BEIJING – Sun Zhengcai, a former political high-flyer once tipped to be among China’s next generation of leaders, was sentenced to life in prison for bribery...
SHENZHEN – Chinese authorities in Southern China have seized approximately 1.3 tonnes of cocaine from South America in the country’s biggest ever haul of the drug,...
BEIJING – Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday. The boats were practicing Saturday for a race in...
– BEIJING – China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defense budget increase for 2018, giving a boost to the modernization of the world’s largest military...
– BEIJING – China is shoring up its sphere of influence in Southeast Asia through aid and investment. By funding infrastructure and development, China can increase...
– BANGKOK – The Thai baht extended its gains on Friday, trading at below 32 to the US dollar and ending the first two weeks of...
– BANGKOK – Exporters in Thailand are prepared to meet the central bank for help as the Thai Baht appreciation continues with concern that it will...
– BANGKOK – Deputy Chief of the Tourist Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpan, today held a press conference on the arrest of the gang...
– BANGKOK – In a modern office block in Huay Kwang district, the team settling down to a routine Monday morning is employed by the new...
– BANGKOK – Money speculators and investors were happy today as the Thai baht rose to 32.81 per dollar on Monday, its highest since April...
– MANILA – Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told his US and South Korean counterparts on talks on Monday, that the missile threat from North...
– BEIJING – In this summer’s “Wolf Warrior II,” Chinese action star Wu Jing portrays a tough super-patriot who rescues both fellow countrymen and oppressed Africans...
– BANGKOK – Thai Tourist Police have organized training to create a public network to aid in safeguarding visitors to Thailand with the commander of the...
– The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a Bt8.8-billion purchase of eight T-50TH Golden Eagle fighter training aircraft from Korea Aerospace Industries. – BANGKOK – Thailand’s military...
SHANGHAI – A Chinese court sentenced 16 Australian and Chinese employees of a casino company to nine to 10 months in prison on Monday after...
– BANGKOK – Thailand Royal Navy has purchased the first of three submarines from China signing an agreement for the $US393 million ($530 million) Yuan-class diesel vessel...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSC) has expressed concern that cutbacks in the Junta’s budget for free health care from 3,374.70 baht to...
. . BANGKOK – Businesses and emerging Asian Countries must brace for a time of volatility by stepping up foreign exchange hedging and lowering their dependence...
CHONGQING – A young teenage girl has died after being flung from ride at an amusement park in southwest China, a local newspaper reported. An initial...
. . BEIJING – Drowning in debt, metals trader Sinosteel Corp. got an unprecedented lifeline last month from the Chinese government – a multibillion-dollar debt-for-equity rescue...