A Korean legislator says that there are 10,000 Korean nationals who are living illegally in Canada.

Tibetans worldwide have started a global protest to stop train services on a newly constructed track connecting China to Tibet.

Gone are the days when sarees hid flabby tummies in Bollywood. The Gen X of Bolly-beauties is shedding the flab and flaunting the midriff.

Nepal has honoured the first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, with a procession through the capital Kathmandu.

China is struggling to overcome what a minister called the world's worst water crisis caused by widespread drought, pollution, rapid economic growth and waste.

American servicemen returning to their old lives in the US abandoned thousands of Filipina girlfriends and children.

Trans-sexual union creates a stir in Malaysia as the government said it would not recognize the country's first trans-sexual marriage.

Burma's confirmation that it was shifting its seat of government has left many analysts at a loss to explain the move.

Health tourists are helping destabilize India's health system. They say too much is being spent on care for foreign patients and rich Indians.