South Korea has sparked a gender row following its decision to print banknotes featuring the face of a woman who symbolizes motherhood in the country. The country's Central Bank has chosen to print the new 50,000 won note with the image of Shin Saimdang, the first woman to feature in the country's currency notes.

A local court in India has granted an application of a husband for divorce based on the ground that his wife is HIV positive. The judgment was handed down district judge Rajnish Bhatnagar, who said marriage without sex is "anathema. " He said in his judgment, "The disease being sexually communicable, the petitioner cannot be reasonably expected to live with her and lead a happy married life. "

A tourist died when a woman drove through the front window of a Chinese restaurant in the Queensland town of Longreach. According to an eyewitness, the woman was just "straightening up her park" when she accidentally went through the window of the Happy Valley Chinese restaurant on Eagle Street. The 50-year-old woman sitting next to the window was killed and her 55-year-old husband was injured as a result of the incident.

The two Czech couples whose babies were mixed up after hospital births 10 months ago have finally met, agreeing to correct the mix-up by swapping their babies. The hospital error came to light after the parents of one baby decided to undergo a DNA after being subjected to bar room gossips regarding their daughter who do not resemble any of them.

amily, health and religion - and not sex - make Filipinos most happy, according to a new Philippine Happiness Index. The index, crafted by Dr. Romulo A. Virola, Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board, was posted on the Board's website on Tuesday.