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A royal command has been issued, appointing Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, former leader of the Prachachat Party, as speaker of the House of Representatives.

RIYADH: It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia's first women drivers -- a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some activists dismissed it as window-dressing.

TOKYO: The head of the United Nations' (UN) nuclear watchdog said on Friday that one or two of the team of international experts behind its report greenlighting Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant may have had concerns.

Vietnam is investigating the website of Blackpink’s tour organiser, ahead of the K-Pop superstars’ concert in Hanoi, after fans complained that it shows a map of the South China Sea with disputed boundaries.

The National Institute for Emergency Medicine (Niem) will begin disbursing a 969-million-baht budget it has earmarked to settle overdue payments for emergency response services provided by rescue foundations.

Taylor Swift is coming to Southeast Asia next year but fans will have to go to Singapore if they want to see her.

Three entrepreneurs shed light on what made their upcycling ideas successful during a third panel discussion at the Sustainability Expo (SX) Talk Series entitled "The Way to Smart Upcycling".

Starbucks Thailand set an ambitious plan to open 335 new stores from 2023-30.

Thailand expects exports to South Korea to increase by 2% this year to US$6.52 billion, partially helped by a deeper trade partnership through a so-called mini-free trade agreement (mini-FTA) with the South Korean provinces of Gyeonggi and Pusan.

SET-listed Super Energy Corporation Plc (Super), Thailand's largest operator of solar farms based on total capacity within the country and overseas, is restructuring its business by acquiring two new renewable energy assets and selling what it considers to be an inactive asset, part of efforts to make the company an…

Five state and private agencies have joined hands to develop the electric vehicle (EV) industry through more R&D projects as well as better support for local startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the automotive market.