BANGKOK — Thailand's Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme that cost the...
STATE DEPARTMENT — The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would go to Beijing on Thursday for talks with senior Chinese leaders, amid escalating tensions between...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced new sanctions Tuesday targeting eight North Korean banks, as well as 26 DPRK banking officials.
The Treasury Department's release said the action "targets North Korean...
MANILA -- The Philippine government on Wednesday welcomed a new law approved by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that would guarantee better conditions for over 100,000 Filipino household service workers there.
"We...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States was totally prepared for a military option in dealing with North Korea, while his administration announced new sanctions in response to the...
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is accepting applications for its scholarship program, as it supports capacity building of Filipinos.
“By helping build the capacity of Filipino professionals,...
