Thailand’s de facto legalisation of marijuana has drawn tourists eager to try the drug from other Asian countries, some of which outlaw its use and have warned they could face penalties when they return home.
US-China rivalry, Ukraine war, North Korea missiles in spotlight at Asean security talks
Indonesian President Widodo told foreign ministers attending the Asean Regional Forum that the meeting aimed to seek solutions rather than exacerbate geopolitical problems.
India takes another shot at moon landing as outer space race heats up
India’s space agency is preparing to launch the Chandrayaan-3 that includes a lander designed to deploy a rover near the lunar south pole.
Philippine raid on Chinese firm spotlights human trafficking issues in online gaming industry
More than 2,700 people were rescued, and computer data and safety box vaults seized, in a police raid on Xinchuang Network Technology, Inc in late June.
Philippines censors approve Barbie movie – if ‘childlike’ eight-dash line blurred
Dashed lines appear in several locations around different land masses on a map in the film. But Manila’s censors said they found only eight dashes around the landmass labelled ‘Asia’.
In Thailand, Pita’s PM bid stumbles as progressive-conservative showdown looms
Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister could yet be thwarted by an army-drafted constitution specifically designed to leave the door ajar for the royalist generals and their allies to regain power, experts say.
Philippines wants ‘a slice of that American pie’ as US defence ties grow, Manila’s envoy says
The Philippines’ stronger defence relations with the United States can help unlock business deals as ties are now more ‘clearly balanced’ under Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, said Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez.
Singapore sentences man to 12 years’ jail for raping granddaughter, causing her ‘serious psychological harm’
The girl, who was 11 when she was raped, had engaged in self-harm and had suicidal thoughts to cope with distress from the incident.
At least 22 die in India as extra-heavy monsoon rains trigger severe flooding, landslides
In the capital New Delhi, more rain was recorded in a single day than at any time in the past 40 years. Authorities across several states urged residents to stay inside their homes.
Ukraine should shun US cluster bombs, learn from Cambodia’s ‘painful experience’: PM Hun Sen
Long-time Cambodian leader Hun Sen implored Ukraine not to use cluster munitions, citing how his country had yet to rid itself of the bombs dropped on it by the US more than half a century ago, which have left tens of thousands maimed or killed.