Myanmar’s junta inaugurated a 1,700-ton Buddha statue at a grand ceremony in the capital Tuesday that was secretly mocked by citizens used to the military’s efforts to win respectability through religion.
The unveiling of the Maravijaya Buddha to mark…
A Chinese company that promised to build an elephant conservation and breeding center in remote Xayaburi province still hasn’t completed the project, six years after receiving a 130-hectare land concession from the Lao government.
A severe flood from l…
A Hong Kong police recruitment campaign aimed at persuading ‘brave and loyal’ candidates studying in mainland China to join up has netted just over 100 suitable candidates, with thousands of vacancies remaining empty, as young people say public regard …
Hong Kong has dropped out of the top five tourism destinations for residents of democratic Taiwan, who are forsaking the city they once loved to shop and eat in for Japan.
Nearly one-third of the three million Taiwanese nationals who traveled abroad b…
The Philippine Senate voted unanimously Tuesday on a resolution condemning China for its “continued harassment” of Filipino fishermen and “incursions” into Manila’s waters in the contested South China Sea.
The resolution also urged the government to ra…