Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - A shop at Central World in Bangkok's central shopping district offers the luscious fruit all the year round in sweet and sour treats More »FEATURE: The magnificence of the mango
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - "Original title: Ticfa to take off" More »Bangladesh approves trade agreement with US after over a decade of talks
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but a road by any other name might not sell as well. More »Taipei residents clamor for change to road name
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - A cathedral with mosaic works made by North Korean artists will open on June 25, the 63rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Korea announced Monday. More »Cathedral dedicated to Korean unification to open in Paju
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - North Korea's abrupt offer to the United States for high-level talks has left many puzzled on its intentions. More »EDITORIAL: North Korea's puzzling overture
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Global financial leaders shared the view during their gathering in Korea on Monday that the world's biggest insurance firms are likely to vie for the Asian pension market in the coming years. More »Insurers eye Asian pension markets
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - With female K-pop singer after singer making their comeback with a "sexy code," South Korea's music scene is bursting with eye-catching performances. More »'Sexy code' dominates K-pop stage
Changsa (China Daily/ANN) - China is back on top of the supercomputing world with the successful operation of Tianhe-2, the world's fastest computer. More »China bytes back with fastest computer
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Everybody's talking about inclusive growth, but the latest labour and employment data suggest that the breathtaking growth the Philippine economy has been achieving lately-the fastest in all of Asia, in fact-is anything but that. The latest quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) of the National Statistics Office (NSO) reports that there were actually 21,000 fewer jobs overall last April compared to a year ago. More »VIEW: Fixing Philippines' exclusive growth
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday. More »Philippines, Taiwan on way to mending relations
Yangon (Eleven Media/ANN) - Myanmar's political analysts say there is still political interference in legal proceedings by authorities and there should not be prosecuting for an offence under several legal sections. More »Myanmar with more political prisoners, say analysts
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) - Foreign Ministry officials said on Monday speculation that NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden might have spied for Beijing is unsound. More »China rejects Snowden spying claims
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippine Court of Appeals has directed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to investigate the incarceration of a woman for five years without charges, a situation that it says is similar to that of detainees in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. More »Philippine court orders woman freed after 5 years without charges
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged auditors to keep a tight watch on corruption in an inspection tour of the National Audit Office on Monday. More »Li urges tight watch on govt audits
Shanghai (China Daily/ANN) - Shanghai has stepped up its punishment for those found to be endangering food safety by removing ceilings for fines and allowing the death penalty for severe crimes, a high official from Shanghai's top court said on Monday. More »Food-safety offenders to receive harsher penalties in China
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - Uniqlo owned by Japan's Fast Retailing Co Ltd will open clothing outlets in Dhaka on July 5 in a joint venture with Grameen Healthcare Trust. More »Uniqlo to open retail shops in Dhaka on July 5
Vientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN) - A leading Vietnamese investor in Laos, the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company (HAGL), has provided an interest-free loan to build an airport in Laos northern province of Huaphan. More »Vietnamese investor finances new airport in Laos
Quang Ngai (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Wearing a T-shirt and shorts, sweating like a farmer in the field, artisan Dang Van Trinh digs clay to make pottery at the only remaining ceramics workshop in My Thien Village, in Vietnam's central province of Quang Ngai. More »FEATURE: Village's last potter keeps kiln burning
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - The results of polls to four city corporations prove that people have given their verdict in favour of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demand for a caretaker government for holding the next general elections, the party said yesterday. More »Bangladeshi people voted for caretaker government
Vientiane (Vientiane Times/ANN) - Laos and Vietnam have agreed to hold a ceremony on July 9 to mark the completion of the demarcation and restoration of their shared border, after their foreign ministers met in Luang Prabang province of Laos. More »Laos, Vietnam set date to celebrate end of border demarcation
Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Imposing wooden charnel houses are one of the unique architectural traditions of the Central Highlands in Vietnam. However, as the forests in the region grow increasingly depleted, these structures may soon be relegated to the past. More »FEATURE: When the forests have no more trees
Dhaka (The Daily Star/ANN) - The Bangladeshi government has allocated nearly 154 billion taka (US$1.97 billion) in the next budget to meet a capital shortfall in four state-owned commercial banks, in keeping with the stipulations under the International Monetary Fund's External Credit Facility. More »Bangladesh govt sets aside more funds to fix capital crunch in state banks
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - The Internet has linked the world to a new level, enabling exchanges and trade of nearly everything with just few clicks. But it has become a headache for governments as online auction sites have become a loophole in cultural heritage smuggling. More »Smugglers use auction sites to sell Korea's cultural heritage
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - Fifty Myanmar nationals are expected to be charged at the Sessions Court in Sepang today for illegal entry into Malaysia. More »189 Myanmar nationals in M'sia to be charged with illegal entry
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - Undeterred by previous losses, Protasco Berhad, a mid-sized integrated infrastructure company in Malaysia, is returning to Libya after halting operations there due to a revolution. More »M'sian infrastructure company to seek compensation from Libyan govt