Beijing's Forbidden City illuminated for Lantern Festival
Feb 20, 2019
Beijing's Forbidden City has been illuminated and opened to the public for night visits for the first time to celebrate China's Lantern Festival
China plans major cut in number of Everest climbers
Jan 21, 2019
China says it will cut the number of climbers attempting to scale Everest from the northern face by 1/3 this year as part of plans for a major cleanup on the world's highest peak
Thai military chief urges loyalty ahead of expected election
Jan 18, 2019
Thailand's military has held its annual Armed Forces Day parade as the country prepares for expected elections more than four years after soldiers overthrew an elected government
Thai authorities recover bodies of Korean golf tourists
Dec 27, 2018
Authorities in northern Thailand have recovered the bodies of two South Korean tourists who disappeared when the golf cart they were riding fell into a river on Tuesday.
Alba the albino orangutan returned to jungle in Indonesia
Dec 21, 2018
The world's only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being released into a remote Borneo jungle more than a year after conservation officials found her starving and dehydrated in an Indonesian village
China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star
Oct 25, 2018
China's rapid city building has churned up a motherlode of new dinosaur fossils, and no one has seized the scientific opportunity more than one paleontologist
Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries
Oct 22, 2018
On the edge of the Third Pole, a retreating glacier draws tourists and worries over climate change
Thailand keeping 'The Beach' of movie fame closed for rehab
Oct 4, 2018
Thailand extending closure of a beautiful bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach" until it recovers from years of environment damage caused by too many tourists
Thailand's celebrity cave boys head out on overseas tour
Oct 3, 2018
The 12 village boys who were trapped with their soccer coach in a cave in northern Thailand for almost three weeks are ready to spread their wings, heading out to meet fellow youth players in Argentina and do a brief tour of the United States
The Latest: Indonesia quake, tsunami deaths climb to 384
Sep 29, 2018
A tsunami has left a path of devastation in central Indonesia, sweeping away buildings, cutting off communities and leaving several hundred dead.
