Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong had posted a photo with Thai opposition leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has condemned Thai politicians for showing support to Hong Kong activists amid mass anti-Beijing protests, saying that such a move could harm the relationship between the two countries. The criticism was echoed …
Police bring charges against far-right group after attack on transgender sex worker investigated as a hate crime. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Last month, Bosoo Khukh Mongol, a far-right Mongolian nationalist group, teamed up with a local television station to lure a transgender sex worker into a hotel room. In the room, they threatened …
A contest is under way to find design “wizards” from around the world with ideas to renovate old apartment buildings in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, so that they are better adapted to modern living. The ‘Phu Thuy Khong Gian’ (Space Wizard) project says it is accepting submissions from 4 to …
Influential Facebook users, pejoratively referred to as net idols, are facing retribution for their online posts. Vientiane, Laos – Inside a packed lecture hall at the American Centre in the capital Vientiane, 60 National University of Laos students sit surrounded by framed posters featuring inspirational quotes by American icons Martin Luther …
RESEARCHERS have found a steep spike in obesity rates among children in the Asia-Pacific region in recent years and are now calling for more action to be taken to encourage healthier lifestyles and improve healthcare systems. Sridhar Dharmapuri, a food safety and nutrition officer at the UN’s Food and Agriculture …
Attack in Yala was the first in months in the southern province, where Malay Muslims are fighting for autonomy. A motorcycle bomb has exploded at a market in southern Thailand, killing three civilians and wounding dozens more. Monday’s attack in the southern province of Yala was the first of its kind …
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Krit hangs out near McDonald’s most days, polishing the hood of his green tuk-tuk and waiting for customers. He can make as much as 3,000 Thai baht ($92) in a day driving tourists around this northern city. Several years ago when Krit was just 16, this picture …
Pope Francis interacts with a Rohingya Muslim refugee at an interfaith peace meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Pope Francis has gotten into trouble before for ditching diplomatic protocol and calling a spade a spade, most famously when he labeled the Ottoman-era slaughter of …
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Monday in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi fishing village, killing 12 people, including six children, police said. Survivors of the capsizing told local officials that up to 65 people were on board and almost half …
Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over recently from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stand in a queue to receive food being distributed near Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a …
FILE – In this Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011 file photo, customs officers stand guard besides the smuggled ivory bracelets at the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department in Hong Kong, inside a container shipped to Hong Kong from Cape Town, South Africa. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — International traffickers have tried many …
FILE – In this Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers an opening speech during the Forum on Myanmar Democratic Transition in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — With Myanmar drawing condemnation for violence that has driven at least 370,000 Rohingya to …