12+ hour, 30+ min ago   (387+ words) CORON, Phliippines — Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday (Sept 13) it could take weeks or months to identify the victims of a ferry fire that killed 76 people, as forensic experts begin collecting and comparing DNA samples from charred remains and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (201+ words) JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday (Sept 13) for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said. An Indonesian…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (132+ words) 1. Hong Kong actor Simon Lui, known for his roles in horror movies, dies aged 62 Veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Lui has died from stomach cancer at 62. 2. Dad says 3-year-old son nearly drowned during swim lesson; coach suspended A father claimed…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (244+ words) A former Hong Kong secondary school principal has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from his former employer after being dismissed over alleged misconduct during a school delegation's visit to Singapore. Lee Cheuk Hing, the former principal of San Wui Commercial…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (369+ words) Travelling to Bangkok to shop for Gentlewoman? Soon, you won't have to, as the popular Thai fashion label is opening its first store in Singapore at 313@somerset on Oct 16, the brand announced in a press release on Wednesday (Sept 9). Shoppers…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (308+ words) JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers searched for eight people who went missing at sea while heading the island of Anak Krakatau to report on a volcanic eruption, officials said Wednesday (Sept 9). He said the last message from the boat was received by…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (474+ words) KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's ruling coalition on Wednesday said people convicted in high-profile graft cases should serve their sentences in full, amid media reports that jailed former premier Najib Razak has made another bid for a royal pardon. The local Chinese-language…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (540+ words) TANGERANG, Indonesia — Indonesia has reopened all the airports closed by volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau, including Jakarta's main airport, but eight people, including five journalists who had been reporting on the volcano, are missing. Further eruptions on Tuesday (Sept…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (242+ words) JAKARTA — Indonesia will extend a rice handout programme for more than 33 million low-income households through to December, providing nearly one million metric tons of additional supplies in a bid by the government to mitigate El Nino-related food-supply risks. "The rice…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (137+ words) AsiaOne North Korean defence minister criticises joint military drills by US, Japan and South Korea North Korea's newly appointed defence minister, Kim Song-gi, has called joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and ​the US a provocation, state media KCNA…...