SINGAPORE/JAKARTA — Indonesia is facing a surge ​in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland ‌on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide readings currently the highest in the...

SINGAPORE - Benchmark ⁠Brent ⁠crude oil futures rose ​past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, breaching the symbolic barrier for ​the first time ‌since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East fuelled growing concern about supplies.

Two men have been arrested in Bangkok after allegedly attempting to transport protected wildlife for export, a Rhinoceros Hornbill and a Yellow-cheeked gibbon, authorities said.

SEOUL — A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered South Korean video game tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay more than 2 trillion won (US$1.5 billion) in a divorce settlement, the largest asset division ever awarded in the country.

CHON BURI: A policeman shot his teacher wife to death while she was at work at a kindergarten in Bang Lamung district on Wednesday.

CHON BURI: A policeman shot his teacher wife to death while she was at work at a kindergarten in Bang Lamung district on Wednesday.

Hua Hin Provincial Court has sentenced a man accused of killing and robbing a hotel employee in January to death, ruling that the crime was so serious and shocking that there were no grounds for leniency despite his guilty plea.

Thousands of litres of oil are feared to have seeped into drains in Klong Toey district of Bangkok due to a suspected leak in an underground oil pipeline, prompting fire risk alerts.

Thailand is poised to finally enter the nuclear era, proposing 9,000 megawatts of small modular reactors (SMRs) under its power development plan (PDP) to advance the nation's campaign against global warming.

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has questioned why the government has continued funding a feasibility study of the controversial Land Bridge project, despite the Finance Ministry acknowledging concerns about its economic viability.