MANILA – Typhoon Mangkhut tore across the northern tip of the Philippines on Saturday, killing at least twelve people, wrecking homes and triggering landslides before heading...
MANILA – The Philippines braced early Friday for the onslaught of Super-Typhoon Mangkhut, whose 240kph (150 mph) winds were on a path for a direct...
GENEVA – The United Nations listed 38 “shameful” countries including China and Russia on Wednesday which it said had carried out reprisals or intimidation against...
PACHAKA LO, Shan State, Myanmar – It is the middle of the rainy season in Myanmar, when planting begins in the poppy fields of Shan...
VIENTIANE – Restaurateurs and entrepreneurs can now tap into Laos’ rich food and farming culture, with the launch of a website dedicated to preserving traditional...
BEIJING – A growing number of Chinese companies are adopting a crafty way to evade US President Donald Trump’s tariffs: remove the “Made in China” label...
CHIANG RAI – Residents in Chiang Rai and mountainous areas of Northern and northeastern Thailand along the Mekong River have been warned by the Meteorological...
HOUAPHAN, Laos – In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high. His poison is opium,...
CHIANG RAI – Akha People from six hill tribes staged a two-day festival this weekend in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sarong district. The festival attracted a...
CHIANG RAI – The Belt and Road Initiative is intended to be about more than building highways and boosting trade – China wants to help...
BEIJING – Schools across China ordered their pupils to sit down in front of the television at 8pm on Saturday night, only for them to...
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday left for a visit to Israel and Jordan, pursuing a pivot away from his nation’s long-time reliance...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Gen Chatchai Sarikulya on Thursday defended a new bill opening up drug dispensing and urged the Food and Drug...
KOTA KINABALU – A picture of a woman walking in just her bikini bottom and a long-sleeved pink T-shirt close to the Asia City complex in...
GUIYANG, China – A young married couple who were desperately trying to get pregnant for four years were surprised to find out the reason behind...
CHIANG RAI – Large quantities of methamphetamine and crystal meth have flooded into Thailand this year as producers have tripled output to keep up with...
BANGKOK – Thailand is welcoming 500 Chinese companies over the weekend and expecting to sign more than a dozen bilateral contracts that will link its Eastern...
HONG KONG – Shares in an Asian casino operator plunged in Hong Kong on Friday as it said its tycoon head had gone missing, the...
Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested an American actor involved in an alleged cross-border investment scam in which victims in Thailand lost more than...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank governor Veerathai Santiprabhob struck a hawkish tone after robust economic growth data on Monday, saying officials are waiting for the...