There IS no risk of Bangkok, other central provinces and their industrial estates suffering flooding as severe as that which caused chaos in the city in 2011, according to the Royal Irrigation Department. "Don't worry. Major dams are not even half...
A street vendor of spring onion pancakes whose popularity skyrocketed because of a favourable review in a BBC documentary has been shut down for operating without a license. It is not expected to reopen until the authorities decide how to...
MANILA - Philippines boxing icon Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao says he took all kinds of drugs as a teenager but fully supports President Rodrigo Duterte, whose vicious anti-drugs campaign has led to the killing of more than 3,000 people, mostly users...
Tokyo - Online music giant Spotify said Thursday it is launching a streaming service in Japan with a karaoke twist, the world's second-biggest music market but one still dominated by compact discs. Sweden-based Spotify said it will offer a free...
PHNOM PENH - China is to help Cambodia revamp its judiciary, a system that opposition party supporters say is in thrall to Prime Minister Hun Sen, and that the United States has criticised as "politicised and ineffective". The two sides...
JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesian union workers marched to the heart of Jakarta on Thursday to protest against a government tax amnesty scheme, which is meant to plug a large budget deficit but which they say unfairly pardons wealthy tax...
KIKI SIREGAR BENGKALA, Indonesia - Balinese women dressed in gold bodices dance to rhythmic drumming while waving fans as men in purple outfits sit cross legged around them, jiggling their arms and chanting. It appears to be just another show...
SHANGHAI - China will build the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station at a popular section of the country's Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics, state media reported on Thursday. The station will...
TAIPEI - As the typhoon moved away from Taiwan, access to water supplies was gradually restored. Taiwan began to collect itself on Wednesday following a fierce battering from Typhoon Megi, which caused the second-largest power outage on Taiwan record. According to...
JAKARTA - Hundreds of climbers have been brought down safely from the slopes of an Indonesian volcano that erupted this week, the disaster agency said on Thursday, although the fate of several daredevil tourists who declined to leave was...
