The Japanese government has been hit in the pocket by an unusual problem -- its young people aren't drinking enough.

Thailand's health minister on Wednesday discouraged tourists from visiting the country only to smoke weed, just two months after new laws were passed that have largely decriminalized the drug.

• These women walk for three hours every day hoping to find food for their children

At least eight people were killed in Seoul on Monday after record downpours flooded homes, roads and subway stations in the South Korean capital, cutting power and forcing hundreds to evacuate, according to authorities.