Myanmar is struggling to establish full democracy after 50 years of military rule, de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday following a deadly military lockdown in restive Rakhine state. State media say security forces have killed at least...
Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week, a sharp rise amid intensifying scrutiny of anything deemed offensive to the monarchy. The death last Thursday...
A Philippine police van on Wednesday rammed and ran over baton-wielding protesters outside the US embassy in Manila. Police used tear gas and truncheons to try to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered in support of President Rodrigo Duterte's...
Beijing Air in a can has become an unlikely hit for Chinese buyers, as thousands of cans flew from the shelves of Plastered 8, a Beijing shop which was still exhibiting some of the cans at its location in...
Starbucks Corp on Wednesday named its first chief executive officer for China and said it plans to more than double its store count in that country to 5,000 by 2021. The world's biggest coffee chain promoted Belinda Wong to the...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has defended the introduction of chemical castration for paedophiles, saying in an interview published Wednesday there can be "no compromise" when it comes to tackling sex crimes. Widodo introduced a series of tough punishments for child...
The Philippines is set to negotiate a deal with China to jointly explore energy sources in the disputed West Philippine Sea. According to The Inquirer, officials of the Duterte administration were holding talks with their Chinese counterparts to finalize a...
China's economy has managed a curiously singular feat for any country: Growing a steady rate of 6.7 per cent for the third quarter in a row. "It's definitely unusual in an international context," noted Julian Evans-Pritchard, a China economist at...
As the Thais grieve over the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, his daughter, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, took time out on Monday to present awards to model farmers in the Asia-Pacific. Yesterday, the Thai Cabinet also met after four days...
The new king will be the one to endorse the new constitution before it comes into force in accordance with the government's planned "road map towards democracy", Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday (Oct 18). "It is resolved now that once...
