A railway reconnecting Cambodia and Thailand was officially inaugurated on Monday in a bid to slash travel times and boost trade between the southeast Asian neighbours.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said China wants to get a hold of its nationals serving sentences in the country including those convicted for illegal drugs.
Vietnam police have arrested a Chinese national found with a massive haul of heroin in Ho Chi Minh City, the second such bust in a week as the country cracks down on the illicit trade.
Thailand’s ruling junta took an unexpected lead in the country’s first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 percent of ballots counted, election authorities said late Sunday, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom’s pro-democracy camp.
Thailand’s king issued a cryptic statement late Saturday hours before polls open for the country’s first general election since a 2014 coup, quoting his late father’s advice to support “good” leaders to prevent “chaos”.
A golden statue of Thai premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha with the word “cheat” behind him looms over five rappers as they rip into junta “bootlickers”, in a video gone viral on the eve of an election critics say is stacked to favour the generals.
Thailand is poised to start its first tests of cannabis oil on patients, a health official said Friday, as excitement swirls around a new industry that could create money-making avenues for entrepreneurs while offering relief for suffering patients.
A key party linked to Thailand’s powerful Shinawatra clan was dissolved Thursday by a court, just weeks before a general election, over its ill-starred bid to front a princess as a candidate for premier.
by Elaine YU The case of a Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong who was sacked after being diagnosed with cervical cancer — leaving her
Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children’s agency said Friday, including one of the world’s richest nations, France.
Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray visited the Senate on Tuesday for a courtesy call to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
Thailand’s powerful army chief on Friday dismissed rumours of a coup ahead of next month’s scheduled national elections, insisting he was “very close” to junta leader Prayut Chan-o-Cha.
Defence spending in Thailand has surged over the last decade, during which the military has seized power twice.
Thailand’s junta chief on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as “fake news”, as speculation ricocheted across a kingdom unsettled by the ill-fated political union between a princess and a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan.
Facebook will bar foreign-based election advertisments in Thailand in the lead-up to March elections, the company said Thursday, after being pilloried for not controlling election interference on the platform.
After nearly five years of military rule, Thailand will hold elections on March 24.
Russia on Thursday detained a Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested 1,612 high-value target drug personalities nationwide during high-impact operations (HIOs) in 2018.
By Prince Golez Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray will pay a courtesy call on President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacanang said. On Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Monday praised newly-crowned Miss Universe Catriona Gray for “raising the Philippine flag” and reintroducing the country and its people
Carrying a bold message of inclusion, transgender rights and a sharp rebuke to US President Donald Trump, Miss Spain’s Angela Ponce is blazing a trail as the first transgender contestant in Miss Universe’s 66-year history.
Taiwanese chemists are a driving force behind the glut of meth flooding the Mekong region after they tweaked the recipe to dodge controls on other precursor chemicals, Thai drug cops said Friday.
Bangkok has hit out at the CBS show “Madam Secretary” on Sunday in response to an episode that referenced the country’s monarchy, calling it “misleading”.
The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are eyeing to complete negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2019, according to Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez.
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