Key protest leader arrested in Bangkok

Thai police made their first arrest of a senior leader of anti-government protests for violating the country's emergency law on Monday as government officials promised to apprehend other leaders of the movement.

Woman shot dead; body burned in market

A policeman's wife was shot dead and her body set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south in an apparent revenge attack, officials said on Monday.

Game over for Flappy Bird

The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success ruined his "simple life".

Malaysian FTZ generates prospects for Chinese firms

Halal industries between China and Malaysia should collaborate more closely to tap into the global Muslim market, a top manager of Malaysia's state-level free trade zone said.

TCM chain flourishes from local partership

In Kuala Lumpur's bustling Jalan Bukit Bintang shopping street, a sign hangs from a storefront bearing two curious slogans.

DPRK unlikely to pull plug on reunions, observers say

Seoul and Washington said on Monday they will begin joint military drills in late February, overlapping with planned reunions between families from the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

ROK eyes trust with China

The Republic of Korea's top diplomat on Monday mentioned the need to establish an intelligence-sharing pact with China to enhance trust between the two neighbors.

Kerry seeks to 'rule out' possibility of conflict

US Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to ease tensions between Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul as he confronts a worsening dilemma for Washington in East Asia, according to observers.

China slams idea to put Japanese kamikaze letters on UNESCO list

Beijing sharply criticized the idea of submitting Japanese kamikaze pilots' suicide notes to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, calling it a whitewashing of Japan's wartime atrocities.

Japan distorting history, ministry says

Tokyo is "attempting to deny and even beautify" the country's history of militarism and aggression, the Foreign Ministry said, criticizing remarks by a public Japanese broadcaster.

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Vietnamese get first taste of McDonald's fast food

Four decades after the Vietnam War ended, US fast-food giant McDonald's has opened its first restaurant in the country, aiming to lure a rising middle class away from rice and noodles.