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
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
The French leader says his country should not get caught up in escalation between the US and China.Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kitagawa, who established Johnny and Associates, died of a stroke in 2019. Continue Reading