Foreign models are appearing more frequently on Vietnamese catwalks, in Vietnamese music video clips, and even as promotion girls.Russian model Eduard Kaznov has worked in Vietnam for nearly three years. …

Vietnamese believe that using good numbers they will be lucky in life and business. Based on this idea, many people pay billions of dong to own special phone numbers to …

Norway’s first two Telenor stores open in Sandvika and Storo. The stores will provide ordinary people with a better understanding of how communication technology can make life easier. “The idea …

Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, has admitted he had sexual relations with one of two Swedish women who have accused him of sex crimes.Assange said he had consensual …

Health authorities have proposed a sweeping ban on all tobacco advertising and promotion. Health Minister Mam Bunheng said a proposed sub-decree banning advertising and promotion of tobacco products was discussed …

The case with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is reopened, Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny says in a press release according to politiken.dk. In August, the Australian journalist was arrested in absentia, …

Smoke and ash from the Sinabung volcano in Indonesia is causing problems. The volcano has not been active since around year 1600, and this makes it impossible to say how …

An M79 grenade was fired at the National Broadcasting Television station on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of injury. The grenade went …

Thailand needs to amend domestic laws to prepare for the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance. The government under Abhisit Vejjajiva said …

Toll Royal Railway is planning to spend up to US$81 million to import new trains as part of the multi-million-dollar railway upgrade of the Kingdom’s major freight routes, according to …

Government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and the minor morning eruption has mostly stopped. It …

Pol Lt Gen Thangai Prassajaksattru, the chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, told a press conference yesterday that Noppadon Thongsata, 28, from Roi Et, had been arrested on human trafficking …

The meeting aims to help CLMV further strengthen economic and trade relations, and coordinate more closely with each other on regional and international activities. It also hopes to promote the …

It didn’t take long for Burma’s new capital, Naypyidaw, to develop a red light district, where sex can be bought at brothels masquerading as beauty salons, massage parlors, karaoke lounges …

Aldhouse and Longfellow engaged in a bar fight in Raway on August 14. Afterwards, the murder suspect followed the American home and stabbed him, says Phuket Gazette. The 28-year-old murder …

Nicole John, daughter of a long serving State Department Official and the American Ambassador to Thailand, Eric G. John fell to her death from an apartment building during the early …

800,000 people in Pakistan desperately still need help af a consequence of the floods in the country. So says the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. The UN is now applying for …

A Russian businessman accused of sexually abusing 17 children in Cambodia’s largest-known pedophile case had his sentence reduced to eight years from 17 on Thursday in an appeal that riled …

Elin Nordegren has broken her nine-month silence in a cover story with People Magazine, just days after her official split with golf.“I have been through the stages of disbelief and …

The hostage-taker, who was armed with an M16 rifle, also died as shots were fired and police stormed the vehicle. The gunman, a former police inspector who was fired last …

Thailand said it would resume diplomatic ties with Cambodia from Tuesday, after the Cambodian government announced fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had resigned as Cambodia’s economic advisor.Thailand and …

A former local leader and an assistant village chief have been killed in a spate of gun attacks across southern Pattani province. Five others were wounded in the attacks. Suding …

Islamic officials launched a campaign to stamp out immoral activities in Putrajaya, a grandiose collection of ministries, wide avenues and subsidised housing that lies south of the capital Kuala Lumpur. …

Malaysia’s Asia Pacific Business Lin Snd Bhd Co Ltd (AP Bizlink) last week signed an agreement with Laos’ Ministry of Planning and Investment to construct the dam in Luang Namtha …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has speculated that the Pentagon could be behind a rape accusation that prompted Swedish prosecutors to issue a warrant for his arrest which was later withdrawn. …

The gunman, reportedly sacked over robbery and drugs claims, is demanding his job back, local media says. Children were reported to be among at least 20 passengers, all of them …

About 70 Bali-based journalists staged a protest Sunday in Denpasar against death of Ridwan Salamun, a news contributor for SUN TV network, who was found dead during a clash between …

Share   Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame’s operations in Tehran have been closed by the Iranian authorities, with three members of staff and two sale consultants taken into custody, the firm has …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden where he has been accused of rape, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, pictured during a visit to Stockholm …

Vestas expects to recruit nearly 3,000 employees, net, in 2010 against 3,400 as previously expected. »The adjustment is made because Vestas, due to the ongoing regionalisation and delayed order intake …

The accusation had been labeled a dirty trick by Julian Assange and his group, who are preparing to release a fresh batch of classified U.S. documents from the Afghan war. …

A Burmese army captain was killed on Saturday when a gunfight broke out between two factions of soldiers that were trying to extort money from Thai fishermen in waters near …

Come 2025, and at least 2 million lives will be lost each year to smoking-related diseases in China, health experts have warned. The use of tobacco by Chinese men, 53 …

Philippine authorities are holding 11 policemen amid a probe into an alleged torture video filmed at a Manila police station. A woman watches a television news programme showing footage of …

Swedish fashion company Hennes & Mauritz(H&M) said that sales in July rose sharply 21 percent, compared with seven percent in the same period last year, according to a statement released …

 A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers …

A 27-year old storekeeper on Friday became the first person here to do jail time for sexual grooming, under laws introduced two years ago to guard young people from sexual …

Independent reports on the implementation of Shariah in Aceh have concluded that it discriminates against the poor, in particular women, who are at the mercy of the Shariah Police. Banda …

Women can choose to board the female-only, orange and pink-seated carriages at the front and rear of trains in Jakarta, the latest in a growing number of cities to offer …

The Thai-Burmese order has been closed for more than one month, and no one knows when it will reopen again. This is causing a whole lot of problems. Especially at …

After a six-month study by the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, the cities are left in the race for Thailand’s bid on the World Expo 2020. Phuket had high hopes, …

Earlier this week, the Thailand authorities closed the access to WikiLeaks on security grounds, as the government stated. “This is not acceptable, anywhere in the world. Therefore we make all …

The airport train link connecting Bangkok with Suvarnabhumi International Airport will begin commercial services on Monday, according to State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Yuthana Thapcharoen. Bangkok, the 18th of …

Some 6,100 tonnes of Australian toxic waste will soon be making its way to Denmark to be destroyed at the Kommunekemi facility in Nyborg, following an export licence granted by …

The railway system, connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, will come a step closer when ministers from Cambodia, China, …

Wednesday, officials said that a Thai government helicopter crashed in the ountry’s mountainous north, reports CNN. The chopper went missing Tuesday during heavy rainstorms. It belonged to Thailand’s Natural Resource …

The police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests last month. International advocacy groups …

An American director of Sterling Seafood Corporation is being sentenced to serve almost two years behind bars, and in addition he was charged a fine of $64 million for fraudulent …