Charity leader’s faith in humanity renewed as 294 pets rescued in Hong Kong fire
Published: 6:22pm, 4 Dec 2025Updated: 6:28pm, 4 Dec 2025 Almost 300 pets have been rescued from the deadly inferno that engulfed a Hong Kong...
Hong Kong lawyer who had sex with girl, 12, jailed for 3 years, 7 months
A Hong Kong lawyer has been jailed for three years and seven months for having sex twice with a 12-year-old girl and taking more...
South Korea hosts ‘dark tour’ of martial law sites
December 3 was the one-year anniversary of then-President Yoon Suk-yeol’s temporary declaration of martial law in South Korea. To mark the occasion, more than...
Toxic smog caused illness in 200,000 New Delhi residents
Published: 6:09pm, 4 Dec 2025Updated: 6:11pm, 4 Dec 2025 New Delhi, with its sprawling metropolitan region of 30 million residents, is regularly ranked among...
Beijing ‘absolutely does not accept’ Takaichi’s apparent Taiwan climbdown
Beijing has dismissed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s latest remarks on Taiwan as “prevarication”, warning that it “absolutely does not accept” her continued refusal...
Malaysian man stranded by Thai floods with ‘colleagues’ exposed holidaying with lover
A Malaysian man who informed his wife that he was on a business trip with colleagues was discovered to be stranded with his mistress...
Chinese tourists pivot to South Korea, Thailand amid Japan travel ban
With rising tensions between Beijing and Tokyo disrupting travel plans, Chinese tourists are actively seeking alternative destinations for their winter getaways. While South Korea...
‘Relive the magic’? K-drama dating service probed for sex crimes in Brazil
A dating platform in Brazil that markets paid encounters with Korean men styled as K-drama “oppa” is under investigation for sexual exploitation, with the...
World’s first ‘ethical AI’ wades into risks of China’s new drug abuse law
A new Chinese AI system called Wen Dao – billed as the world’s first such model to be designed explicitly for ethical risk detection...