BANGKOK - Thai telecom regulator has banned import a batch of Galaxy Note 7 samartphones that have faulty batteries. The national telecom regulator has banned Thai Samsung Electronics from importing a batch of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones associated with a...
CHON BURI, Thailand - Thai police are searching for a Chinese tourist last seen near a crocodile-show area at a zoo in Chon Buri province. Police are searching for a Chinese tourist last seen near a crocodile-show area at a...
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SEOUL - Two U.S. supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday morning in a show of force and solidarity with its ally amid heightened tension following North Korea's fifth nuclear test on Friday. The two bombers...
SEOUL - South Korea's second-largest national holiday is less than a week away but the mood in the retail industry this year is less upbeat than before, with consumers conscious of an impending anti-bribery law. Before the so-called "Kim Young-ran...
Hanoi - A Vietnamese court on Monday agreed to hand over to Malaysia eight Indonesians who were arrested last year on suspicion of hijacking a Malaysian-flagged oil tanker, according to reports. The men washed up on Vietnam's southwestern Tho Chu...
Seoul - A powerful 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the southern region of South Korea Monday evening, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, following an earlier quake of 4.9-magnitude. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) put the second tremor higher than USGS, at...
Bangkok - Civilians accused of royal defamation and other security offences will no longer be tried in military courts, the junta said Monday, rolling back a heavily-criticised practice introduced after their 2014 coup. Since the coup, breaches of a tough...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. military from a restive southern island, fearing an American troop presence could complicate offensives against Islamist militants notorious for beheading Westerners. Duterte, who was in the...
TAIPEI - About 10,000 Taiwan tourism operators and workers marched to a square in front of the presidential hall on Monday to demand that the government take steps to help their businesses, hard hit by worsening ties with mainland...
President Rodrigo Duterte did not give the go signal for the execution of Filipina drug convict Mary Jane Veloso, as reported by the Indonesian media Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Duterte only told Indonesian President Joko Widodo to "follow your...
