BANGKOK – The Prakanong Court on Wednesday has upheld a 10 million baht judgment against a British activist who was sued by a fruit canning company...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Trump administration is considering Huawei-like sanctions on Chinese video surveillance firm Hikvision, media reports show, deepening worries that trade friction between...
YANGON – A court in Myanmar on Tuesday formally charged an American man and two local co-workers with violating drug laws concerning marijuana, with potential penalties...
NEW YORK – A U.S. businessman friend of mine who works in China remarked to me recently that Donald Trump is not the American president America...
BANGKOK – They say that the pursuit of democracy is a Sisyphean ordeal, a never-ending task that must be kept at and pursued constantly. The Democrat...
BEIJING – China produces and consumes two-thirds of the world’s pork, but output is plunging as Beijing destroys herds and blocks shipments to stop African swine...
NEW YORK – U.S. Internet Giant Google, Alphabet Inc has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those...
GENEVA – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told Iran on Monday not to underestimate the resolve of President Trump and the United States, warning that...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Election Commission released the official results of the country’s March 24 national elections, with a new military party set to lead an elected...
WASHINGTON D.C. – President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon tweeted a stark warning against the government of Iran as tensions between the two countries have escalated...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Blunt, ignorant and confused are some of the criticisms voiced by allies on U.S. policy toward Iran. But none sees the Trump administration...
BANGKOK – Thailand plans to sell three 700 megahertz spectrum licenses for a total of about 53 billion baht ($1.7 billion) as part of an effort...
BANGKOK – African swine fever — a disease that kills nearly all the pigs it infects — has been spreading through Asia from China and Mongolia...
CHIANG MAI – A group of women sit around a table making dream catchers with colourful bits of yarn, chatting about their families, work and the...
MELBOURNE – Scott Morrison, Australia’s conservative prime minister, won his first full term in office on Saturday, confounding expectations that the country’s voters were ready for...
BANGKOK – More than a third of Thailand’s newly appointed senators have military or police backgrounds, an official document showed on Tuesday, a sign the upper...
LONDON – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are “highly likely” to have facilitated attacks last Sunday on four tankers including two Saudi ships off Fujairah in...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Junta Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he wants to control the Defence and Interior ministries in the next government to ensure national progress,...
CHIANG RAI – Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze. It’s how all the...
LOS ANGELES – Kindergarten is a German word that literally means “children’s garden.” Last week, California decided that their children’s gardens in public schools would include...