Thailand's exports rose more than expected in September from a year earlier, helped by trade partners' economic recovery, a weak baht and government trade promotion, the commerce minister said on Tuesday.

JAKARTA: A summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) had prepared for Myanmar to have a representative at its virtual summit on Tuesday, but its junta opted not to have one attend, Indonesia's foreign minister said.

Thirty people on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division accusing a teacher in Bangkok's Dusit district of fraud in the purchase of their motor vehicles, some of which later surfaced Cambodia.

GENEVA: Asia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations said Tuesday ahead of the COP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent's development.

HONG KONG: Modern Land reported a missed payment on Tuesday, the latest Chinese property developer to do so, adding to worries about spiralling effects of the debt crisis at behemoth China Evergrande Group and dragging on shares in the sector.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: More water is being released from four major dams in Nakhon Ratchasima province ahead of a forecast storm, with the reservoirs already full.

KANCHANABURI: The arrest of another 71 Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed into Sai Yok district on Monday raised the number caught in one day in the district to 260.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Southeast Asian leaders began an Asean summit on Tuesday but Myanmar refused to send a representative after being angered by the bloc's decision to exclude the country's junta chief.

A Facebook page submitted a petition to the Lao Embassy on Monday, asking that it look into evidence that Lao villagers along the Mekong River have for many years been shooting flares intended to resemble Bang Fai Phaya Nak, or Naga fireballs, to dec...

There were 7,706 new Covid-19 cases and 66 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.