Why Tourists Flock to Seoul for a New Face
More men and women are shopping for plastic surgery in South Korea.
View ArticleSearch for Lost Tourist Turns Up 7 Corpses
A rescue team combing a tourist hotspot in northern China failed to find a missing visitor but instead made a ghastly discovery, Reuters reported seven dead bodies.
View ArticleEx-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage
A dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus Monday in the Philippine capital with 25 people on board, mostly Hong Kong tourists. ...read more
View ArticlePhilippines mourns, HK angry after hijack deaths
The Philippines acknowledged "inadequacies" in handling a hostage crisis that killed eight Hong Kong tourists, as anger over the botched negotiations erupted Tuesday in Hong Kong with demonstrations...
View ArticleTyphoon Megi leaves 11 dead in Taiwan
The death toll from Typhoon Megi rose to 11 on Saturday as it cut a deadly path into Asia, triggering mudslides and leaving tourists stranded in Taiwan.read more
View ArticleSiberian tiger kills bus driver as tourists watch
A rare Siberian tiger attacked and killed a tour bus driver in northern China while the man's horrified passengers watched, Chinese media reported.
View ArticleAnger over China tourist beating
A Chinese tourist was beaten unconscious after being mistaken for a petitioner who wanted to lobby the authorities in Beijing, state media report.
View ArticleTourist gang-raped during cycling trip in India
A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman...
View ArticleAmerican gets 15 years of hard labor in North Korea for 'hostile acts'
An American tour operator has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea for alleged “hostile acts” against the repressive regime, according to its official state news agency. Kenneth Bae,...
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