BANGKOK – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vowed on Saturday to fight against plastic pollution in the ocean, as their leaders adopted a joint...
The 34th Asean Summit kicked off on Saturday as leaders from various Asean countries arriving in Bangkok. As of 9.30am, Asean leaders who had arrived in...
BANGKOK – Greenpeace Southeast Asia and other environmentalists have called on Asean member states to go beyond a narrow focus in solving the problem of marine...
BANGKOK – Representatives of civic groups are calling on ASEAN leaders to give them a voice in the region after their latest proposal for meetings with...
HANOI – Vietnam has construed ASEAN’s largest solar farm under its DAU TIENG 1 and DAU TIENG 2 (DT1&2) project with the combined generation capacity of...
BANGKOK – As authoritarian regimes continue their crackdown on the media, there are fewer countries where journalists can safely practice their profession. This stark reality is...
CHIANG RAI – As night falls on the Mekong River in Northern Thailand, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now...
BANGKOK – “Ending Plastic Pollution” has been set as the theme for World Environment Day on June 5, but Thailand is falling behind Asian and European...
BANGKOK – Repression is rampant in Thailand and across Asia, and human rights defenders face harassment, jail and even death, according to a new report by...
BANGKOK – Asia-Pacific nations pledged at talks in Bangkok on Friday to take steps, including legal reforms, to tackle statelessness, a key issue in the region....
HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
Thailand legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal and research purposes in December 2018, granting usage for patient treatment and research and industry activities only. The...
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police said Monday they have detained four men who were planning to assassinate “’high-profile targets” and bomb places of worship and entertainment...
HANOI – Vietnam has culled more than 1.2 million farmed pigs infected with African swine fever, the government said on Monday, as the virus continues to...
YANGON – Myanmar Security forces have shot and killed four inmates while suppressing a riot at Shwebo Prison in Sagaing Region late on Wednesday night, the...
BRUNEI – Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has said that a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning people for gay...
CHIANG RAI – Originating in the Tibetan highlands and running through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the Mekong and its tributaries provide water,...