Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has given an emotional address by phone to tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in Bangkok. The rally was aimed at demonstrating the continuing pop...

TOKYO — Nichirei Corp will set up a joint venture in Thailand to process chicken in response to increasing global demand for the meat. Subsidiary Nichirei Foods Inc and Thai chicken processor G...

Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks from overseas exile to his supporters at Rajamangala national stadium in Bangkok, 01 Nov 2008

The death toll from a week of heavy rains and floods rose to 31 Saturday as the worst storms to hit Vietnam's capital in more than two decades left many of the city's streets inundated with more than ...

Bangkok - Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday addressed a crowd of more than 60,000 supporters in a phoned-in call in which he said only a "royal pardon" or "people's pow...

HANOI, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll from heavy rains in central Vietnam has reached 33, with the capital Hanoi knee-deep in water, a source in the country's emergencies service said o...

Tens of thousands of Thais gathered Saturday at a rally in Bangkok to demonstrate support for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and opposition to the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).

By Joe BavierKINSHASA (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to send humanitarian aid to civilians fleeing conflict in eastern Congo, but needs to consider further whether it will send European troop...

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Zhou Yongkang, on Friday visited Ho Chi Minh city, the last-leg of his five-day Vietnam trip. "I...

Bangkok: Thailand's military and police were on alert on Saturday as the country braced for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to speak by telephone at a rally that many fear could spar...

Bangkok - Tens of thousands of Thais gathered Saturday at a rally in Bangkok to demonstrate support for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and opposition to the anti-government People's Allian...

ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan -- For about an hour on Friday, five divers combed the waters off Clave Island in the Hundred Islands National Park to find a diamond ring owned by Miss Earth candidate Piyap...

FLOODS have killed at least 19 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said yesterday, as heavy rains also lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one metre (three feet) of water.Ce...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military and police were on alert Saturday as the country braced for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to speak by telephone at a rally that many fe...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese authorities warned of more flash floods in the north of the country on Saturday and Sunday as the death toll from a week of heavy rains and floods rose to 20, the governme...

Bangkok - Thousands of pro-government protestors flocked to Bangkok Saturday from the provinces to attend a mass rally in the capital aimed at counter-balancing months of anti-government demonstration...

BANGKOK, THAILAND, November 01, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre has received an award naming it the Best Global Hospital, at a ceremony in Chicago. The hospital is the only ...

Hanoi: The death toll from a week of heavy rains and floods in Vietnam rose to 20 as authorities warned of more flash floods in the north of the country on Saturday and Sunday.Streets in the capital H...

Floods in Vietnam have killed at least 24 people, including several in the capital, Hanoi, which has suffered its heaviest rains for two decades. The worst-hit area was the central province of Nghe...

Saturday, November 01, 2008 HANOI: Floods have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said on Friday, as heavy rains lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one...