Expensive overseas fruit is the latest food fad and status symbol in Hong Kong. At the Yau Ma Tei fruit market, a Malaysian durian goes for HK$600 ($77) and Tasmanian cherries for HK$550. At the high-end supermarket City Super, a single...
Hong Kong - A giant diamond named the "Pink Star" broke the world record for a gemstone sold at auction when it fetched US$71.2 million (S$99.7 million) in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The 59.60-carat "Pink Star", the largest in its...
The Army Commander-in-Chief on Monday apologised to Thais and expressed regret to the family of a conscript who died in hospital following his fatal torture at a military base in Surat Thani province. General Chalermchai Sitthisa-ard also vowed to bring...
The Land Transport Department has issued a summons to a taxi driver after he was caught on a video clip allegedly forcing a TV executive to pay Bt1,000 (S$40.60). The department has ordered Rungnakhon Dulkul to report by 1pm Monday. Taxi...
Human rights campaigners condemned the fatal torture of a conscript at a military base in Surat Thani on Saturday, while the Army admitted some commanders became too angry when punishing subordinates. Pictures of conscript Private Yuthinan Boonniam, who was hospitalised...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired his interior minister for "loss of trust and confidence", the most senior government executive to be removed in a campaign to root out corruption, two Cabinet officials said on Tuesday. The firebrand...
Nine more sea turtles at the Sea Turtle Conservation Centre on Munnai Island in Rayong have been examined to determine whether they had coins in their digestive system, with one turtle confirmed to have four coins in its stomach. Dr...
The sun will be at zenith in Bangkok on April 27, although it may not be the hottest day due to various factors, a senior official at the Science and Technology Ministry's National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT)...
Screening at the border province of Nong Khai has been stepped up after a second alleged Laotian drug lord, Sisouk Daohueang, was arrested in Luang Prabang province last week. Another alleged drugs kingpin, Xaysana Kaewpimphon, was detained at Suvarnabhumi International...
There's something fishy about this tale, but that's probably coming from the luxury handbag in it. A man in Taiwan recounted on Dcard, a Whisper-style confessions site, how his grandma used the luxury designer bag he bought her. The bag, from...
