Search and rescue efforts for a plane that crashed off Myanmar’s southern coast entered a third day on Friday, as hopes faded of finding survivors after 31 bodies were pulled from the water. Most of the dead retrieved from the Andaman Sea were women and children after a fraught search by navy ships, planes, helicopters … Read more
A Myanmar widow who threw boiling water on a 14-year-old servant leaving her with horrific burns has been jailed for seven years, a rare flicker of justice for the country’s legion of child domestic workers. Aye Aye Soe was arrested late last year for pouring two flasks of boiling water on the girl — one … Read more
Thailand’s junta on Thursday said any future civilian government will be legally bound to follow a 20-year “masterplan” for the country as generals seek to entrench their political influence for decades to come. Soldiers have run Thailand since a 2014 coup, ushering in the country’s most autocratic government in a generation. The military said the … Read more
With Britain on the brink of triggering its EU exit talks, the country and its historic trading partners in the Commonwealth are sizing up an opportunity to boost business. Members in the 52-state organisation, which was born out of the British empire, feel the time is right to exploit their common bonds of language and … Read more