For years, Myanmar’s army chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has been treated like a pariah on the global stage. General Min Aung Hlaing has made few overseas trips, other than to Russia and China, since he seized power in…
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Bangkok Building Collapse Leads to Scrutiny of Chinese Company
Only one building in Bangkok fell during the earthquake on Friday that rocked Myanmar, hundreds of miles away. Recovery efforts continue with at least 15 people killed and dozens still missing. Determining the cause could take months. But interviews with…
Building in Bangkok Topples After Powerful Earthquake
The 33-floor skyscraper shook, and then in a flash it crumbled, its glass facade cascading down into a heap of rubble. Construction workers on the site scurried for safety as a massive dust cloud billowed out. On the street outside,…
Search for Survivors at Collapsed Bangkok Building
Aubonrat Setnawet, an electrician’s helper, was working with her husband on the 23rd floor of a new office tower on the northern edge of Bangkok moments before disaster struck. She needed to get some equipment, so she took the construction…
Death Toll in Myanmar Quake Rises to Nearly 700: Live Updates
Myanmar’s long isolation and its internal instability are likely to complicate the global humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck on Friday, despite a rare plea for outside help from the country’s military-dominated government. “We need and want the…
7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Myanmar With Shaking Felt in Bangkok
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, shaking buildings as far as Bangkok, in neighboring Thailand. The quake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, at around 12:50 p.m. local time, the agency said. This…
U.S. Puts Sanctions on Thai Officials for Sending Uyghurs to China
The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several Thai officials over the surprise deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China last month, a rare instance of punishment for countries that have repatriated members of the persecuted Muslim minority despite…
Thailand Deports Dozens of Uyghurs to China, Activists Say
Thailand on Thursday deported 40 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China, drawing a sharp rebuke from the United Nations’ refugee agency and activists who had long warned that the men would possibly face torture and long-term imprisonment upon their return.…
Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent days, hundreds of people here boarded direct flights back home to China. They had been rescued from…
EXCLUSIVE: STAR-studded affair – Shraddha Kapoor and family, Kolhapures, Sharmas, Moranis to celebrate birthday of Priyaank Sharma and wife Shaza Morani’s daughter on a yacht in Pattaya, Thailand : Bollywood News
Shraddha Kapoor will turn a year older on March 3 but before that, another member of her family will also celebrate her big day. Her cousin Priyaank Sharma and wife Shaza Morani’s daughter will turn 1-year-old on February 21. For…