HONG KONG: China's debilitated domestic tourism industry could be further clobbered by weak consumption during the coming holiday as the masses refrain from travelling far and spending while record numbers of coronavirus cases continue to spur lockdo...

SONGKHLA: A navy vessel has intercepted and arrested three Vietnamese boats and their crews off Songkhla province for trawling for sea cucumber in Thai waters.

Kim Seon-ho fans are eagerly waiting to take a picture of their South Korean superstar after he was seen arriving in Bangkok on Thursday, as some of his die-hard fans are buying up advertisements on the back of 100 tuk-tuks to welcome him.

A police spokesman warned on Friday that acceptable April Fool's Day pranks do not include posting damaging fake news on the internet, which could incur serious penalties.

The Sadao immigration checkpoint on the border with Malaysia reopened to travellers on Friday, with 107 Malaysians registering for entry under the Thailand Pass system.

JAKARTA: Malaysia and Indonesia agreed that global prices of palm oil should be determined by the two biggest producers and they should not compete, Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said after meeting Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on...

There were 92 Covid-19 fatalities, the highest so far in the latest wave, and an all-time high of 28,379 cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday.

SINGAPORE: Thousands of people travelled between Malaysia and Singapore in cars, motorcycles and by foot on Friday after the land border separating the two nations reopened fully for the first time in two years.

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SYDNEY: Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands said on Friday it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plans to sign a security pact with Beijing.