The Beijing Olympic torch relay kicked off Saturday in Bangkok’s bustling Chinatown amid tight security to ensure no anti-Chinese protests would disrupt the 10.5 km run.

BANGKOK — Bearers of the Beijing Olympic torch prepared Saturday to snake through the Thai capital on the next stop of the flame's troubled global journey, as anti-French protests broke out in China….

More than 2,000 police and security officials are guarding the Olympic torch as it is carried through Bangkok for the Thai leg of a worldwide relay. Barricades have been set up along parts of the 1…

Thai authorities beefed up security in Bangkok’s historic center, deploying 2,000 police to protect the Olympic flame from protesters ahead of the torch relay Saturday.

Thai torchbearers have set off for the Bangkok leg of the protest-hit Beijing Olympic torch relay, with the flame guarded by more than 2,000 police and security officials. After a short ceremony pres…

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai authorities beefed up security in Bangkok’s historic centre with 2,000 police to protect the Olympic flame from protesters ahead of the torch relay Saturday. Security off…

Indonesian airline Lion Air has recently resumed service to Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City after a three-year suspension of the budget carrier’s flights in the country, local newspaper Vietnam Ne…

(AP Photo/The Nation)Jiang Xiao-Yu, vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games, left, presents the Olympic torch to Thai Crown Princess Sirindhorn at a ceremony at a …

BANGKOK: Anxious Thai authorities will try to keep anti-Chinese banners from appearing along the Olympic torch’s route during its ceremonial run through Bangkok, officials said on Saturday. Acti…

Bangkok - The Beijing Olympic torch relay kicked off Saturday in Bangkok’s bustling Chinatown amid tight security to ensure no anti-Chinese protests would disrupt the 10.5 kilometre run. Around 80 Tha…