Actress Gong Li is "China's most beautiful person," according to a poll which saw Zhang Ziyi failing to make it to the top three.
Despite Christians in Pakistan constituting 1.5 per cent of the population, Pakistani government bans The Da Vinci Code.
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have set off for a week-long tour of Southeast Asia seen as aiming to heal historical scars.
Doctors and medical students have taken to the streets in Delhi against a government affirmative action for low-caste students.
Four out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwanare now using a skin-whitening cream.
A four-year-old boy who was nearly sold by his poor mother ran 65 kilometres to enter the country’s record book.
“When I die, please bury me in Korean soil. Please take care of the boys and girls and the poor that I once cared for.”
After a decade of self-imposed exile in Vancouver, Hong Kong starlet Vivian Chow returns to the limelight.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam listed as terror group after reports of extortion in Canada.
Deeyah, a pop star dubbed the "Muslim Madonna," hires bodyguards for her tour of Britain after receiving death threats.
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