Myanmar police open fire at hundreds of protesters angry about a ban on a local festival, killing seven people...

Ice sculptures of Moscow's Red Square and Bangkok's Temple of the Emerald Buddha are among landmarks featured in the world's largest ice festival...

AP PHOTOS: Far from Hong Kong's hustle and bustle and towering skyscrapers, villagers hold one of the southern Chinese city's rare and colorful local festivals...

A conservation group says Japan's lax controls over its domestic stock of ivory are encouraging illegal exports to other countries and undermining efforts to end trafficking in elephant tusks...

A baby panda has made a special appearance before Tokyo's governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of its official public debut...

As Olympics near, South Korea agonizes over post-games costs and huge financial strain placed on one of its poorest regions...

Danish toy maker Lego says it has won a major legal victory in China, where a court ruled in its favor in a copyright case against companies making knockoffs of its famous colored bricks...

Vietnam's water buffalo fighting festival has resumed despite calls for an end to the traditional annual event because of its violence...

Malaysian police say an annual beer festival has been axed due to information that militants were planning to sabotage the event...

The Japanese video game industry is finding its way out of the doldrums, by adapting new technology for decades-old titles...