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The WB report outlines how climate-smart development can support Thailand’s goal of becoming a high-income economy while ensuring long-term environmental and economic stability.

Smart Travel Asia highlighted Bangkok’s strengths as its 24-hour vibrancy and diverse experiences, including food, culture, shopping, and the friendliness of its people, describing it as a “city full of energy and colour, day and night.”

The meeting took place on Thursday in Pyongyang as Li visited North Korea to attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North's Workers' Party of Korea, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. It was the first visit by China's No. 2 leader to Pyongyang in 16 years.

Francis Lim, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, recently told financial executives the billion-peso flood control project scandal had already shaken public confidence, impacting the country’s overall growth prospects.

This marks Japan’s second time winning a Nobel Prize this year, following the physiology or medicine prize awarded to Shimon Sakaguchi. Prof Kitagawa is the 30th individual Japanese Nobel laureate, a list that includes three winners who have U.S. citizenship.

Ambassador Khondker M Talha secured presidency with a 30-27 victory over Japan.

During 2025, 278 agencies with 96,307 employees have joined Bangkok’s “work-from-home” (WFH) network.

KKP’s Director of Coastal and Small Islands Affairs, Ahmad Aris, said the Laut Sehat Bebas Sampah (Sebasah) programme is designed to foster collective community awareness on controlling waste from three main sources, namely rivers, ports, and the coasts of small islands.

The trial visa-free policy for Russian ordinary passport holders runs until September 14, 2026, allowing stays of up to 30 days for purposes such as business travel, tourism, as well as private visits, people-to-people exchanges, or transit.

An investigation into suspected radioactive contamination at the Cikande Industrial Estate commenced in August after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detected Cs-137 contamination in a sample of frozen shrimp imported from Indonesia.

Asia’s future will be determined not by outside powers, but by its own voices and connections, leading editors across the region said Thursday at The Korea Herald HIT Forum in Seoul.

Seoul is also considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. “If Korea joins CPTPP, I believe Asian nations including Korea and Japan will be better positioned to jointly respond to the transformation of the trade order and to complex crises,” he said.

Draft plan calls for waste rangers, higher fees, and stricter rules to tackle the world's tallest peak’s longstanding litter problem.

Officials warned the number of fatalities could rise as responders continue search and rescue operations in northern Cebu, which bore the brunt of the quake.

The H-1B1 visa is exclusive to Singaporeans and Chileans, who must prove they do not intend to migrate to the US. It does not allow permanent residency, and the one-year visa allows professionals to work in speciality occupations.

The food poisonings have sparked a public outcry with TV channels broadcasting images of children being treated on hospital beds. Local non-profit organizations have called for the suspension of the programme.

According to the Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the three weather disturbances, Mitag, Ragasa, and Bualoi, have claimed at least 26 lives, while 14 people remain missing.

At the regional level, ASEAN continues to support the rule-based multilateral trading system with the WTO principles as core.