YANGON – Myanmar is still recruiting and using child soldiers, despite embracing democratic reforms and a U.N. agreement to end the practice, a human rights...
BANGKOK – The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today condemned the harsh conviction of an editor and activist in Thailand for publishing two...
PHUKET – A 22-year-old Swiss student tourist reported missing while on holiday in Thailand has been found alive and well. She’s being detained in Ranong...
PHUKET- Two German tourists have been shot and wounded overnight near Patong Beach in Phuket, Joseph Woerner and Johann Baschegger were hit, one in the...
BANGKOK – A Thailand criminal court convicted Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the editor of the now-defunct Voice of Taksin magazine to 11 years in jail on Wednesday...
NARATHIWAT – Six Thai schools have been shut down temporarily after a teacher was shot dead while having lunch at his school’s cafeteria, marking the...
BANGKOK – Police hunting for a missing Suffolk man,Tom Armstrong in Thailand have said money was withdrawn from his bank account within the last week....
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry is issuing a warning against pills containing Phenazepam, which has been proven to have lethal side effects. According to...
CEBU – A 66-year-old Canadian John Pope opened fire inside a courtroom in the central Philippine province of Cebu on Tuesday, killing a doctor and a...
BALI – Lindsay June Sandiford wept in court today as a judge in Indonesia sentenced her to death for smuggling drugs into the country. Her...