Tiger testicles and mythical banquets: What China’s emperors inside Beijing’s secretive Forbidden City really ate
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Philippines fake ID scandal: 1,000 more cases linked to Chinese nationals found
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Jaime Santiago told reporters on Monday that the head of the civil registry office in Santa Cruz since 1994, Mario Tizon, had been suspended following the scandal.
India's path to prosperity is through growth, not redistribution
Chetan Ahya is the chief Asia economist for Morgan Stanley.
MH17: Malaysia urged to ramp up pressure as justice eludes victims’ families a decade on
“It has been 10 years. International law or law in general shouldn’t be this slow,” Farhatul Mustamirrah Mahamad Aziz, an international law expert with Universiti Teknologi Mara, told This Week in Asia.
Kim Jong-un’s sister issues ‘gruesome’ threat to South Korea over balloons
“We give the scum a stern warning again”, Kim Yo-jong was quoted by official media as saying. “They should be ready for paying a gruesome and dear price,” the Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Nepal authorities say 65 people were on board the buses missing in a river since Friday
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — There were 65 people on board the two buses that were pushed into a swollen river in Nepal, of which rescuers have been able to recover 14 bodies, authorities said Tuesday.
Americans won’t know China well if they don’t know Mandarin
Without training a class of experts deeply steeped in Chinese culture, language and customs, the United States is hampered in understanding Beijing’s motives, crafting informed decision-making and avoiding the sort of cardboard imagery that stokes conflict.
South Korea calls Russia ‘strategic partner’ in bid to maintain ties amid Ukraine tensions
Analysts say South Korea is driven by a pragmatic calculus that prioritises preserving its diplomatic rapport with Russia, given Moscow’s critical role in the security landscape of the Korean peninsula, which shares a border with Russia’s far eastern region.