VIENTIANE – The former Chairman of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party’s Central Committee and President General Khamtay Siphandone passed away on Wednesday (April 2). He was 102 years old. The ...

SEOUL – Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday urged politicians to avoid making divisive remarks that could lead to violence on Friday, when the Constitutional Court is ...

KUALA LUMPUR – IT’S been almost 10 years since I wrote a column urging the govern­ment to empower our symbols of unity, as the column was headlined. I was motivated to write that Aug 26, 2015, column ...

The Eastern Theater Command said the drills focused on tasks such as verification and identification, warning and expulsion, interception, and detention to verify the troops’ ability to control and ...

KATHMANDU – Health facilities across Nepal are out of stock of Depo-Provera, a birth control shot for women, as the government failed to purchase them on time. The shortage of popular contraceptive ...

The highest provisional duty rate applied is 37.13 percent for products from China and 15.67 percent for those from South Korea.

PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra welcomed Nepalese PM Rt. Hon. K P Sharma Oli and his spouse at the Government House, marking a significant milestone in diplomatic relations between the two nations. BANGKOK ...

TOKYO – Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has apologized for handing out gift vouchers worth ¥100,000 to 15 newly elected Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, admitting that he “lost sight of myself” in ...

KATHMANDU – Teachers from across Nepal assembled in the streets of Kathmandu on Wednesday, demanding the immediate passage of the long-pending School Education Bill. The mass demonstration, organised ...

BEIJING – Move over Hollywood, China’s Ne Zha 2 is here. The film has stormed the global stage, proving that animated storytelling isn’t confined to talking toys or singing princesses, and that Asia ...