Pakistan goes wild for blockbuster Turkish drama

ISLAMABAD - Dubbed the Muslim "Game of Thrones", a drama about the makings of the Ottoman Empire has sent Pakistan wild this Ramadan, smashing...

Prosecutors zeroing in on activist-turned-lawmaker-elect

By Jun Ji-hyeProsecutors are speeding up their investigation into suspicions that an activist-turned-lawmaker-elect and a civic group she led embezzled funds donated to help...

Bolsonaro rocked by release of expletive-laced video

BRASíLIA - Brazilians got a shocking look Friday at an expletive-laced meeting between President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet when a Supreme Court judge...

Summer to be hotter this year with occasional torrential rain: weather...

(Yonhap)South Korea is expected to see warmer temperatures this summer compared with last year, with torrential downpours occurring intermittently, the national weather agency said...

US position in defense cost talks undermines South Korea alliance :...

The United States' insistence that South Korea shoulder a much larger share of the cost of U.S. troop presence risks hurting the alliance at...

Vietnam retail sales fall 9.6 per cent since January

Vietnam retail sales fell 9.6 per cent year on year over the first four months of this year, according to the General Statistics...

Seeking the spotlight, athletics takes a leap in the dark

PARIS - With traditional competition shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, athletics has begun experimenting with imaginative and unusual ways to ensure that, somehow,...

FM Kang pledges to use S. Korea’s medical, technological savvy to...

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (Yonhap)Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that South Korea will capitalize on its medical and technological savvy to make "substantive"...

Korea reports 20 new virus cases amid efforts to contain sporadic...

South Korea reported 20 more cases of the new coronavirus Friday as health officials are trying to contain sporadic group infections following the mass...

How Covid-19 is impacting food-and drink-markets in Southeast Asia

The spread of Covid-19 is forcing Southeast Asian consumers to change their eating habits and embrace new shopping practices, says Mintel Apac food-and-drink...