HANOI – The Government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for several offences as part of a broader amendment to the Penal Code, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to ...

MANILA – The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor has requested that the Pre-Trial Chamber 1 extend the deadline for disclosure of arrest warrant materials as well as the ...

HANOI – Immigration officers involved in a controversial incident at Phú Quốc International Airport last week, where an officer was reported to have torn a passenger’s boarding pass during exit ...

JAKARTA – The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) expanded deployment of personnel to provide security protection for prosecutors nationwide has once again landed the institution in hot water for stoking ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. National Archives in Washington is making good use of traditional Japanese washi paper to repair historical documents. Washi is light, strong, water-resistant and endowed with a ...

SEOUL – South Korea’s infants and toddlers are entering day care institutions at a younger age and spending more time there, ...

Garment export volume to the destination also rose by a strong 24.64 per cent, along with a 3.55 per cent increase in unit ...

NEW YORK – Two persimmon saplings, which were grown from the seeds of a tree that was exposed to the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, were planted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday ...

Headaches and Cigarettes: Conviction of North Korean spies reveals playbook of codes, signals The North Korean spy agency sent its instructions to the South Korean network online using steganography, ...

GEORGE TOWN – With pork pri­ces skyrocketing to their highest in two years, more people are turning to eating fish or chicken and even mutton and beef. Housewife Allyssa Lim, 48, wants to ensure her ...

HANOI – By integrating traditional eastern medicine with modern speech and communication therapy, the Hà Nội-based National Hospital of Acupuncture is bringing renewed hope to families of children ...

JAKARTA – President Prabowo Subianto has ruled out issuing an executive regulation on recovery of stolen state assets, opting instead to catalyze political support from the House of Representatives ...