The government has begun to have second thoughts about its free-visa policy, saying it has not been working as expected to boost the number of foreign tourists visiting the country. The Tourism Ministry, the Law and Human Rights Ministry and...
The Presidential office has welcome the plan to develop a Disneyland entertainment venue in Boyolali regency, Central Jakarta, with the hope that it will have a multiplier effect on development in the region. "Indonesia is wide open for any investment...
Pattaya, Thailand - In a daring nautical themed outfit, sex worker May confidently predicts the survival of Thai sleaze town Pattaya despite a junta attempt to tame the kingdom's "Sin City". She is bullish because she, like tens of thousands...
STREET FOOD vendors will disappear from Bangkok by the end of the year in the interests of cleanliness, safety and order, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says. In the capital, which is internationally recognised for its street food, famous locations...
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Monday charged the chairman of retail giant Lotte in connection with the corruption scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-Hye. Shin Dong-Bin is accused of using more than US$6 million (S$8.3 million) to...
SEOUL - South Korea's ousted President Park Geun-Hye was Monday charged with bribery involving millions of dollars over the corruption scandal that sparked her downfall. Park, whose impeachment was confirmed by Seoul's top court last month, also faces charges of...
A TOTAL of 283 people were killed and 3,087 others injured in 2,985 road accidents nationwide in the first five days of the so-called "seven dangerous days" of the Songkran holiday, the Road Safety Centre announced yesterday. Many of the...
Nine Indian tourists were slightly injured when their chartered van swerved to avoid hitting a car that cut in front of it before plunging into a roadside ditch in Chon Buri's Sri Racha district on Sunday morning. Police rushed to...
THE Crime Suppression Division (CSD) will today apply for arrest warrants for eight people who are relatives or close to fraud suspect Pasit "Sinsae Shogun" Ariyalapit. Pasit, the founder and head of food supplement firm WealthEver, was arrested in Ranong...
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said he was only joking when he said he was "a little disappointed" that Saudi Arabia had made a meager investment in Indonesia even though he had gone the extra mile in courting King...
