. . TOKYO – Japanese police have arrested Ikki Kodukai, a 24-year-old Tokyo graduate student, accused of bursting into a lawyer’s office and cutting off his...
. . BANGKOK – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Tuesday it is appalled at the long prison sentences given to people convicted in...
. . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha defended a new law that places tight restrictions on public gatherings and warned Thursday it will be...
. . NAYPYITAW – Myanmar’s military-backed ruling party announced the ousting of its politically popular chairman Shwe Mann hours after security forces seized the party headquarters,...
. . TIANJIN – Massive blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 44 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the...
. . CHIANG RAI – Scientists say the Southeast Asia’s rapid development is driving deforestation in the vital Mekong Subregion, and threatening scores of species in...
. . BANGKOK – Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya said Tuesday a joint panel resolved to strip ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra of his police lieutenant colonel rank. The...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday stated that the Cabinet member reshuffle list has been completed and will be implemented at...
. . HAT YAI – A pickup truck carrying a group of students in southern Thailand careened Tuesday onto a traffic island and hit some trees,...
. . KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian opposition party, The People’s Justice Party, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against Prime Minister Najib Razak for alleged...