South Korean President Park Geun Hye was forced into a public apology on Tuesday (Oct 25) for the leak of official documents to a family associate involved in a growing corruption scandal.
Plainly dressed in a dark gray suit, 87-year-old Xia Shuqin seemed no different from any other suburban Chinese lady. However, her weatherworn face and her determined eyes suggested that her story was different: She had survived the Nanjing Massacre.
Japan’s Constitution promises gender equality, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants a society where all women can “shine.” But many women say that is hard to do when they cannot even use their own surnames.
Mrs Hillary Clinton and Mr Donald Trump have launched their two-week scramble to the finish line of the US presidential race, with the billionaire Republican dismissing the polls to insist he's "winning" the race.
President Park Geun-hye proposed revising the Constitution on Monday, calling South Korea’s single-term restriction on presidents outdated. Her initiative is the first serious attempt to rewrite the country’s Constitution since it was last amended in 1987 to end decades of military dictatorship.
When Mr Amit Shah, the president of Mr Narendra Modi's ruling party, meets with the Indian prime minister, he is sometimes asked a question he struggles to answer: "What is behenji thinking?"
What does one do upon finding that a bucket of chicken from Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) does not "overflow" as shown in advertisements?
In the space of eight months after landing a much coveted position at advertising giant Dentsu in April 2015, Matsuri Takahashi transformed from being a personable, diligent and well-liked young woman to a physical and mental wreck who was getting just 10 hours of sleep a week and was being bullied by her superiors.
A cold autumn wind blew across the Loess Plateau in Huachi county, Gansu province, but beads of sweat were rolling down the face of Qu Shuanling in her yaodong, a type of cave dwelling common in the area.
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton currently takes a 12-point national lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump among likely voters, according to a new poll released Monday, two days before the final presidential TV debate.
We all know about the trends that come out of the four-week circus of shows otherwise known as fashion month, which began in early September and ended last week. We know about the colors and silhouettes that will shape what we wear in seasons to come.
The reality TV star Rob Kardashian had a family matter to discuss, so naturally, he turned to Twitter. “Didn’t invite the Mother of my child to a baby shower you all were trying to throw for me!!?” he tweeted late last month, reigniting the feud between the Kardashian-Jenner clan and his model fiancée, Blac Chyna. “You all must have lost your damn minds.” In retaliation for the slight, he tweeted out his little sister Kylie Jenner’s phone number.
Myanmar's newly installed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week in India, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Oct 12).
It’s always been ironic that, in womenswear, most of the head designers and creative directors are men, while customers and nearly all the staff (from the design studio to the shop floor) are mostly women. We are slowly seeing a change, however, as more women are leading the way at global fashion houses, as seen at this Paris Fashion Week – and it couldn’t have come soon enough.
Jiang Mei is so preoccupied with her needlework that she ignores visitors approaching her to look at her Sichuan-style embroidery work of fish and hibiscus.
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie and her Oscar best-picture winner film producer Brad Pitt may have reached a deal over custody of their children, according to unnamed sources.
Hong Kong lacks resources to deal with lymphoedema: swelling of the arm or leg following the removal of lymph nodes, most often as part of cancer treatment.
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