I was once a primary school teacher in a remote Indonesian island.Ten years before I arrived, there was a riot between Muslims and Christians, with thousands of casualties.After the riot, the government segregated the villages: these are Muslim villages,...
BANGKOK - Thailand basks in yellow as nation celebrates longest-reigning monarch's 70th anniversary of accession to the throne.Thailand yesterday celebrated the 70th anniversary of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne. Roads around the Grand Palace were closed...
TOKYO - A Chinese Navy vessel has sailed into the contiguous zone outside Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time, the government announced early Thursday.Update: There was a typo in the heading...
KANCHANABURI, Thailand - The abbot of infamous Tiger Temple skipped a press conference and his followers insisted he had nothing to do with tiger trafficking.The Tiger Temple yesterday defended its abbot, saying he was not involved in the wildlife...
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - A two-month barter trade ban between Sabah and southern Philippines and an imminent operation by the Philippines military to flush out Abu Sayyaf militants in Jolo led to the freedom of the four Malaysian seamen...
A Taiwanese woman has been arrested after she allegedly coerced a terminally-ill Singaporean businessman to marry her just 18 days before his death, media reports said.Huang Kuan-chen, 55, was detained on Tuesday (June 7) and is under investigation by...
SINGAPORE - Forgotten leftovers in the refrigerator make up the majority of food wastage in Asia-Pacific, according to a survey by Electrolux.The home appliance maker polled 4,000 people of ages between 18 and 65 across eight countries in the...
TOKYO - Japan on Thursday moved closer to charging a US military base employee with the rape and murder of a local woman on the southern island of Okinawa.Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, 32, a former US Marine employed at the...
TOKYO - Conservation activists on Thursday showed undercover video they say suggests that a "huge loophole" in Japanese law enforcement is hindering efforts to rein in illegal ivory trading.Experts say most illegal ivory heads for China, where it is...
BANGKOK - Hundreds of orange-robed monks led ceremonies Thursday marking 70 years since Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascended to the throne following the mysterious death of his brother, as anxiety grows over the health of the ailing octogenarian.The 88-year-old...
