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Thai Top Court Orders Ex-PM Thaksin Jailed for One Year

By Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI/AFP - Thailand's Supreme Court on 9 September ordered the country's most powerful and polarizing statesman Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital. Thaksin, 76, had been sentenced to eight years for corruption and abuse of power...

Thai Court Sacks PM Over Cambodia Phone Call Row

By Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON/AFP - Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her...

Northern Laos Braces for Heavy Rains as Typhoon Kajiki Prompts Railway Halt

Laos is preparing for severe weather as Typhoon Kajiki, one of the strongest storms...

Death Toll Rises in Thai-Cambodian Clashes Despite Ceasefire Call

By Suy Se with Montira Rungjirajittranon in Bangkok/AFP - Thailand and Cambodia clashed for...

Ten Killed in Vietnam Bus Crash Days After Ha Long Bay Disaster

A sleeper bus crashed in central Vietnam early on 25 July, killing ten people...

Laos Confirms 836 New Cases of Covid-19 and Six Deaths

Laos has recorded 836 cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with six new deaths attributed to the coronavirus. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention...

Thailand Continues Ban on Quarantine-Free Entry as Omicron Spreads

Thailand's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration is to meet later this week to review the suspension of quarantine-free entry programs for vaccinated tourists amid...

Laos Confirms 519 New Cases of Covid-19 with Twelve New Deaths

Laos has recorded 519 cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with twelve new deaths. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that...

Laos Confirms 1,272 New Cases of Covid-19 and Five Deaths

Laos has recorded 1,272 cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with five new deaths confirmed. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported...

Laos Confirms Record Number of Covid-19 Deaths

Laos has recorded a record number of Covid-19 deaths today, including a 114-year-old woman, the oldest person known to have succumbed to the coronavirus...

Construction to Resume on Latsavong Plaza Project, Tallest Building in Vientiane

Construction of Latsavong Plaza, the tallest building in Vientiane, is to resume after the project was stalled for five years. According to Director-General of the...