The family of a woman found dead in a Bangkok hotel room after unwittingly taking a fatal mixture of drugs has urged others not to take illegal substances. Rebecca Turner,…
Tag: Asia
China: Search goes into night for survivors of Tibet quake
Rescuers searched into the night for survivors after a major earthquake killed at least 126 people and damaged more than 3,000 buildings in a remote part of the Chinese region…
India: Rescuers race to save men stuck in flooded rat-hole mine
Rescuers in India are racing against time to bring out miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in the north-eastern state of Assam. Three of the nine men inside were…
North Korea: Pyongyang says new hypersonic missile will ‘contain’ rivals
North Korea has claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which “will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region”. The launch on Monday…
China: Earthquake: Scores dead as tremor strikes Tibet
At least 53 people have been confirmed dead and 62 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media reported. The earthquake…
India: Body of missing journalist found in septic tank
The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, went missing…
N Korea: Pyongyang fires first ballistic missile in two months – Seoul
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea’s military said, in what is Pyongyang’s first missile launch in…
Japan: Fat bluefin tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m
Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the…
Thailand: ‘Stressed’ elephant gores Spanish tourist to death
A “panic-stricken” elephant killed a Spanish woman while she was bathing the animal at an elephant centre in Thailand, local police said. Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, was washing the elephant…
S Korea: Impeached president defiant as arrest deadline looms
South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol remains defiant in his newly-fortified residence, with the arrest warrant over his short-lived martial law order set to expire on Monday. Yoon’s security…