Wildlife Travel Agent Drops Zoo Trips
A leading marketer of "responsible tourism" has decided to stop selling tours that include visits to zoos. Responsible Travel, based in Brighton, specialises in wildlife holidays and says keeping...
Tag: Southeast Asia
Nepal To Relocate Five Rare One-Horned Rhinos
Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers. Five rhinos --...
Philippines Ceasefire Talks With Rebels Delayed
The start of Dutch-hosted ceasefire talks to end a four-decade insurgency waged by communist rebels in the Philippines has been delayed to Monday, mediators said. "The formal opening is now pushed to...
Philippine Communist Rebels Agree To Discuss Ceasefire
Communist rebels waging one of the world's longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks in the...
Thai Football Coach Resigns After Crushing World Cup Bid
The coach of Thailand's national football team has shocked fans by resigning from his post after leading the War Elephants through a disappointing 2018 World Cup bid. Kiatisak Senamuang, a former...
India Seeks Divine Intervention To Deter Serial Spitters
India has sought help from higher up to rid its government buildings of the scourge of spitting - wall tiles imprinted with the images of gods. Officials in Uttar Pradesh have installed tiles with...
India Seeks Divine Intervention To Deter Serial Spitters
India has sought divine intervention to rid its government buildings of the scourge of spitting -- wall tiles imprinted with the images of gods. Officials in Uttar Pradesh state have installed tiles...
Transgender Vietnamese Turn To Black Market Hormones
Every week, Huynh Nha An faces the same dilemma: spend her paltry salary on food, or buy the black market hormones she needs to keep her facial hair from growing back. Born male but desperate to...
Philippines, China To Hold Direct Talks On Sea Row
China and the Philippines will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said Wednesday, as President Rodrigo Duterte seeks stronger economic ties with Beijing. Last year...
Myanmar Stumbles On Path To Democracy Under Aung San Suu Kyi
For decades Myanmar's people dreamed of democracy, but a year into office Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government is struggling to revive a sluggish economy and shake off the vestiges of the still...
Duterte Offers Authoritarianism As Philippine Panacea
Three turbulent decades after the Philippines shed dictatorship, President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a return to authoritarian rule as a solution to all the problems democracy has failed to fix. In...
Tigers Found Deep In the Thai Jungle Sparks Hope For the Rare Species
Rare wild tigers have been discovered by scientists after the cats wandered past a set of camera traps set deep in the Thai jungle. The group of small tigers are one of two breeding populations of...
Wild Thai Tiger Cub Footage Sparks Hope For Endangered Species
Conservationists on Tuesday hailed the discovery of a new breeding population of tigers in Thailand as a "miraculous" victory for a sub-species feared wiped out by poaching. Images of four mothers...
Cambodia Bans Human Breast Milk Exports To US
Cambodia officially banned selling and exporting locally-pumped human breast milk on Tuesday, after reports exposed how women were turning to the controversial trade to boost meagre incomes in one of...
Japan Loans Manila Military Planes For South China Sea
The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes in the South China Sea, despite Manila's increasingly conciliatory stance to...
Indonesian Capital’s Statues Light Up the Night
From galloping horses to Indonesia's hero Husni Thamrin and a flame atop a tall tower, statues and monuments across the huge Indonesian capital Jakarta light up at night, adding some sparkle to the...
Manila Could Share Maritime Resources With China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he was open to sharingBeijing in flashpoint South China Sea waters over which Manila has been given exclusive rights by an international tribunal....
La Liga Chief Tells China ‘not Just About Cash’
China's cash-rich Super League needs to work on improving local talent as well as dipping into its deep pockets to attract top foreign players, the La Liga chief said Thursday. Javier Tebas told AFP...
Killer of Cambodian Government Critic Gets Life In Jail
A Cambodian court on Thursday jailed a former soldier for life for the brazen daytime shooting of a strident government critic, a killing that stunned the kingdom's hemmed in rights community. Oeuth...
China Denies Plans To Build On Disputed Shoal
China Wednesday denied plans to build an environmental monitoring station on a disputed shoal near the Philippines' coastline, after a local official last week announced the plan. "As we have learned...