A group of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church flew to the US on Friday after being granted asylum following their arrest by Thai police for overstaying their visas two weeks ago.Continue Reading
Political activist Srisuwan Janya will today petition the Election Commission (EC) to look into whether the Pheu Thai Party’s policy of giving away 10,000 baht in “digital money” to everyone aged 16 and older violates election law.Continue Reading
The army has yet to find a way to contact a driver at its transport department, who is suspected of hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais, according to an army spokeswoman.Continue Reading
The annual awards ceremony recognising the best in Mandarin television in Singapore saw last year’s runaway hit show, Your World In Mine, sweeping awards in several categories.Continue Reading
Deputy Mufti Dr Mohd Murat Md Aris said that differences in the determination of the Islamic calendar is “something which is neither unexpected nor alarming”.Continue Reading
More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were detained for overstaying their visas in Thailand have arrived in the United States where they will seek permanent asylum in Texas.Continue Reading
MANILA: Seven people including two children died in a fire on Saturday (Apr 8) evening near the Philippines capital, police said. The fire destroyed 40 houses in the densely populated Taytay municipality southeast of Manila, police said Sunday. Several families, who lived in one house accessible only through a long, narrowContinue Reading
Student activist-turned-monk Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has resisted mandatory conscription, saying he plans to leave the monkhood before the end of the month and fight for his right to reject military service.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India’s wild tiger population – by far the largest in the world – has risen above 3,000, according to a census released on Sunday (Apr 9), boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species. The largest of all cats, tigers once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia. ButContinue Reading
SURAT THANI: A police officer attached to the Khirirat Nakhom police station was suspected to have been involved in an armed attack at a house in Khirirat Nikhom district that left four people dead on Saturday, Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surapong Thanomchit said on Sunday.Continue Reading