Brit, Canadian face 10 years in jail for spraying Thai wall
Oct 19, 2018
Police say a Briton and Canadian face up to 10 years in prison on charges of spraying paint on an ancient wall in northern Thailand
Former Chinese internment camp detainee denied US visa
Oct 19, 2018
An outspoken former detainee in China's internment camps for Muslims says his application for a visa to visit the United States was rejected despite an invitation to speak at Congress about his ordeal
Shanghai airport automates check-in with facial recognition
Oct 17, 2018
Shanghai's Hongqiao airport is using an automated flight check-in system powered by facial recognition technology, as China pushes to integrate biometrics into daily life
Financial Times says Hong Kong denied editor's visa renewal
Oct 5, 2018
The Financial Times says Hong Kong has denied a visa renewal for its Asia editor
Thailand keeping 'The Beach' of movie fame closed for rehab
Oct 4, 2018
Thailand extending closure of a beautiful bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach" until it recovers from years of environment damage caused by too many tourists
Thailand's celebrity cave boys head out on overseas tour
Oct 3, 2018
The 12 village boys who were trapped with their soccer coach in a cave in northern Thailand for almost three weeks are ready to spread their wings, heading out to meet fellow youth players in Argentina and do a brief tour of the United States
The Latest: Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384
Sep 29, 2018
A tsunami has left a path of devastation in central Indonesia, sweeping away buildings, cutting off communities and leaving several hundred dead.
Hong Kong opens high-speed rail link with mainland China
Sep 22, 2018
Hong Kong has opened a new high-speed rail link to inland China that will vastly decrease travel times but which also raises concerns about Beijing's creeping influence over the semi-autonomous Chinese region
Doctor gets life term in Hong Kong over yoga ball killings
Sep 20, 2018
Doctor convicted of killing his wife and daughter by placing yoga ball leaking carbon monoxide in their car sentenced to life in prison in Hong Kong
Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after plowing into China
Sep 17, 2018
Mangkhut has weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm as it moves deeper into southern China, leaving death and destruction from Hong Kong to the Philippines