National Security

  BANGKOK: Thailand's most prominent opposition figure accused the government of undermining parliamentary democracy and trying to dissolve his party on Monday (Dec 2), two weeks after the...

  Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has resigned from the House's extraordinary committee on the budget bill, a day after he was viewed as ruffling some feathers by making inquiries about...

  Thai Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon says military conscription won’t be scrapped any time soon, as there aren’t enough volunteers signing up for service. Prawit told reporters conscription...

  Former Democrat MP Wiratana Kalayasiri died of cancer on Friday at the age 69. The veteran politician from Songkhla had been admitted to Siriraj Hospital for treatment...

  Big four bank ANZ says it launched an internal investigation of whether its anti-money-laundering and counter-terror finance (AML CTF) systems were adequate following scandals at rival banks...

  MANILA, Philippines — Philippine military officials say a communist guerrilla leader and spokesman has been arrested while being secretly treated for high blood pressure in a hospital...

  Hong Kong/Berlin (25/11). Joseph de Maistre, the French philosopher said, “Every nation gets the government it deserves”. Look at the UK, look at Trump and look at Hong...

  Troops in the Philippines have rescued a British national and his Filipina wife who were abducted by gunmen at a beach resort last month and taken to...

  BANGKOK — Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a popular pro-democracy opposition leader violated election laws and cannot keep his seat in Parliament. The court said Thanathorn...

  MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. defense chief on Tuesday urged governments affected by China’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea “to take a very public...