South Korea on Thursday accorded a state funeral to former President Kim Young-sam who died of heart failure four days ago.
Children are seen as the builders of a nation. Educated, healthy and motivated children guarantee a prosperous future. Therefore, it is advisable and many countries practically strive to protect the children from all sorts of evils and promise them better living standards. It is essential that all the people in the world and all the governments realize that they have a special responsibility towards the children which they have to fulfill in every condition.
Thirty-nine out of 130 Myanmar fishermen, who had been stranded in Indonesia's Ambon Island, have returned to their homeland with the rest to follow later, an official report said Thursday.
The Philippine current election season promises to be fun with some weird personalities that range from the comical to the inane and ridiculous running for president along with well-known political figures.
Thousands of politicians began trooping to election offices across the Philippines yesterday, kicking off a rambunctious seven-month campaign season.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that being a woman makes her a political outsider, as polls indicated that Americans in the 2016 election cycle were holding favorable opinions about candidates with outsider status.
Although the next presidential election in the Philippines is still eight months away, Filipinos from all walks of life are now deeply immersed in their favorite pastime with the election mania now heating up.
South Korea's Red Cross on Wednesday picked 500 candidates for separated families who could be allowed to join the reunion event with their long-lost relatives in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Thai military apprehended on Tuesday a suspect in the recent bombing attack at Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok, said Winthai Suwaree, spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order.
China's top legislature has adopted a prisoner amnesty deal which will see thousands of war veterans as well as very old, young or infirm prisoners granted official pardons, in a move marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday went on the offensive and accused Republican presidential candidates of holding views on women's health issues as those of "terrorist groups."
An official pardon is being considered for prisoners who meet a certain criteria, according to a draft decision submitted to China's top legislature on Monday.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday swore in three ministers for his new cabinet after the ruling United National Party (UNP) won a parliamentary election last week.
The death toll in an air crash on Saturday in West Sussex, southeastern Britain was "highly likely" to rise to 11, local police said Sunday.
The main candidate seeking to preside over the Argentinean Football Association (AFA) starting next year, Marcelo Tinelli, admitted Thursday that the body's management of funds needed to be "clarified".
More than 1,000 people on Saturday attended the funeral of the black Texas teenager who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a contentious burglary incident, as U.S. racial divide exposed in the tragedy and similar incidents gained renewed attention.
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday Thursday with a surprise visit to Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was in Havana for the occasion.
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