TOKYO: A Myanmar court sentenced Japanese journalist Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison on Wednesday on charges of violating an immigration law, the Asahi newspaper reported, citing court sources.

PHATTHALUNG: A man accused of shooting his former wife dead in Bangkok took his own life to avoid arrest by police waiting outside his house in Pa Phayom district late on Tuesday night, police said.

Singapore’s rental market could get even hotter due to the latest property curbs and a tightening housing supply.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has given an ultimatum to the football chief, saying he should be sacked if the Thai team fail to lift a trophy at the next Southeast Asian Games.

SAMUT PRAKAN: An old, worn-out bus seat found to have mushrooms growing on it has finally been replaced by a new one, according to staff at the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) depot on Si Khuan Khan road in Phra Pradaeng district.

HONG KONG: Hundreds of Hong Kongers undaunted by expensive air fares and ticket troubles have dashed to Japan on the first day of its reopening to solo travellers, while a budget airline has increased flights to popular destinations in the country.

BURI RAM: Police investigators are still unsure whether a man whose body was found burning behind a school near his home in Prakhon Chai district a day after he returned from Germany was murdered or committed suicide.

Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.

UTHAI SAWAN, Nong Bua Lamphu: In the days before he murdered 36 people, 24 of them children, the former police sergeant who committed Thailand's worst massacre was firing guns in his backyard.

Thai consumer confidence rose for a fourth straight month in September, reaching an eight-month high, bolstered by improved economic activity following the easing of Covid-19 curbs, according to a survey by the University of the Thai Chamber of Comme...