BBC Thai Service boosts audience in dark times
LONDON/BANGKOK -- "We don't want to be the primary source of news, we want to be different," said Nopporn Wong-Anan,...
Linda J. Dodson
Train spotted at Kim Jong Un’s resort compound in Wonsan
NEW YORK -- A 250-meter long train thought to belong to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is parked at...
Layer by layer, 3D printers boost Japan coronavirus mask supply
TOKYO -- The coronavirus pandemic has thrust fresh attention onto the use of 3D printers as users try to find...
Branson races to find Virgin Atlantic buyer
Sir Richard Branson is seeking a buyer for Virgin Atlantic and has set an end-of-May deadline to save the airline...
US rejects China’s ‘near-Arctic state’ claim in new cold war
NEW YORK -- The U.S. is extending $12.1 million in economic aid to Greenland and setting up a consulate in...
Sunlight (not bleach) is the best business disinfectant
Perhaps there is a good reason for all this secrecy, but if so it also seems to be a secret....
Sales shifted online may never return to stores, Dixons Carphone boss warns
The boss of Dixons Carphone has warned that some sales that have shifted online during the lockdown will never return...
School on Saturdays and shorter vacation await Japan’s students
TOKYO -- With many Japanese schools closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, local governments in some of the hardest-hit areas plan to...
School on Saturdays awaits many of Japan’s students after outbreak
TOKYO -- With many Japanese schools closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, local governments in some of the hardest-hit areas plan to...
Japan’s virus czar enters quarantine, freezing response team
TOKYO -- The Japanese minister in charge of the government's response to the coronavirus worked from home Saturday after a...
