When Christie's -- a renowned auction house -- began its operation in Bangkok in 1998, some 90% of its revenue came from selling luxury items and 10% from artwork as there were few art collectors at ...

Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in trafficking parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to ...

Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of ...

Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War.

Our mighty country still does not have a bullet train — but Laos does, despite being one of the poorest nations in the world.

The first comprehensive biodiversity survey of Cambodia’s remote and wild Virachey National Park highlights rare species.

Laos and Vietnam recently launched a cross-border QR code payment system that has the potential to boost trade and tourism.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo-based Hotel Okura plans to open two more locations in Thailand, each offering high-end accommodations with Japanese touches. The Okura Resort Chiang Mai and the Okura Prestige ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

Crossing from Thailand into Laos is popular on the backpacker ... which also hurtles through China, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. On the filthy, furious rapids bobs a thin flat-bottomed ...

In 2012, about 50 were poisoned by methanol-laced rice wine in Cambodia. More than 40 died ... one can say that this is a consequence of a Laos state that has wilted so much that it cannot ...