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According to Thai police, a total of 51 bank accounts have been seized and 14 land plots valued at $5.2 million have been frozen. Photo: iStock

United States, World

Bitcoin, libra heading for social media showdown

by AT Contributor November 1, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesian lashed over his organization’s sex law

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a press conference in Dhaka on December 31, 2018. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee / AFP

Bangladesh, South Asia

Bangladesh politician gets jail for ‘threat’

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Warm words at ‘Davos in the Desert’

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan's flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. Reuters/Toru Hanai

Japan, Northeast Asia

Bank of Japan suggests future rate cut, not now

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia

Panasonic’s first-half profits down

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, may be hiding in China. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Malaysia

Jho Low comes clean on 1MDB fraud role

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

United States, World

Stocks rise, dollar falls as Fed cuts rates again

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Laos faces a dilemma whether to promote eco-tourism or faster trade with China along its picturesque rivers and tourist-friendly towns. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Laos, Thailand

Laos hydro project opens on dried-out Mekong

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

South Asia, Sri Lanka

Year after coup Sri Lanka secures $480m US grant

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia

Sony 1H net profits down, full-year view up

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

India, South Asia

India to probe MakeMyTrip & Softbank-funded Oyo

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai king fires royal guards for ‘adultery’

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Japan beer exports to South Korea down 99.9%

by AT Contributor October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

China

China blasts US over Huawei ban plan

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

Thailand set to open ‘fake news’ monitoring hub

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia bans nickel exports in another twist

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania

Australia sues Google over location data use

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

World

1st space tourism company lands on Wall Street

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

Toyota boosts Poland presence on Brexit woes

by AT Contributor October 29, 2019February 18, 2020

Middle East

Iraq students ramp up anti-government pressure

by AT Contributor October 28, 2019February 18, 2020

A woman (L) pauses as she adds flowers to a growing pile of tributes outside Leicester City Football Club's King Power Stadium in Leicester, eastern England, on October 28, 2018 after a helicopter belonging to the club's Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed outside the stadium the night before. - Leicester City's charismatic Thai chairman was the subject of growing concerns on October 28 after a helicopter belonging to the billionaire crashed and burst into flames in the stadium carpark shortly after taking off from the club's pitch following the match against West Ham United on October 27. There was no confirmation whether London-based Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who frequently flies to and from Leicester's home games by helicopter, was on board the aircraft which appeared to develop mechanical problems. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

AT Finance, World

Leicester open garden for chopper crash chief

by AT Contributor October 28, 2019February 18, 2020

Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan confirms activist’s arrest after US criticism

by AT Contributor October 28, 2019February 18, 2020

China

Pence comes under fire after China attack

by AT Contributor October 25, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, China, New Zealand, Oceania

Solomons vetoes China ‘lease’ on Pacific isle

by AT Contributor October 25, 2019February 18, 2020

World

Google makes ‘quantum leap’ in US-China tech war

by AT Contributor October 25, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai consortium signs $7.4 bn rail deal

by AT Contributor October 24, 2019February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong

Hong Kong man pays almost $1m for parking space

by AT Contributor October 24, 2019February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong

Wang slams ‘unacceptable’ violence in Hong Kong

by AT Contributor October 22, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai king strips royal consort of all titles

by AT Contributor October 22, 2019February 18, 2020

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Bitcoin, libra heading for social media showdown

Indonesian lashed over his organization’s sex law

Bangladesh politician gets jail for ‘threat’

Warm words at ‘Davos in the Desert’

Bank of Japan suggests future rate cut, not now

Panasonic’s first-half profits down

Jho Low comes clean on 1MDB fraud role

Stocks rise, dollar falls as Fed cuts rates again

Laos hydro project opens on dried-out Mekong

Year after coup Sri Lanka secures $480m US grant

Sony 1H net profits down, full-year view up

India to probe MakeMyTrip & Softbank-funded Oyo

Thai king fires royal guards for ‘adultery’

Japan beer exports to South Korea down 99.9%

China blasts US over Huawei ban plan

Thailand set to open ‘fake news’ monitoring hub

Indonesia bans nickel exports in another twist

Australia sues Google over location data use

1st space tourism company lands on Wall Street

Toyota boosts Poland presence on Brexit woes

Iraq students ramp up anti-government pressure

Leicester open garden for chopper crash chief

Pakistan confirms activist’s arrest after US criticism

Pence comes under fire after China attack

Solomons vetoes China ‘lease’ on Pacific isle

Google makes ‘quantum leap’ in US-China tech war

Thai consortium signs $7.4 bn rail deal

Hong Kong man pays almost $1m for parking space

Wang slams ‘unacceptable’ violence in Hong Kong

Thai king strips royal consort of all titles

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