Thailand

China says concerned over Indonesia's blowing up of fishing boat

China on Thursday expressed "serious concern" over the blowing up of a Chinese fishing vessel seized...

May 21, 2015 09:57 AM EDT

Malaysia, Indonesia to let "boat people" come ashore temporarily

Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at s...

May 20, 2015 11:17 AM EDT

Migrants in 'maritime ping-pong' as Asian nations turn them back

A boat crammed with migrants was towed out to sea by the Thai navy and then held up by Malaysian ves...

May 16, 2015 09:25 AM EDT

Thai police arrest Rohingya man suspected of running deadly jungle camp

Thai police have arrested a man they believe is the key figure behind a brutal human trafficking net...

May 04, 2015 07:31 AM EDT

Reunions and ransoms: a day online in Myanmar's Rohingya camps

In this teeming camp for displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, it's easy to overlook the in...

Feb 25, 2015 06:11 PM EST

Thailand boosts military ties with China amid U.S. spat

China and Thailand agreed on Friday to boost military ties over the next five years, from increasing...

Feb 06, 2015 07:23 AM EST

Ex-Thai PM's party vows calm, U.S. calls for inclusive politics

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's Puea Thai Party vowed on Monday it would not retali...

Jan 26, 2015 06:18 AM EST

Chinese police net over 60,000 people in vast drug sweep: Xinhua

Police in China have arrested 60,500 people for drug-related crimes and seized 11.14 metric tons of ...

Jan 16, 2015 06:41 AM EST

Three turn themselves in as probe involving Thai princess's kin widens

Two Thai army officers and a civilian have answered a police summons, police said, in a widening cor...

Dec 02, 2014 07:20 AM EST

China rebukes Turkey for offer to shelter Uighur refugees

China on Friday lashed out at Turkey for offering shelter to roughly 200 Uighurs from the western Ch...

Nov 29, 2014 07:05 AM EST

Poor and besieged, Myanmar's Rakhine join Rohingya exodus

For years, tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim boat people have fled this remote corner of western ...

Nov 26, 2014 08:45 PM EST

Thai scholar faces royal insult charge over medieval king

A prominent Thai intellectual has been accused of insulting a medieval king, a government spokesman ...

Oct 21, 2014 04:04 AM EDT

Two Myanmar men admit to murders of Britons in Thailand; DNA matches: police

Two Myanmar workers have confessed to killing two British tourists in Thailand and a DNA match has b...

Oct 03, 2014 08:31 AM EDT

Thai junta may lift martial law in tourist areas

Thailand's military government is considering lifting martial law in some provinces, particularly in...

Sep 03, 2014 07:27 AM EDT

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