Thousands of Thai mourners, all dressed in black, queue up for hours to pay their respects to the late Queen Mother Sirikit who is lying in state inside the throne hall of Bangkok's Grand Palace.
The former...
A delegation led by Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar has carried the sacred relics of Lord Buddha from National Museum in New Delhi to Bhutan for an eleven-day public exposition.
India’s Ministry of...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited the country's only aquarium that keeps sea otters. The Emperor and Empress arrived in Mie Prefecture to attend the National Convention for the...
Residents in the Philippines’ Sorsogon province have taken shelter in churches and evacuation centres as authorities began precautionary evacuations ahead of Typhoon Fung-wong’s landfall. As of 11 a.m...
China's 15th National Games, co-hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, officially opens on Sunday evening, when the main cauldron will be lit at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center. Themed “Realizing...
East Japan Railway (JR East) is looking to bring its ticket gates up to speed with modern life. Officials are testing facial-recognition technology along the Joetsu Shinkansen line in the central prefecture of...
Bears are rarely out of the headlines in Japan these days because they keep straying into urban areas. Attacks are rising, and a record 13 people have died this fiscal year alone.
Local hunters shot the animal...
Thailand Prime Minister Anutin departed for Singapore on Thursday for a one-day official visit, aimed at strengthening ties and cooperation with the island state in various areas. Government spokesman said that...
Production of “karasumi,” or dried mullet roe, is in full swing in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie. Karasumi is a highly coveted delicacy in Japan. The roe sacs of the fish are first salted,...
Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday in Viet Nam's already storm-battered central belt, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world's deadliest cyclones this year....