Police nab Chinese ‘cyber crime’ gang
2023-04-12
Police have arrested five Chinese nationals who allegedly operated an illegal call centre and underground lending service in Pattaya.Continue Reading
UTN to launch nationwide election caravan
2023-04-12
The United Thai Nation (UTN) Party will launch an “election caravan” to boost its standing throughout the country after the Songkran festival, said its deputy leader Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.Continue Reading
Rajasthan: How a birthdate error sent an Indian teenager to death row
2023-04-12
He spent 28 years in prison for murder. Then prosecutors found out he had been a juvenile at the time of the crime.Continue Reading
Macron on Taiwan: ‘An ally not a vassal’, says France leader
2023-04-12
The French leader says his country should not get caught up in escalation between the US and China.Continue Reading
Thai handover of anti-junta trio condemned
2023-04-12
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia have condemned a recent decision by Thai authorities to hand over three Myanmar opposition fighters, one of whom died after being shot while the fate of the other two remains unknown.Continue Reading
Monkey business: Sri Lanka considers macaque sales to China
2023-04-12
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is considering exporting up to 100,000 endangered monkeys to China, the agriculture minister said Wednesday (Apr 12), raising concerns among conservationists. The toque macaque is endemic to Sri Lanka and common on the island but is classed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation ofContinue Reading
China to set up no-fly zone near Taiwan for ‘space activities’: Taipei
2023-04-12
TAIPEI: China will set up a brief no-fly zone north of Taiwan on Sunday (Apr 16) due to what the island’s transport ministry described as “space activities”. The closure comes after Beijing completed three days of massive war games around self-ruled Taiwan last week, during which China simulated targeted strikesContinue Reading
‘This week, no one’: Hazardous Thai pollution deters tourists
2023-04-12
CHIANG MAI: Hazardous pollution levels in northern Thailand have left the historic city of Chiang Mai choking under thick smog, with locals worried about the impact on tourism – and their health. Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has suffocated the tourist city, with global air monitoringContinue Reading
China and India ‘bright spots’ in world economy, despite gloomy global growth outlook: IMF official
2023-04-12
The two most populous countries in the world are expected to account for about half of all global economic growth this year, according to the IMF.Continue Reading
Xi says China must strengthen training for ‘actual combat’
2023-04-12
BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping called on the country’s armed forces to “strengthen military training oriented towards actual combat”, state media reported on Wednesday (Apr 12), after Beijing conducted military drills intended to intimidate Taiwan. Xi’s comments, made on a naval inspection trip on Tuesday, come amid heightened tension inContinue Reading