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BANGKOK - Last month's bombings in Thai tourist towns were not linked to Muslim separatists, Thailand's defence minister said on Thursday, contradicting the police. There has been a series of bomb attacks in the central and far south, including coordinated...
If you look at the coastal line of the Chinese mainland, you will find the shape of a horn at Hangzhou Bay, where the Qiantang River enters the East China Sea. It's here that one will find the world-famous...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Officials seized over 50,000 kilograms of expired produce after raiding two Kaohsiung food suppliers on Wednesday. The haul, which included several boxes of 11-year-old frozen shrimp, was held by the two companies with the intent of selling...
BANGKOK - Tun Tun Win and his co-workers from Myanmar thought life was fine at the Thammakaset chicken farm in central Thailand, where they reared hundreds of thousands of birds for export to the European Union. The migrants clocked 20...
Travelers heading for southeastern coastal regions like Fujian and Guangdong provinces to celebrate the coming Mid-Autumn Festival may encounter stormy weather instead of a full moon this year. The approaching Typhoon Meranti, the 14th of the year, has grown into...
With the Mid-Autumn Festival coming tomorrow, who doesn't want a box of sweet mooncakes? But for some employees of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, they may have paid too high a price for the delicacy. The company confirmed on Tuesday that...
WUKAN, CHINA - When the first wave of riot police swept into the southern Chinese "democracy village" of Wukan shortly after 3am Tuesday, some breaking through gates with wooden battering rams, frightened residents sounded gongs to raise the alarm. The gongs...
Despite public outcry and criticism of some of his policies, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has maintained a high approval rating, a public opinion survey has found. In recent months, Jokowi has been under fire for some controversies including the recent...
Jakarta - Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body said Wednesday it has issued a fatwa against intentionally starting forest fires in a bid to stop the blazes that cloak Southeast Asia in haze every year. The religious edict by the Indonesian...
Taipei - Parts of Taiwan were brought to a standstill Wednesday as the strongest typhoon of the year skirted past the island's southern tip, knocking out power for more than 180,000 households. Although super typhoon Meranti did not make landfall,...
