Japan Space Explorer Reaches Asteroid With Big Questions
A Japanese space explorer arrived at an asteroid Wednesday after a 3½-year journey and now begins its real work of trying to blow a crater to collect samples to eventually bring back to Earth.
Missing Football Team Known For Adventures Together
The members of the Wild Boars are a team on and off the football field, traveling to competitions, cycling mountain roads and swimming in waterfalls together.
Flooding Complicates Cave Search for Missing Soccer Team
MAE SAI — Efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping out water so that navy divers have headroom to operate, the first high-level Thai official to visit the site said Tuesday.
Shirts Designed by Rama X Sell Out in Minutes
BANGKOK — Five-hundred people went home Tuesday clutching five shirts sporting illustrations by King Rama X. The rest went home empty-handed – but determined to return the next day.
Singapore Scare Highlights US Anxiety Over Mystery Injuries
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump was heading to Singapore for a historic summit with North Korea's leader, a State Department diplomatic security agent who was part of the advance team reported hearing an unusual sound he believed was similar to what was experienced by U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China who later became ill.
Line Toddler Sex Group Audience Broke No Laws: Police
PHITSANULOK — The voyeurs of a Line group where a toddler was raped on live camera will not be prosecuted, but the admin is awaiting awaiting a court sentence for various charges including human trafficking.
Broken Again, BTS Told to Compensate Commuters
Commuters were left stranded once again Tuesday morning as the BTS Skytrain broke down for the 11th time this month in a series of outages that has led to calls for compensation and revocation of the operator's license.
Mom Prays Outside Cave for Son and Friends
CHIANG RAI — Drones and a troop of navy divers were sent back into a flooding cave Tuesday morning to search for missing football team youths.
Great Gatsby-San! Tenshino’s Japanese-French Fare Aims High
BANGKOK — A Japanese restaurant that looks like a French bistro and tastes like a marriage of sashimi and butter wants to redefine how much personality a hotel eatery is allowed to have.
EU Slaps Sanctions on 7 Myanmar Officials Over Repression
LUXEMBOURG — European Union foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on seven high-level officials from Myanmar for their alleged involvement in atrocities targeting the Rohingya minority population.
