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Troubled Olympic torch arrives in Thailand

The troubled Olympic torch relay arrived in Thailand on Friday, as more controversy erupted when one of the Japanese hosts dropped out in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet.

Vietnam denies it uses illegal timber

Hanoi - Vietnam has denied a report by two non-governmental organizations, the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Indonesian organization Telapak, which called Vietnam a major h…

Bangkok, The Olympic torch landed amid tight security on Friday in the Thai capital, the latest leg of its world tour, with police saying they were ready to stop any attempt by anti-China activists to…

“The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok” by Greg Barrett Jossey-Bass, 319 pp., $25.95 The next time you’re feeling down on the world, pick up a copy of Greg B…

Thailand will extend martial law in the Muslim-majority deep south until July 18, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Friday.

The Beijing Olympic torch arrived in Bangkok amid tight security early Friday after a run in India during which more than 320 pro-Tibet activists were arrested.

Brunei

Wow, I am amazed!Very nice and very calm town(Badar Seri Begawan, the capital)Almost no traffic, everything is very close 200m to the hostel from the bus station, 2 min to to mosque, 2 min to the shopping mall nice.Mosque is nice, with its own little l…

Olympic Torch Arrives in Thailand

The Olympic flame arrived under tight security in Thailand on Friday for the latest leg of its round-the-world relay and was quickly taken to a luxury hotel.

The Federal Government has entered into an agreement with the Vaswanni Group and the Thai Government, to grow rice locally, a pro-active step to avert the impending rice shortage in the country.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Sieng Kim Chean, a 40-year-old Cambodian villager, walks past the grave of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold, about 305 kilometers (…

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