A 688-meter-long sightseeing escalator made its debut during the past week-long National Day holiday, contributing to tourists' visits at Enshi Grand Canyon in Enshi city, Central China's Hubei province. "The escalator is the world's longest sightseeing one, costing each visitor...
The Riau Islands Legislative Council has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to continue to strive for Indonesian authorities to take over control over the Flight Information Region (FIR) over Riau and Riau Islands from Singapore. The call comes after Indonesia...
The South Sulawesi Prosecutors' Office has frozen Rp 8.7 billion (S$921,178) in funds allocated to the clearance of land for the expansion of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The funds, belonging to state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa...
The curtains might be coming down soon on Mr Ban Ki Moon's 10-year tenure as secretary-general of the United Nations, but a new political future could be awaiting him back in South Korea. Speculation has been rife in recent weeks...
A regular pesticide screening of 16 types of fruits and vegetables from Thailand in August has found traces of prohibited and dangerous chemicals, a food safety advocacy group revealed on Oct 6. The Thai-Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-Pan) also warned that...
SAMUT SONGKHRAM, Thailand - After the birth of her second son six months ago, Narinthip Pommarin stopped work to focus on her boys but soon found her husband's sporadic US$12-a-day(S$16) roofing jobs could not cover their needs. They were forced...
A former vendor of dried meat and long-time collector of antiques, Sukhum Meephansan is now a hotelier who has created a spectacular resort next to Suvarnabhumi Airport to serve mostly international visitors. If you were sitting in a plane taking off...
BANGKOK - Doctors treating Thailand's hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej placed the ailing monarch on a ventilator this week, the palace said Sunday (Oct 9), adding that the 88-year-old's health was "not stable". Bhumibol is the world's longest-reigning monarch and beloved by...
TOKYO - More than one in five Japanese companies have employees who work such long hours they are at serious risk of death, according to a new government survey into the country's notoriously strenuous working culture. Hundreds of deaths related to...
MANILA - In the run-up to his 100 days in office, President Rodrigo Duterte has continued to adopt an aggressive stance against the US and EU. President Duterte's foreign policy in his first 100 days in office could generally be...
