– PHUKET – Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Monday that up to 80 percent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance...
– MAO COUNTY, China- Rescuers recovered 10 bodies and were still searching for 93 other people on Sunday, a day after a massive landslide buried a...
– BANGKOK – Conservationists in Thailand are worried that dredging the Mekong River would destroy ecosystems supporting numerous fish and bird species in the 180km...
. . BANGKOK – As millions of people pour into East Asia’s cities each year, the region’s governments face the pressing task of easing the enormous...
. . NAPLES – Just below millions of people there is a supervolcano that has begun to show signs of reawakening. The supervolcano, Campi Flegrei, is 8...
. . BANGKOK – A prominent seismologist at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr. Pennung Warnitchai, has warned Authorities in Northern and Western Provinces that...
. . CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Seismological Bureau reported a mild earthquake in Myanmar triggered three mild tremors before dawn in Chiang Rai and a very...
. . CHIANG RAI – The Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Department reported that a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook Chiang Rai Province on Wednesday morning, the...
. . WASHINGTON, DC – With just over a week before Election Day, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is fighting a political firestorm that appeared to be put...
TOKYO – Typhoon Lionrock slammed into northern Japan on Tuesday evening, threatening to bring floods to an area still recovering from the 2011 tsunami. Typhoon Lionrock...
. SYDNEY – A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of New Caledonia Friday in the tectonically active Pacific region, but there was no tsunami...
. . TOKYO – Japan’s Emperor Akihito said Monday his advancing age and weakening health mean he may no longer be able to carry out his...
. . TOKYO – Japan’s Emperor Akihito will issue a rare video message to the public Monday amid speculation he wants to abdicate in the coming...
. TOKYO – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo, officials and witnesses said, but there...
That Versus Which If you’re confused about that versus which, don’t feel bad. It’s one of the topics people ask me about. Here’s the deal: some...
. CHIANG RAI – Construction of the world’s tallest national flagpole will begin soon in Chiang Saen District of Chiang Rai Province after engineers complete soil...
. PORTOVIEJO – It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative’s start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when...
. . KYUSHI – Â Rescuers in Japan were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful...
. . PYONGYANG – North Korea announced Wednesday that it successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test, a claim that if true would mark a huge jump...
. . YOKOSUKA – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday became the first sitting Japanese leader to set foot on a U.S. aircraft carrier when...