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Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - If fashion is about creativity, style and good taste, then Natnicha Opassukastit is a winner. The judges of this year's Contemporary Fashion Contest certainly agreed, awarding the 21-year-old fledging designer with a degree from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok the top prize for her Super Normal collection. More »Tradition with a new twist
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Washington has turned down Manila's request to retain the entire weapons system in the second US Coast Guard cutter the Philippines is acquiring from the United States. More »2nd US warship sold to Philippines also stripped of guns
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Lady Gaga played the roles of queen, warrior, goddess and sex symbol with theatrical flair on Monday, May 21 - the first of her two-night concerts at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City in Metro Manila. More »Lady Gaga turns emotional in Manila concert
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Some brokers suggest that investors avoid a "trading buy" of Thai Airways International stock, fearing a hiccup in the national carrier's long-term business plan. However, others say it's the right time to buy. More »Brokers offer mixed views on Thai Airways
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Nearly 97,000 Filipinos across the world have registered in the past six months to vote in next year's elections, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). More »97,000 Filipinos overseas sign up for 2013 polls
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Like it or not, Myanmar has to continue to reform at speed if it wants all sanctions to be lifted. It is a tall order. President Thein Sein has done some good work to get the once isolated country this far. Just remember where the country was early last year. More »EDITORIAL: Sanctions for Myanmar's reform
Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - Last weekend, the ancient legend of the tragic love between Dido, the Queen of Cartage, and the Trojan warrior Aeneas came to life again at Thailand Cultural Centre's Small Hall. More »Dido with extra dimension
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - There are many situations where the mind of a businessman can solve problems and break deadlocks where the mind of a politician cannot. More »EDITORIAL: Sovereignty first
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - No one dares predict the magnitude of the crisis likely to be set off by a Greek exit from the eurozone, but the recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund that hinted at such a horrible possibility has worsened the uncertainty in the international financial markets. More »EDITORIAL: Spectre of the euro crisis
Thimpu (Kuensel/ANN) - Between October 2011 to March this year, Bhutan imported electricity worth 30 million ngultrum (US$546,100) from India to meet domestic energy demand, when hydropower generation is at the lowest. More »Bhutan to import more energy from India
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - The Indonesian government says it will deliver a frank assessment of the country's human rights record when it reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday. More »Indonesia to report 'frank assessment' of human rights record
Mumbai (The Statesman/ANN) - The partially convertible rupee breached the 55 per US dollar mark in the final five minutes of yesterday's trading. It hit 55.04, down 1.12 per cent against last Friday's 54.42 a dollar. More »Indian rupee plunges to record low
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Saying Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had failed to fulfill his promises, an international body on Monday called anew on him to relentlessly pursue military and police abusers of human rights so that their victims could finally get justice. More »Philippines fails on human rights performance, says group
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - The Indonesian National Police now say it will issue a concert permit for American pop diva Lady Gaga - but only if the promoters achieve the monumental task of getting recommendations from the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). More »Indonesian police to 'allow' with conditions Lady Gaga's gig
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - When the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill (House Bill 4244) made it past Committee on Population in the Philippines early in 2011, legislators and civil society organizations supporting RH were ecstatic. They had reason to be, for after 14 years of being bottled up in committee, the RH bill had blasted its way to the plenary and appeared to have the momentum. More »COMMENTARY: Reproductive Health: Sidelined but irrepressible
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Everybody's apparently going gaga over Lady Gaga. More »Devil talk dogs Lady Gaga show
Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea Daily/ANN) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Monday to take a more active role in coordinating food security and nutrition. More »Cambodian premier orders council to address food security, nutrition
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Indonesia is imposing a moratorium on the travel of Indonesian migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and Syria indefinitely. More »Indonesia stops sending workers to Middle East countries
Ho Chi Minh (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Just a two hour plane ride from Jakarta, southern Vietnam makes for an ideal weeklong travel destination for anyone living in Indonesia. More »Exploring Vietnam's south
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - What stings might be good for you. Really. At least it has been for this crowd that troops all the way to Cavite (south of Manila) to have themselves stung-by bees. More »And then there were bees
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - A Lady Gaga fan is now considering his options, including a lawsuit, after he almost missed Lady Gaga's concert on Monday night after security blocked him at the gates because of his wooden costume. More »Lady Gaga fan mulls complaint over 'strip' incident in Manila concert
Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea Daily/ANN) - Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said Cambodia is expected to have a rice surplus of 2.78 million tonnes this year. More »Cambodia expects 2.78m tonnes of rice surplus
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - In less than a year after Taiwanese media covered the tour of singer Lady Gaga with its typical lines of overblown celebration and praise, newspapers and TV channels were gladly describing the "downfall" of the diva. More »COMMENTARY: Media overlook ticket prices in Lady Gaga downfall storyline
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Samsung Electronics' vice chairman Choi Gee-sung and mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun will meet Apple's chief executive Tim Cook on May 21-22 to take part in an alternative effort to resolve the dispute over patent issues. More »Samsung, Apple may find breakthrough in patent fight
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - A group of civic organizations on Monday requested the prosecution to investigate alleged rebate provision by companies that handle credit card transactions to large retailers that accept credit cards. More »Korean credit card transaction firms face investigation