OLYMPIC Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi wants the decision by 2009 Sea Games host Laos to drop a number of prospective gold medal sports for Malaysia in a positive light.

BANGKOK — Thailand’s longstanding political crisis took an uncertain turn on Sunday when the police arrested the leader of the antigovernment protesters occupying the grounds of the prim…

Due to high fuel prices, Lao and Thai farmers are going back to the basics: Water buffaloes are helping plow the lands again.

I posted about my Water Hyacinth the last time; mozemoua asked if she could have some. There is only so much that I could take inside with me during the winter months, and this water floating plant spread so fast that you only need a couple and it’ll grow overnight.
When I promised her that [...]

Detective Sergeant Jason Perry says 68-year-old Do Trieu often visited Auckland to see friends in the Vietnamese community, but it is unusual for him to spend such a long time away without contacting …

The outgoing governor of the Thai capital, Bangkok, has been re-elected to the post. Apirak Kosayodhin won by a large margin, over both the pro-government candidate and a maverick former sex parlour …

VIENTIANE : The Nam Ngum 2 hydropower plant in Laos may start operations four months earlier than scheduled in an attempt to earn more income to offset the unexpected rise in construction costs, said South East Asia Energy Co (SEAN), the project operator.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam on Monday signed a 196-million-dollar loan for a hydropower plant, the country's first major dam project to be backed by a multilateral development agency….