BEIJING – European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it is willing to support China, its largest single-country market, in building sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, into an emerging industry, as it ...

A ministerial announcement, to be issued in 40 days, will require all cannabis users, Thai and foreign, to have a medical certificate to access cannabis legally. BANGKOK – Public Health Minister ...

BANGKOK – The event brings together government officials and business leaders from Laos, Korea and Thailand to explore trade and investment opportunities. The mission aims to strengthen regional ...

JAKARTA – Property developers have proposed a rent-to-own scheme as a way to ease homeownership access for workers in the informal sector. Junaidi Abdillah, chairman of the All-Indonesia Association ...

This is PM Wong’s first Cabinet reshuffle after a general election. He had led his PAP team to win 65.57 percent of the nationwide vote share at the polls on May 3. SINGAPORE – A core team of four ...

ISLAMABAD – The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday rejected the claim made by India that Pakistan had attempted to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar — one of the holiest sites in Sikhism — during the ...

TOKYO – Over 100 years ago in Japan, a shortage of rice and a steep rise in its price caused a great uproar for about a month. This has been called the Kome Sodo, or rice riots. Although Japan at the ...

JAKARTA – Rights activists and historians gathered at the House of Representatives complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday to demand lawmakers reject the government’s controversial bid to rewrite ...

HANOI – The Government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for several offences as part of a broader amendment to the Penal Code, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to ...

TOKYO – A 27-year-old Chinese graduate student at Kyoto University has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful entry into a venue for the TOEIC English proficiency exam, in what authorities believe was ...

BANGKOK – The Cabinet on Tuesday approved five measures proposed by the National Health Commission to protect youths from being lured into vaping, a government spokeswoman announced. Deputy government ...

ISLAMABAD – China said on Tuesday it supports Pakistan in defending “national sovereignty and territorial integrity”, after a ceasefire ended four days of fighting with India over a deadly attack in ...