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Thai cosmetics company pulls ad showing actress in blackface

BANGKOK (AP) — "You just need to be White to win." A skin-whitening ad in Thailand featuring that slogan alongside a famous actress in blackface...

AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get...

Thai beauty queen resigns under social media fire

BANGKOK (AP) — Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticized on social media over her...

In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama is hopscotching through China's neighborhood with a carefully calibrated message for Beijing, trying both to counter...

Fliers' thoughts, from 'no fear' to 'it's scarier'

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian mother of three had flown without her kids before, but this was the first time she gave her...

Thai bar owner arrested following Rihanna’s tweets

Rihanna performs in Perth, Australia during the first concert of the Australian leg of her Diamonds World Tour. (AP Photo/Lee Griffith, File)BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have arrested a bar owner in connection with a lewd sex show mentioned in racy tweets by pop star Rihanna during her recent trip to Thailand, officials said Monday, two weeks after an Instagram photo of Rihanna with a protected primate led to the arrest of two other men.

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