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by Ju APILAPORN HUA HIN, Thailand (AFP) — A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand’s crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the perpetrators. Twin bombs exploded in the upscale resort of Hua Hin late Thursday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 others, including nine foreign tourists, and were followed by two more on Friday morning that killed another person. A […]
by Anusak KONGLANG Ju APILAPORN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Twin blasts in Thailand killed one woman and injured 19 people, including foreigners, in the popular seaside resort town of Hua Hin late Thursday night, police said. The explosions took place thirty minutes apart in the bar district of the popular beach town, the latest incident to threaten Thailand’s reputation as a holidaymaker’s paradise. Small blasts are common in Thailand during times of heightened political tension, […]
by Aidan Jones and Thanaporn Promyamyai BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand voted Sunday to approve a junta-scripted constitution, preliminary results showed, in a boost to the army’s political aspirations and a body blow to the country’s stuttering pro-democracy movement. The military says its new constitution will curb endemic political corruption, bring stability after years of unrest and pave the way for a general election next year. But critics say it aims to neuter civilian politicians and […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh has kicked out a North Korean diplomat after he was caught smuggling more than one million cigarettes as well as electronics into the country in a shipping container, Dhaka officials said Monday. Han Son Ik, the first secretary of the North Korean embassy in Dhaka, has been ordered to leave the country after failing to declare the goods worth nearly half a million dollars to customs. Bangladesh foreign secretary Shahidul […]
by Satish Cheney Pantai Cahaya Bulan, Malaysia (AFP) — Shafie Jusoh loves traditional Malaysian kites so much that he can’t get a good night’s rest unless he’s been working on them daily. “I need to make kites everyday, if not I can’t sleep,” the 69-year-old said. He began making them when he was a young boy, skipping classes to entertain his flights of fancy. “If you don’t do it everyday, you will lose the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia in recent days have forced the closure of two airports and disrupted some flights to the holiday island of Bali, officials said Wednesday. Mount Gamalama on the eastern island of Ternate erupted early Wednesday after a moderate earthquake in the area, sending ash up to 600 meters (1,900 feet) into the air and closing the island’s airport, said the national disaster agency. “People are advised to stay […]
PHILIPPINE National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa attended the annual conference of the ASEAN chiefs of police or ASEANAPOL in Putrajaya, Malaysia last week. Dela Rosa led the 15-man PNP delegation that joined discussions and committee meetings of the four-day 36th ASEANAPOL conference hosted by the Royal Malaysian Police. High on the agenda of the 36th ASEANAPOL Conference were discussions on international cooperation and law enforcement best practices on curbing drug […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia will sink up to 71 impounded foreign boats this month on its Independence Day, a minister said Monday, ramping up a campaign to deter illegal fishing in its vast waters. The world’s biggest archipelago nation has been seeking to stop foreign vessels fishing without permission in its territory, with President Joko Widodo claiming it costs the economy billions of dollars annually. So far 176 foreign boats captured fishing illegally have […]
by Muhammad Azka CILACAP, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia executed four drug convicts Friday but 10 others due to face the firing squad were given an apparent reprieve in a confused process one lawyer condemned as a “complete mess”. The executions on a remote prison island went ahead despite strong protests from international rights groups, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the European Union who had urged Indonesia not to proceed. Four inmates — three Nigerians […]
(Reuters) — The Philippines had not sought support from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) or the international community in its arbitration case against Beijing over the South China Sea Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Wednesday (July 27) in Manila as he met U.S. Foreign Secretary John Kerry. “The case we filed before the arbitral tribunal with respect to our dispute with China, concerns China and the Philippines alone, and resolving this […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s police chief said Tuesday that five tugboat crew missing since last week were abducted by the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for repeated kidnappings in waters between the two nations. The five Malaysians were kidnapped from their vessel on July 18 off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters. “The five tugboat crew have […]
