Exile Won’t Stop Vietnamese Blogger From Highlighting Abuses
HOUSTON — Forced into exile in the U.S., Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh is without her homeland but not without hope.
Quynh and her...
Patents Reveal Foreign Pharma’s Secret Bid to Seize Thai Cannabis Market
BANGKOK — The fight over who will profit from medical cannabis – not the patients but the patents – is underway with lawmakers slamming bureaucrats for putting corporate interests over public benefit.
US Carrier in Hong Kong After Bombers Fly Over S. China Sea
HONG KONG — A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the...
Baby Dies in Bali After US Woman Allegedly Threw It From Car
DENPASAR, Indonesia — An American woman allegedly threw her 2-month-old daughter from a moving car on the tourist island of Bali and then tried...
King to Rehearse Big Ride Friday at BKK Airport
BANGKOK — His Majesty the King will bike around a track at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday ahead of a mass cycling event he will lead next month, according to the government.
River Activists Sue Over ‘Chao Phraya Promenade 2.0’
BANGKOK — Opponents of a plan to build boardwalks along the Chao Phraya River filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking an injunction against further action and demanding its impact be fully evaluated.
OB/GYN May Have Sexually Abused Dozens: Lawyer
NAKHON SAWAN — Upward of 50 women have accused a gynecologist of sexually abusing them in the central province of Nakhon Sawan, an attorney...
European Zoos to Send Critically Endangered Rhinos to Rwanda
DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic — Wildlife parks in three European countries on Tuesday announced they are joining forces to send critically endangered eastern black...
Boeing Delays Call to Discuss Issues With Its Newest Plane
Boeing Co. scrapped a conference call that it scheduled for Tuesday with airlines to discuss issues swirling around its newest plane, which has come...
Xi: Talks on Pact to Avoid Sea Clashes Could End in 3 Years
MANILA — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday negotiations between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations on a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes in the...