Unification Church faces liquidation after Japanese court backs dissolution order
A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church as requested by the central government on the grounds that...
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to open new conservation centre featuring whale skeleton
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park will transform its North Pole Encounter zone into a new marine mammal conservation centre, set to showcase the skeleton of...
Singapore court reduces oil tycoon OK Lim’s prison sentence to 13½ years on appeal
The founder of failed oil trading firm Hin Leong Trading, 84-year-old Lim Oon Kuin, had his jail term cut by four years after a...
Seoul shares award-winning AI sex crime detection tool for free across South Korea
Seoul will offer its patented artificial intelligence system, which automatically detects and reports sexually exploitative content online, free of charge to institutions across South...
‘Do we have to wait until someone gets hurt?’: Hongkongers stuck in Dubai face travel chaos
Some Hong Kong residents stranded in the Middle East amid the US-Israeli attack on Iran have voiced frustration over repeated flight cancellations, rising hotel...
China and US to hold high-level trade talks in Paris before Trump’s Beijing visit
China and the United States will hold a new round of high-level trade talks in Paris at the end of next week, according to...
Japanese gang leader’s house on sale for US$330,000 or more – will anyone bite?
A walled mansion in one of Kobe’s most desirable suburbs is heading for a court-ordered auction, but its murky past as a target of...
Australia’s best-paid jobs are twice as likely to go to men as to women
Men are almost twice as likely as women to be employed in the best-paid jobs in Australia, according to the country’s latest government gender...
The quiet revolution in animal rights in China
Public awareness of animal welfare on the Chinese mainland is at an all-time high. The country now has the world’s second-largest pet population, estimated...