was allegedly murdered in June.
Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Aug 18.
The 51-year-old was found guilty in 2025 of murdering her husband’s parents and aunt in 2023.
Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever. Acting in the name of a self-centered version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour of a more humane and inclusive
The man’s wife was also hit and had been taken to the critical care unit of Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
Preliminary information suggested an air conditioner in the budget hotel may have exploded and caused the blaze.