Dutch hostage held by Filipino militants killed in gunbattle
May 31, 2019
Philippine military officials say a long-held Dutch hostage has been shot and killed by his Abu Sayyaf militant captors when he tried to escape during a gunbattle in southern jungles
Thai king celebrates coronation with spectacular parade
May 5, 2019
Thailand's newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn made a spectacular public appearance in front of his countrymen, carried atop a golden palanquin by soldiers in ancient fighting uniforms in a procession through Bangkok's historic quarter
Far from glitzy tech hubs, Chinese city bets big on VR
Apr 28, 2019
Far from glitzy tech hubs, Chinese city bets big on virtual reality
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
