March 16, 2017 Thai court rejects migrants' appeals in killings of 2 Brits A defense adviser says a Thai court has rejected the appeals of two Myanmar migrants who were found guilty of murdering two British backpackers.
March 16, 2017 "Ghost Tower" haunts Bangkok 20 years after financial crisis The 49-story Bangkok high-rise was supposed to feature luxury condos for hundreds of newly affluent Thai families, but it was abandoned unfinished when the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997.
March 16, 2017 Crowds greet Saudi king on rare visit to Indonesia The first Saudi monarch to visit Indonesia in nearly half a century has arrived to an elaborate official welcome and crowds of thousands.
March 16, 2017 Tamils want Sri Lanka to fulfill promises to UN rights body Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party says the government has not fulfilled promises made to the United Nation, including allowing a probe into war crimes allegations from a civil war that ended nearly eight years ago.
March 16, 2017 North Korea says Kim Jong Nam VX poison claim absurd North Korea is strongly denying the findings of a Malaysian autopsy that suggest the deadly VX nerve agent was used to kill leader Kim Jong Un's half brother — or "Kim Chol, a citizen of (North Korea) bearing a diplomatic passport," as its media and officials on the scene insist the victim be called.
March 16, 2017 Myanmar army: Charges of abusing Rohingya unsubstantiated Myanmar's military, under international pressure over alleged abuse against members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, has said official investigations failed to substantiate most allegations.
March 16, 2017 From LOL shirt to bulletproof vest, hit suspects go to court Because of a grainy security camera photo that went viral online, she is now known to many as the LOL assassin.
March 16, 2017 Canadian imprisoned in North Korea meets Swedish ambassador A Canadian man serving a life sentence in North Korea has been allowed to meet with the Swedish ambassador in Pyongyang and telephone his family.
March 16, 2017 Man confesses killing Cambodia activist but family doubts it A Cambodian man has confessed in court to killing an outspoken government critic over an unpaid loan, but the victim's family says he's a scapegoat in a political assassination.
March 16, 2017 Minister: China to cut 500,000 heavy industry jobs China's labor minister says Beijing will cut another 500,000 jobs this year from steel, coal and other heavy industries to reduce excess production capacity that's flooding markets and depressing global prices.
