BANGKOK: Thailand unveiled draft legislation to create a special economic zone in the south of the country that would pave the way for a multibillion-dollar transport project linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The bill would establish a commission to speed up development of the Southern Economic Corridor in the provinces of Chumphon, Ranong, Suratthani and...
BANGKOK/YANGON (Bernama): A total of 4,895 individuals rescued from alleged job scam syndicates in Myanmar have been repatriated to their home countries, according to Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nikorndej Balankura, said that according to the information received on March 11...
LONDON (AFP): Heathrow Airport is "fully operational", a spokesman says, a day after a fire at a power station shut down Europe's busiest air hub and caused travel mayhem. The electricity substation blaze closed the London airport for most of Friday (March 21) before some flights began to arrive and take-off later in the evening. "We can...
BANGKOK (Reuters): Eleven pregnant women are among the more than 2,400 people stuck in limbo on after being pulled out of illicit scam compounds in Myanmar and are in urgent need of medical treatment in Thailand, a civil society group said on Friday. The 11 women are being kept in a camp with harsh living conditions,...
The chair of a US House committee on Wednesday sent letters to six American universities, including Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, requesting information about their policies on Chinese nationals, in the latest congressional attempt to curb the flow of Chinese students to the US over national security concerns. The letters asked the universities’ presidents to provide detailed...
(Reuters) -For two of the most powerful men in the United States, Donald Trump and John Roberts, it has been a delicate dance from the start. In 2015, the man who would become the chief executive of the United States assailed the integrity of its chief justice, calling Roberts "disgraceful" and "disappointing" - and, later, an...
(Reuters) -Following are quotes and reaction to the death of American Olympic champion and twice heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, who died on Friday at age 76 in Houston, Texas. BILLIE JEAN KING, 39-TIMES GRAND SLAM TENNIS CHAMPION "Sad to learn that 2x heavyweight champion boxer, Olympic Gold medalist, and entrepreneur George Forman has passed away. He...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Xinhua): More than 37,000 tourists rallied in front of Cambodia's iconic Angkor Wat temple here early Saturday morning to see the stunning sunrise during the spring equinox, the APSARA National Authority said in a news release. "A total of 37,003 tourists, including 33,500 domestic and 3,503 foreign tourists, witnessed the sunrise of the...
LONDON (Bloomberg): Heathrow airport suffered its worst disruption in at least two decades after a nearby fire cut power to the hub and brought travel to a standstill for hundreds of thousands of passengers. The airport – the busiest in Europe and fourth most active in the world – will be closed all day Friday (March...
KUALA LUMPUR: An agent at a vehicle inspection centre was detained by graft busters for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for illegally getting queue numbers for faster inspections. The suspect, in his 60s, was brought to the Putrajaya Magistrate's Court on Friday (March 21), where Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin granted a five-day remand order. Sources said the...
