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Top Ivory Investigator Stabbed To Death In Kenya
One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya....
Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Wins
Miss Universe 2017 – Miss South Africa was crowned winner at the Miss Universe beauty pageant 2017 held in Las Vegas...
Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics
A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...
Thai Polices Make $30m Drug Haul Linked To Laos Suspect
Thai police on Tuesday announced the seizure of drugs worth $30 million, including seven million methamphetamine...
Vietnam To Rescue 1,000 Bears In Bid To End Bile Trade
Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the...
Thai Seafood Giant Commits To Major Fishing Reforms
Thai Union, one of the world's largest seafood conglomerates, said Tuesday it will overhaul its fishing practices to...
Myanmar Workers In Thailand Victims of A Broken System
With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed...
Thailand Leads the Pack For Asia’s Abused Tourist Elephants
Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept...
Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club
Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also...
Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs
Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...
Australian Nurse Denies Running Illegal Surrogacy In Cambodia
An Australian nurse denied running an illegal surrogacy service in Cambodia when her trial began Tuesday, the first...
Thai Junta Vows To Force Through China Railway
Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday said he would invoke his 'absolute powers' to clear hurdles holding up a...
Hanoi Train Factory Fades From Glory
Built by the French to fix trains for their fast-developing Vietnamese colony, the Gia Lam factory later churned out...
Vietnam Cops Bust Gang Using Mobile Labs To Make Ecstasy
Vietnamese cops have smashed a multi-million-dollar drug ring that pumped out ecstasy pills from mobile labs, police...
Golden Triangle Narco-Gangs Churning Out New Highs, UN Warns
Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with...
Expert In Escaping North Korea Has A Message For Trump
"I'm good at escaping," says Grace Jo, a slender 25-year-old who managed to flee North Korea and its authoritarian...
British Drug ‘kingpin’ Arrested In Thailand After Years On the Run
A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after...
British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand
A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the...
The Mekong Middlemen Running Drugs Across Asia
Compared to their ultra-violent Central and Latin American cousins, the drug dealers of Southeast Asia's Golden...