A Cambodian couple hoping to avoid the country's convoluted divorce process have separated by sawing their house in half, local authorities said Thursday.

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday used his weekly television address to give tips on cooking with garlic, hoping to ward off protests by farmers of the pungent bulb.

An Indonesian woman accused of bribing a prosecutor handed out boxes of doughnuts at her trial on Friday, reports said.

Staff at a Philippine government hospital are under investigation after a former patient threatened a lawsuit over a YouTube video clip of his rectal surgery, officials said Thursday.

Buddhist monks sprinkled holy water and draped garlands over the necks of 28 elephants at the start of seventh King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament, where players (who ride on the back of the animals behind the elephant trainers) wield a long mallet to whack a ball across a 100 meter-long field.

A search has been launched for the happiest person in Singapore, where a recent survey found that 90 percent of its population feel that life is stressful.

Terrorism is usually no laughing matter, especially not in security-conscious Singapore, but the escape from custody of a limping Islamist extremist suspect has led to scorn on the Internet.

Thai dogs are now eligible for life insurance, under a new policy that offers payouts to owners if their pets die, a veterinarian said Monday.

A Filipina bride is suing her former fiance after he ran off with another woman before the wedding ceremony had even finished, the Philippine Star newspaper reported Saturday.

More than 200 couples lined up on Thursday to tie the knot on Valentine's Day in Bangkok's Bang Rak district, whose name translates as "the village of love."