BANGKOK – Thailand has approved plans to recruit workers from Sri Lanka to address labour shortages, with an initial target of 10,000 workers following a bilateral labour agreement signed earlier this year. Julapun Amornvivat, the labour minister, said on Friday (6 November) that the Foreign Workers Management Policy Committee had approved the recruitment of Sri Lankan […]

KUALA LUMPUR — 4 November 2026, Google announced plans to invest US$15 billion in Malaysia over the next two years, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo both attending and speaking at the launch of the expansion. The investment, planned for 2027 and 2028, will include new data-centre campuses, clean-energy projects, […]

BANGKOK — The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on 7 November provided an update on the arrests of actress and activist Panadda “Boom” Wongphudee and her husband, Got Athip, saying evidence indicated the couple were still living together as husband and wife. Police alleged that an earlier press conference in which Boom announced their separation, along […]

This is the last of a three-part special interview with Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnes Callamard. She discusses Israel, Palestine, death penalties in Singapore and in the region, artificial intelligence, and the recent protests in France, her native country. Read the first part here and second part here. Israel and Palestine “They are actually present in […]

BANGKOK – Their Majesties the King and Queen travelled aboard the Royal Barge Suphannahong along the Chao Phraya River on Friday (6 November) to present royal Kathin robes at Wat Arun, as thousands of spectators gathered along the riverbanks to witness one of Thailand’s most elaborate royal traditions. The Royal Barge Procession, featuring 52 ceremonial vessels […]