Six Burmese men who beat three Thai men apologise
Thai police have ruled that the incident was a fight and have decided to pay the Myanmar nationals who were beaten up 10,000 baht for their losses.
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Female Vietnamese health care worker donates organs, giving five lives a new lease on life
The 108 Military Central Hospital, on January 12, announced that it had successfully performed a multi-organ transplant from a brain-dead donor, a health care worker.
Passenger bus missing in Nepal landslide found after 18 months
Two buses carrying more than 60 passengers were hit by a landslide at Simaltal on July 12, 2024 and went missing in the Trishuli river.
Singapore authorities considering sterilising otters for long-term population control measures
The National Parks Board spokesperson added that its “holistic” population management strategy includes measures such as exclusion, habitat modification and translocation, as…
71 more Cambodians arrested by Thai marines after allegedly crossing into Chanthaburi
They told Thai authorities they were trying to escape famine in their country and seek work in Thailand.
Over 4 months’ jail for Singapore man who forced friend to drink urine over owed money
DPP Nicole Tay said making the victim drink their urine and pouring it over his head was “unnatural and deeply humiliating."
ICJ genocide case ‘flawed and unfounded’ –Myanmar government
ICJ judges are hearing three weeks of testimony as they weigh accusations by The Gambia that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya in a 2017 crackdown.
Indonesia takes hard line against Elon Musk over deepfakes
X has reassured the government that its AI chatbot, Grok, will not be used for pornographic purposes and will enforce accounts found to be misusing the platform for illicit…
Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia tells UN court in genocide case
It is the first genocide case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing in full in over a decade. The outcome will have repercussions beyond Myanmar, likely affecting…
Community sentences introduced in Indonesia’s new penal code
Article 85 of the new Criminal Code stipulates that community sentences only apply for offences with a maximum sentence of five years in prison, if the judges sentence the…