SEOUL: Heavy snow blanketed South Korea on Tuesday, with about 120 centimetres of snow piling up in the mountain areas of the southern resort island of Jeju. Other areas across the country were also ...

Imagine curling up on the couch at the end of a long day, just to find that the only blanket within reach is thin, scratchy and too small. If that sounds like your worst nightmare, then you ...

Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson have applauded Kāinga Ora’s decision to reopen its carpet tender process, allowing wool carpet suppliers to compete for ...

South Africa Market ReviewSouth African markets closed in the red on Friday, pulled down by broad-based losses in platinum and gold mining sector stocks. Platinum miners, Northam (JO:NHMJ) Platinum, ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin)EM FX enjoyed a respite from the ongoing selling pressures, with most currencies up on the week vs. the dollar. Best performers were CLP, MXN, and ZAR while the ...

Controversial traditional healer and media personality Gogo Maweni, whose real name is Makgotso Mofokeng, recently made a compassionate gesture toward pregnant women incarcerated at Suncity Prison.

A man has escaped a South Coast prison early Wednesday morning. Reporting to you from Wollongong these days, I've come to the big smoke via the bustling metropolis of Sydney, rolling hills of ...

Unprecedented heavy snowfall is expected across South Korea during the Lunar New Year holiday, a rare phenomenon as the holiday usually occurs after the coldest part of winter in early January. This ...

The two were sentenced to two years' imprisonment. - On Count 2: Contravention of the Immigration Act of South Africa. The two accused persons were not found guilty. - On Count 3: Possession of an ...