Busanan Ongbamrungphan and Pornpawee Chochuwong will face off in an all-Thai quarter-final clash at the US$420,000 BWF Hong Kong Open today.

Five Thai players have received singles wildcards into the WTA Thailand Open, tournament director Paradorn Srichaphan said on Thursday.

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SEOUL - South Korea approved the construction of two nuclear reactors on the nation’s east coast, reviving a project that was scrapped by the former administration, which had pursued an anti-nuclear policy.

TOKYO - Japan will criminalise cannabis use and legalise medical products using substances derived from the plant under revised laws that will take effect on Dec 12, the health ministry said on Thursday.

Hostilities in Thai League 1 return to full swing today with an enticing clash between the top two clubs in the table, Port and defending champions Buriram United.

Thailand's come-from-behind 2-1 victory over regional arch-rivals Vietnam in LP Bank Cup game away in Hanoi on Tuesday night has left their coach Masatada Ishii feeling upbeat about the future.

Thai trio Busanan Ongbamrungphan, Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong advanced to the women's singles last 16 of the US$420,000 BWF Hong Kong Open on Wednesday.

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched construction on Wednesday for a new line on Jakarta’s mass rapid transit (MRT) system, funded by a loan of nearly $1 billion from Japan, in a bid to alleviate traffic congestion.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar’s ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbours to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance into the war-torn country, its chief said on Wednesday.