Rare monkey joins mates at Yokohama zoo Japan Times | YOKOHAMA — A zoo in Yokohama has put a female red-shanked douc langur, a species listed as endangered and dubbed the "world's most beautiful monkey," on display. She is being leased from Singapore Zoo. | The arrival of the 5-year-old female at Zoorasia, Yokohama's municipal zoo, has spurred ...
In Laos, 'bamboo curtain' yields to pro golf France24 | AFP - It's 7:00 am in Luang Prabang and beneath a jagged line of mountain peaks, high-ranking communist party officials are among a small but powerful crowd gathered silently at the first tee. | One swish of the driver and a white ball fizzes down ...
We should put out the welcome mat for Thailand's PM Canberra Times | The Asian nation is important to Australia; the ties linking us are broad and deep, JOHN BLAXLAND writes | On May 6, 1952, Australia's first legation to Thailand presented its credentials to the Thai monarch at the Chakri Throne Hall in Bangkok. Si...
America's Pacific Century Foreign Policy | As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theaters. In the next 10 years, we need to...
