Scientists pointed the finger on Wednesday at Southeast Asian countries for draining wetlands for palm oil and cheap timber production, warning the practice ...
A South Korean worker defected to North Korea this week after crossing the heavily fortified land border, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday. The ...
Traffic accidents, suicide and violence, as well as AIDS and tuberculosis are among the leading causes of early death among the world's under-24s, according to a paper published on Friday in The Lancet. Epidemiologists pored over data from the 2.6 million deaths ...
The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Asian countries to prepare for a surge in swine flu cases as the northern hemisphere's winter approaches. Much of Asia has so far been hit relatively lightly, but the WHO said hospitals in the region ...
Philippine police alleged leader of radical Islamist group with ties to al-Qaida allies Philippine police on Friday arrested the alleged leader of a radical Islamist group believed to be responsible for one of Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attacks. Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja, also ...
Nature: Scientists develop high-yield rice that can grow in deep water A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice to survive high water, providing hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding. The team, ...
Despite Singapore's worst economic slump since independence, the residential property sector is in the midst of a new boom reminiscent of 2007, when the city-state was known as the world's hottest real estate market. Greed and its twin brother fear are back ...
A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed in a gunbattle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia's president, the national police chief said. Police said they could not confirm that the body recovered ...
Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group said Friday net profit fell 15 percent in the June quarter from a year ago, but beat expectations as higher revenue from trading and fees offset bad debt charges. DBS earned 552 million Singapore dollars (384.35 ...
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - They came, they hunted and they collected. About a century after their travels in Southeast Asia, an exhibition at Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum traces the exciting journeys and adventures of six mostly European explorers through a treasure chest ...
