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Malaysia’s Largest Island State Aims to Be Region’s ‘Green Battery’

By Jan HENNOP/AFP - Malaysia's verdant, river-crossed state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional "green battery," but its renewable energy dreams could come at serious environmental cost, experts warn. Wedged between peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines, Sarawak's leadership believes it could become a...

Laos Calls for Increased ASEAN Investment in Nature-Based Solutions

Laos is urging ASEAN member states to ramp up investment in Nature-based Solutions (NbS)...

Experienced Handler Dies After Lions Attack in Front of Zoo Visitors

A veteran zookeeper was fatally mauled by lions at an open zoo in Bangkok...

Nepal Protesters Set Parliament Ablaze as PM Quits Kathmandu, Nepal

By Paavan MATHEMA/AFP - Nepali demonstrators set parliament ablaze on Tuesday while the veteran...

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...

Camera Surfaces 15 Years After Journalist Killed in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — A video camera that had been missing for more than 15 years after it was dropped by a Japanese journalist who...

Singapore Executes Man for Coordinating Cannabis Delivery

HONG KONG (AP) — Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and...

Lao Athletes Receive Cambodia SEA Games Torch in Vientiane

Lao athletes paraded with the flaming torch on Tuesday to promote the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian Games that will be held in Cambodia from...

Thai Craft Beer Fancier Fined for Facebook Photo, Review

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand handed a craft beer enthusiast a THB 150,000 (USD 4,360) fine and a suspended six-month prison sentence...

Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban Makes Surprise Visit to Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf of a group of elder statesmen...

Storm Drifts Lao Entertainment Cruise to Thailand

A Lao restaurant cruise ended up near Mukdahanh, Thailand after being hit by a storm in Savanakhet Province on Sunday. Ch 7HD News reports...