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Three male teenagers from Myanmar received prison sentences for the bludgeoning death of a British yachtsman off the Thailand coast, officials say. The pirates pleaded guilty to boarding Malcolm Robertson's yacht, Mr Bean, in March.

A prominent U.S. senator is calling on the NBA leadership to terminate the league's contract with Adidas if the sports apparel maker moves production of players' official uniforms to Asia. New York Sen. Charles Schumer planned to take his message...

An international group of lawmakers meeting in Thailand has urged countries to better protect and support North Korean defectors. They also demanded that China stop forcibly repatriating refugees to North Korea, where they could face execution.

Thailand has started searching for a suitable location to build the second Thailand-Burma Friendship Bridge on the Moei River even as the Thai Deputy Commerce Minister is slated to visit Burma to discuss border trade. Tak provincial officials are surveying...

Thailand has vowed to appeal against plans to extradite him to Australia accused of a £66 million global drugs plot. James Kinch, 50, who lawyers said is originally from Scotland, claims he cannot be extradited without the permission of British...

Fisher & Paykel Appliances says due to volatile market conditions its normalised annual profit may be lower than previously forecast. The whiteware maker made this comment with its interim results out today which show an $82.4 million net interim loss...

Local certification expected to meet international criteria Government agencies are making a joint effort to establish professional standards for workers in the domestic information and communication technology (ICT) industry. The aim is to strengthen the quality of human resources in...

Eighteen months after the powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through military-ruled Burma, one question that dogged early relief efforts has lost relevance: does the country have an active civil society to help victims? The amorphous network of Burmese civilians, ranging from...

He is believed to be a member of the red-shirt protest group which is allied with the country's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The group has been accused of threatening the life of the current Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva,...