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Asean 'abandons' joint statement on ruling
Kyodo News, Published on 14/07/2016
» Asean has decided not to issue any joint statement on an international tribunal's ruling this week that rejected China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea, an Asean official source said Thursday.
Asean ministers skirt around South China Sea ruling
Kyodo News, Published on 26/07/2016
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian foreign ministers failed Monday to make a united assessment on an international tribunal's ruling that rejected China's claims to almost the entire South China Sea.
Woman cleared of murdering Japanese partner in Ang Thong
Published on 09/08/2016
» A woman charged in relation to the killing of her Japanese domestic partner in 2015 was acquitted by a court for lack of evidence on Tuesday.
Puttita-Sapsiree pair goes down in badminton
Published on 13/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Japan's top-seeded women's doubles team of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi improved to 2-0 in the Rio Olympics on Friday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals.
Asean to avoid mentioning ruling on South China Sea
Published on 04/09/2016
» The chairman's statement to be issued after a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Laos this week will avoid any mention of the landmark July ruling by an international tribunal that rejected China's vast claims to most of the South China Sea, an Asean source said Sunday.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Mug-throwing teacher may face 10-year jail term
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 19/09/2016
» The 58-year-old teacher who threw a mug which deformed the face of a 17-year-old student denied the criminal charge of causing serious injury, an offence that carries a jail term of up to 10 years and/or a fine of up to 20,000 baht.
Ex-mayor gets suspended jail term for kicking doctor
Published on 12/10/2016
» PHAYAO - A former mayor of Mae Chai municipality who faced a barrage of criticism after kicking an on-duty hospital doctor in the neck has been sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for two years, and fined 3,000 baht.
Trial of Erawan bombing suspects again postponed
Published on 25/10/2016
» The trial of two ethnic Uighur Chinese men accused of bombing the Erawan shrine in Bangkok last year, killing 20 people, was again postponed on Tuesday, after the court again failed to appoint them an interpreter.
Life imprisonment for killer of elderly Japanese man
Kyodo News, Published on 28/10/2016
» A man charged with killing his sister-in-law's elderly Japanese partner in Ang Thong last year was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday, according to his lawyer.