Thai security officials say the people behind Monday’s bomb blast in Bangkok 'might be foreign or Thai'. Some analysts say the attack was unlikely to be related to sectarian violence in the south of the country. Local media reports there hint of an inv...

Visits to the beauty parlours and cosmetic treatment clinics are increasingly common. And the services offered are becoming more specialised, involving an array of gadgets. But a survey by the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong found that less than 16...

The Chief Executive CY Leung has tested the water again by reasserting that government's free market economic policy is outdated. Leung’s predecessor, Donald Tsang attracted a lot of flak in 2006 when he said the same thing. Andy Kwan, the director of ...

Rainfall in the mainland city of Tianjin is complicating efforts to clean up the site of last week's chemical explosions. It's feared that rain could spread some of the vast quantities of hazardous material or set off chemical reactions, sparking furth...

Myanmar political scene has been witnessing some radical changes with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi now joining hands with ousted ruling party leader Shwe Mann. President Thein Sein purged rival Shwe Mann and his allies from the Ruling Union Solid...

A member of an expert advisory panel on tree management says he was surprised to see the government conclude that it needn’t consult or notify the panel before removing trees in emergencies cases. Professor Jim Chi-yung says he was surprised to see the...

Results of a general election in Sri Lanka are expected on Tuesday, with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa hoping to win enough votes to become prime minister. Rajapaksa lost power earlier this year to one of his ministers, Maithripala Sirisena, but i...