
Celebrity panda at center of Thai-China deal
Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs. The move won't be ...

Ivory trade nations face threat of sanctions
Top conservation organizations warned Wednesday that the illegal ivory trade is hastening the decline of Africa's already endangered elephant ...

Thailand's prime minister vows to end ivory trade
Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory. But she ...

Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate ...

Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks
Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a ...

SKorea's 1st female leader yet to hire many women
The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans ...

First female SKorean president faces NKorea crisis
Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a ...

DiCaprio calls for ivory trade ban in Thailand
Leonardo DiCaprio wants Thailand to ban all ivory trade in the country as part of a global campaign to tackle illegal wildlife crimes. World Wildlife ...

Thai marines kill 16 militants who attacked base
Marines fending off a militant assault on their base in Thailand's violent south killed 16 insurgents in an overnight shootout, authorities said ...

Ex-Thai PM will face murder charges over crackdown
Investigators say they plan to file murder charges against Thailand's former prime minister and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for ...

Thai anti-government protesters clash with police
Protesters calling for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down rallied in the heart of Bangkok on Saturday, clashing with police in the ...