Small Parties Put Thai Coup Leader on Track to Remain in PM Post
BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister and 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha took a giant leap closer to holding on to his post after 11 small parties endorsed his candidacy Monday, although…
Lessons for life: Drills prepare students for tsunamis
They have claimed lives, demolished homes and destroyed communities across the world. In the past 100 years, 58 tsunamis have killed more than 260,000 people, higher than any other natural…
World media unite for DRR at Global Platform
GENEVA, 13 May, 2019 - Heads of media and UN agencies met today in Geneva to discuss how public service media and worldwide print and radio media outlets can contribute…
Cambodia Dismisses Chinese Naval Base Editorial as Part of ‘Misinformation’ Campaign
Cambodia's government has again denied that it will allow China to build a naval base on its coast, dismissing a recent editorial about the likelihood of such a project as…
Philippines Votes in Polls Expected to Boost Duterte
MANILA Filipinos vote Monday in midterm polls that are expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on pledges to restore the…
Myanmar Passenger Jet Lands Safely after Landing Gear Fails
YANGON A Myanmar National Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport on Sunday, using only its rear wheels after the front landing gear failed to deploy.All 82…
Hong Kong Lawmakers Brawl Over Extradition Bill
A session Saturday in Hong Kong's legislative assembly about a controversial extradition law ended in a brawl between lawmakers, with one member of the assembly hospitalized.Neither the pro-democracy lawmakers nor…
Rights Groups, Family Demand Answers on Missing Thai Activists
BANGKOK Three Thai activists in exile and accused of insulting the country's powerful monarchy have gone missing, rights groups and a family member told AFP Saturday, as demands mount for…
Warmbier: Call Kim Jong Un What He Is – ‘Criminal Kim’
UNITED NATIONS The father of American college student Otto Warmbier who died soon after being sent home from North Korea in a vegetative state said Friday that Kim Jong Un…
Thailand Claims no Knowledge of Dissidents’ Forced Return from Vietnam
Thai authorities on Friday denied knowledge about the possible extradition from Vietnam of three critics of Thailand's monarchy and military junta, in response to claims from human rights groups that…