Polygamous Indonesian MP shows off his three wives on inauguration day
An Indonesian MP brought his three wives to his inauguration at Parliament or House of Representatives in Jakarta, starting a frenzy on social media as well as in the local…
Indonesian artists don local designer outfits on their appointment as parliamentarians
A total of 575 members of the Indonesian Parliament elected for the 2019-2024 period, were inaugurated yesterday October 1, 2019 and they wore expensive locally designed traditional clothes for the occasion. Fourteen of…
Hong Kong flash-mob rallies erupt as anger mounts over shot protester
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Flash-mob rallies broke out in Hong Kong on Wednesday as anger mounted over police shooting a teenage protester who attacked officers in a dramatic…
A suicide letter uncovers a gruesome murder in Indonesia
Police in Indonesia uncovered a gruesome murder after they found a suicide note on a 42-year-old widower. The police said people alerted them to the scene where they found a…
Hong Kong defies China anniversary with ‘Day of Grief’ rallies
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Strife-torn Hong Kong marked the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding with defiant "Day of Grief" protests on Tuesday as pro-democracy activists ignored a…
Tougher penalties to protect Sri Lanka elephants after mass deaths
Sri Lanka announced harsher penalties in a bid to protect wild elephants on Tuesday, as investigators probed whether seven jumbos found poisoned over the weekend were killed by villagers. Wildlife and…
Mom hires hitmen to kill homosexual son in Indonesia
Indonesia has been rocked by the gruesome murder of a man who was killed by a group of hitmen hired by his own mother to execute him because of his sexual…
Taiwan shrugs as communist China hails 70th anniversary
by Sean CHANG Communist China's creation seven decades ago irrevocably changed Taiwan, but Beijing's huge celebrations this week will be met with a collective shrug on an island where people…
Strife-torn Hong Kong braces for China anniversary day violence
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG Ripped-up paving stones lay scattered around the graffiti-scarred streets of Hong Kong after one of the most violent days in a summer of rage,…
Indonesian students leave behind tons of plastic waste in anti-government rally
Indonesia saw a series of demonstrations that has little to do with climate change or the noble struggle of Swedish student and climate activist Greta Thunberg. But the students in…