About 20 officials are facing investigation for arranging special privileges — including prostitutes — for Chinese inmates at the Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the head of the Department of Corrections.

Protesters gathered in front of the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stop his “interference” in Thailand’s handling of its border dispute with Cambodia.

HANOI — The death toll from torrential rain, flooding and landslides in central Vietnam has risen to 55, with 13 people reported missing, the country's disaster agency said on Saturday.

Consumer protection police shut down an elderly care facility in Bang Khen, Bangkok, on Friday after discovering it had been operating without a licence for six months.

BERLIN — President Vladimir Putin of Russia said a 28-point plan that President Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to accept could “serve as a foundation for a final peace agreement.”

About 20 officials are facing investigation for arranging special privileges — including prostitutes — for Chinese inmates at the Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the head of the Department of Corrections.

Protesters gathered in front of the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stop his “interference” in Thailand’s handling of its border dispute with Cambodia.

Persistent rain has caused severe flooding in the Hat Yai district of the southern border province of Songkhla on Saturday. 

RECAP: Asian shares extended a global rout on Friday as much-anticipated US jobs data failed to provide clarity on the near-term outlook for interest rates, with investors dumping risk assets even after dazzling earnings from Nvidia.

Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas, who serves as head of the government's economic team under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, has proposed a review of various tax deductions and exemptions.