It is well known that modern people of South Korea live a dead-tired life. They work an annual average of 2,092 hours, the longest in the world except for Mexico and Chile.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent homage at a controversial war-linked shrine mirrors the unrepentant view of Japan's wartime aggression and undermines his stated aim to increase Japan's engagement in safeguarding world peace, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai said Thursday.
Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman celebrated the birthday of Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), here Wednesday by taking part in a friendship basketball game, spectators said.
The White House on Wednesday continued to defend Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama amid an escalating controversy over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung Tuesday mourned for the death of media mogul and philanthropist Run Run Shaw and commended his great contribution to local entertainment industry and charity.
China here on Tuesday dismissed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's intention to explain his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
Italy's former center-left head Pier Luigi Bersani has undergone a brain surgery that was "technically successful" after he suffered a surface brain hemorrhage, doctors at a hospital in Parma said on Monday.
A study conducted by a social organization in Hong Kong noted that the government is not doing enough in poverty alleviation. Many low income citizens are still in desperate need to improve their livelihood.
Veteran Bollywood actor Farooq Sheikh has passed away following an heart attack in Dubai, at the age of 65, his colleague said. Sheikh died following a massive heart attack in Dubai where he was holidaying with his wife and two daughters late Friday night. "He was immediately rushed to a local hospital but collapsed of a cardiac arrest though doctors tried their best to revive him," his colleague Shabana Azmi told the media in the national capital. His body will be brought to Mumbai after completion of all formalities.
As the two-year-old Satria, a Sumatra tiger, lunged and growled fiercely inside his cage when she was lifted down from the aircraft, the people around, including his new protector, Indonesian tycoon Tomy Winata, pulled back instinctively.
An Egyptian court referred back a fraud case against ousted president Mohamed Morsi to the prosecution, as the charges aren't within its jurisdiction, official news agency MENA reported on Monday.
The gas deal with Moscow may help Kiev get out of economic crisis, a senior Russian diplomat said Saturday.
Former Greek transport minister Michalis Liapis was arrested on Tuesday in a southern coastal suburb of Athens for a series of traffic violations, including driving an uninsured car with counterfeit number plates, police said.
Mandela's funeral is underway at his ancestral village of Qunu in Eastern Cape on Sunday.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry will begin his two-day visit to the Philippines on Tuesday to hold bilateral talks with government officials, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
An elderly Belgian who defiled a 13-year old girl has been jailed for 20 years by a Mombasa court.
The Indian Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the country's former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav currently serving a five-year jail term for his involvement in a fodder scam when he was the Chief Minister of the eastern state of Bihar.
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