Participants in matchmaking shows on television will now have to undergo stricter screening procedures and be cautious before mouthing venturous remarks.
Property prices in China's 70 major cities were up 12.4 percent year-on-year in May, but experts said prices would fall in the following months as the number of transactions decreases.
One in every 10 primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong is a victim of Internet bullying, according to a recent survey.
Economists cautious over long-term prospects as IMF warns of risksOverseas shipments for May surged nearly 50 percent from a year earlier, which analysts said was a signal that the European sovereign debt crisis has had little impact on the nation's exports.
South Korea's audit agency told the defense minister to punish 25 top military officials for failing to ensure combat readiness ahead of the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the People's Republic of Korea(DPRK), an official said Thursday.
A South Korean space rocket carrying a scientific satellite exploded two minutes into its flight in the second failure in two tries to put a payload in orbit, dealing a major setback to the country's space program.
"Vuvuzela" trumpets blasted and soccer chants rang out across South Africa on the eve of the continent's first World Cup which Africans hope will transform negative global perceptions of them. Chinese fans get into the act
Employers fear the World Cup
South Africa pledges safety
Tehran accused the West on Thursday of cheating the world on the UN resolutions to impose a new round of sanctions against the country and vowed to pursue its "peaceful" nuclear program.
At least three people were injured in an attack on a NATO supplies truck by unidentified terrorists on Thursday night in Pakistan's southwest area of Khuzdar, local sources told Xinhua.
Two cars loaded with explosives on Thursday hit a military checkpoint in Baghdad and a market in northern Salahuddin province, killing at least 8 people and wounding 13 others in, an Iraqi interior ministry source said.
Japanese People's New Party (PNP) chief Shizuka Kamei said early Friday to resign as member of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet, but his party will keep in the ruling coalition with the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Kyodo news agency reported.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday approved rules that will require the exchanges to pause trading in certain individual stocks if the price moves 10 percent or more in a five-minute period.