Myanmar's junta chief on Monday said that the ruling military was committed to peace and democracy, and that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should consider the provocations and violence being carried out by its opponents.

SONGKHLA: Border patrol police seized 1,000 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana and arrested three couriers in Hat Yai district on Saturday, Pol Gen Suchart Teerasawat, a deputy police chief, said at a press conference on Monday.

YANGON: Myanmar will release more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against the February coup which ousted the civilian government, the country's junta chief said Monday.

BEIJING: China's economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter, official data showed Monday, as a crackdown on the property sector and a looming energy crisis began to bite.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered urgent action to resolve the issue of irregular online withdrawals of cash debited through bank credit cards after complaints by many cardholders.

Myanmar is finalising procedures for reopening its tourism sector to foreigners early next year and will initially target visitors from Southeast Asia, according to Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism Htay Aung.

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) is proposing to pay just 0.5% of debt owed to each of its creditors and to terminate all existing contracts so that it can restructure 33.65 billion ringgit (US$8.1 billion) of liabilities, a document seen by Reuters...

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The 1,300-year-old reclining Buddha image at Wat Dhammachakra Sema Ram, inside Muang Sema Historical Park in Sung Noen district, was partially submerged when the temple was flooded by mountain runoff on Sunday.

SAMUT PRAKAN: A vocational student fell to his death from Pu Chao skytrain station to the footpath below, on Sukhumvit road in Muang district on Sunday evening.

Thailand logged 10,111 new Covid-19 cases and 63 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.