Culture

  The country’s ambitious Tempest programme to develop a new sixth-generation fighter jet that will replace its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons is expected to complement the US-origin, stealth...

  I’ve long wondered what might be the most typical place in the world, and I believe I now have an answer. It is Cebu, the second largest city...

  Kim Jong-un’s recent wardrobe choices have sparked speculation that after eight years of paying sartorial homage to his popular grandfather, North Korea’s leader is attempting to craft...

  Well, it is winter afterall. The Thai Meteorological Department is predicting cool mornings with light fog in upper Thailand, with clear skies and sunny weather during the...

  Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand saw over 10 billion e-money transactions occur in 2018. Singapore led the region, accounting for 34 percent of total e-money...

  Unable to contain high malnutrition among children, the Asia-Pacific region has another challenge to tackle: It has the world’s highest underweight rate among youth, according to the...

  Asia, we are often told, is ageing so rapidly that it may not have much time to enjoy its economic miracle before it is saddled with the...

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at his vice president on Tuesday (Nov 19), calling her a "scatterbrain" who was discussing his war on drugs with outsiders...

  Last week, three separate cases were filed against Myanmar for atrocities against Rohingya people in the first international legal attempts to bring justice to the persecuted Muslim minority. The Gambia brought a...

  Myanmar struck back Friday after a surge of global legal pressure over its alleged crimes against the Rohingya, branding an investigation by the International Criminal Court "not in...