Arts & Entertainment

BANGKOK ~ Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he will unveil a “grand plan” for reconciliation and the revival... Read More →

TOKYO ~ The European Union’s special envoy said this week a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the... Read More →

MANILA ~ The governments of the Philippines and Qatar are to set up an investment fund worth more than US$1... Read More →

BANGKOK ~ Thailand’s opposition edged closer to forming a government this week, as defectors from the former ruling coalition reaffirmed... Read More →

BANGKOK ~ Myanmar is at the centre of an illegal trade in elephants and ivory, with more than 250 live... Read More →

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore does not know if the country’s most wanted man is still in the country more than nine... Read More →

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia has released suspected terrorist Yazid Sufaat, an alleged biological weapons expert who was also linked to... Read More →

WASHINGTON ~ Videogames are not just for kids. A new survey out found that more than half of American adults... Read More →

TAICHUNG ~ Hong Kong director Peter Chan Ho-sun’s 19th century war epic The Warlords won top honors at Saturday’s Golden... Read More →

LOS ANGELES ~ The romantic comedy Four Christmases made merry at the North American box office for a second weekend... Read More →