Travel
Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia
Jan 14, 2019
Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia
Tropical storm's rain, surging seas strike Thai beaches
Jan 4, 2019
Rain, wind and surging seawater from a tropical storm are buffeting coastal villages and world-famous tourist resorts on southern Thailand's east coast, knocking down trees and utility poles and flooding roads
Thailand braces for powerful storm at southern beach towns
Jan 4, 2019
Ferry services suspended, people evacuated ahead of a tropical storm expected to pound Thailand's southern beach resorts during a peak tourism season
Bali volcano shoots new burst of ash; flights unaffected
Dec 30, 2018
A volcano on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali has shot a new burst of hot ash into the air
Thai authorities recover bodies of Korean golf tourists
Dec 27, 2018
Authorities in northern Thailand have recovered the bodies of two South Korean tourists who disappeared when the golf cart they were riding fell into a river on Tuesday.
Stealth Indonesia tsunami turns perfect night into nightmare
Dec 25, 2018
The tsunami that roared ashore in Indonesia hit with no warning and turned a seemingly perfect night into a nightmare
Alba the albino orangutan returned to jungle in Indonesia
Dec 21, 2018
The world's only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being released into a remote Borneo jungle more than a year after conservation officials found her starving and dehydrated in an Indonesian village
Aussie nun who angered Duterte forced to leave Philippines
Nov 3, 2018
An Australian nun who angered the Philippine president by joining anti-government protests has called on Filipinos to unite and fight human rights abuses ahead of her forced departure from the country
Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer
Oct 29, 2018
Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low cost high flyer
Philippine island once called 'cesspool' reopens to tourists
Oct 26, 2018
Boatloads of tourists sailed Friday to Boracay island, which Philippine officials reopened to visitors after a six-month closure to clean waters the president had called a "cesspool" due to years of overcrowding, partying and neglect