28 Mar 2013

The government steps up its efforts to tackle the city's air pollution quandary as Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing unveils "A Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong".

3:30AM
23 Jan 2013

Thai insurgents shot dead a teacher in front of dozens of children in a school cafeteria on Wednesday, police said, in the latest deadly attack on an education worker.

7:05PM
1 Nov 2012

An 11-year-old boy was among six people killed in a spate of shootings in Thailand’s restive south, police said on Thursday, as a violence continues to roil the Muslim-majority area.

3:15PM
10 Oct 2012

Suspected Muslim militants have shot dead 11 people in one day in Thailand's insurgency-plagued deep south, police said yesterday.

4:04AM
8 Oct 2012

The Philippine government and the country's biggest Muslim rebel group announced yesterday they had agreed on a plan to end a decades-long separatist insurgency that has killed more than 150,000...

1:36PM
1 Oct 2012

A bombing and several shootings killed six people and wounded 27 during two days of violence in the insurgency-plagued south of Thailand, police said yesterday.

4:42AM

When it comes to the element of fear, the separatist Muslim insurgency in Thailand's deep south reveals itself to be a classic guerilla campaign.

11:08PM

The killers arrived under the cover of darkness, creeping up to the shabby bamboo huts where the schoolboys lay resting. Earlier that evening, the boys had accompanied the principal of their...

12:09AM

As the hot season approaches, the bougainvilleas bloom blood-red in Thailand's deep south. Huge shrubs spread their flowers along country roads and in the towns.

9:15PM

It is hard not to see the violence in southern Thailand as anything other than a looming quagmire.

9:46PM

Login

SCMP.com Account

or