KUALA LUMPUR – Multi-billion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of...
TEHRAN – Iran’s currency traded at a fresh record-low of 119,000 to the dollar on Tuesday, a loss of nearly two-thirds of its value since...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Junta Chief Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-O-Cha will secure the purchase of a $215 million observation satellite from Airbus during his trip to...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Anti-Graft seekers have lambasted the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for its unusually slow investigation into the 22 luxury watches and a diamond ring...
– 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 – Money speculators and investors were happy today as the Thai baht rose to 32.81 per dollar on Monday, its highest since April...
– BANGKOK — The Thai baht is at its highest point against the dollar in about two and half years, as Thailand’s policymakers and exporters worry...
– BANGKOK – Tourism is booming, the current account is in surplus, and the comparatively high yield on local assets is enticing. No wonder the Thai...
– PATTAYA – Pattaya police officers on Sunday morning arrested an Indian national with counterfeit US dollar notes at a money exchange booth. Marinee Dee-ubon, 30,...
– WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s remark Wednesday that the US dollar “is getting too strong” suggests Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may express preference for a...
. . BANGKOK – The Bank of Thailand is voicing concerns about the impact of the government’s crackdown on “zero dollar” tours after a significant decline...
. . BANGKOK – Thai prosecutors have charged a string of tour operators with ripping off Chinese tourists, police said Thursday, as the kingdom cracks down...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Junta Governments attempt to stamp out cheap tour packages from China has stalled arrivals from that market during Golden Week, but...
. . KUALA LUMPUR– Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday judgment should be withheld until all the facts are known after the U.S. government...
. . MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a $50 million bounty for anyone who can find those responsible for blowing up a Russian...
. . YOLA – A new report says Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic insurgents have become the world’s deadliest extremist group, edging out the Islamic State group...
. . PHNOM PENH – One of four Australia’s refugees, who resettled in Cambodia as part of a 43-million-U.S. dollar resettlement deal between Australia and Cambodia,...
BANGKOK – Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sujjapongse reports Thailand has seized 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest...
BATTAMBANG – Brigadier General Sar Theth is the police chief of Battambang, a languid riverside town in western Cambodia. You could also call him the...
PHENOM PENH – Australian Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison Toasting champagne at the ministry, after they signed off on a deal to send...