New luxury eco-resort opening in Mergui archipelago — One of the most isolated, remote island groups, close to Thailand, but largely inaccessible, is about open to the world. The first luxury eco-resort in South East Asia’s remote Mergui Archipelago, will open later this year, offering exclusivity, comfort, and soft adventure in an untouched new destination. Located […]
ATTAPEU, 26 July 2018 (NNT) – International aid has begun to arrive in Lao PDR as 130 people remain missing and 26 lives are confirmed lost following the flooding of over 220 homes in Attapeu province of the country’s southeast. The disaster spurred by the collapse of Xepian-Xe Namnoy Dam has resulted in a confirmed […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least 30 people have been killed and 35 wounded in a suicide attack near a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta as millions vote in a nationwide election today. ‘[The bomber] was trying to enter the polling station. When police tried to stop him he blew himself up,’ […]
More than a hundred are reported missing, with two confirmed dead, following the collapse Monday night of a dam being built in Champassak province in southeastern Laos, Lao sources said. Despite early warnings of a possible breach due to heavy rainfall, many were left behind in their homes when water poured over a saddle dam […]
Chinese authorities in a Tibetan-populated region of Sichuan are removing young monks from their monasteries so that they can return to government-run schools and learn to “serve society,” a Tibetan source says. All monks in the Dzachuka region under 18 years of age must now return to the community schools in which they were previously […]
Japan’s severe heat wave killed at least 15 people and sent more than 12,000 to hospital in the first two weeks of July, official figures show as the temperature neared 40 degrees C (104 F) in many cities on Sunday. Twelve people died of heatstroke in the week ending July 15 after three perished in […]
About 5,000 Thais working in Saudi Arabia are asking for help to come home after Riyadh raised visa fees for foreign migrants, officials said Friday, as authorities prepared to repatriate 629 residents of the Deep South, one of Thailand’s poorest regions. The Southern Border Province Administration Center (SBPAC) was negotiating with the Thai Foreign Ministry, […]
Malaysia’s new religious affairs minister urged the public Tuesday to stop discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) people in the workplace as long as they don’t openly declare their sexuality. All people, including members of the LGBT community, have equal rights and freedom, Mujahid Yusof Rawa told reporters. His groundbreaking comments stirred criticism […]
