Thailand joins Nepal and Taiwan as the only Asian nations to legalise LGBT unions, amid repressive regimes and religious ...

Studies show that roads paved with plastic waste can be twice as durable as normal roads. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A new study has predicted an increase in landslide hazards in High Mountain Asia. The study authors linked higher emissions ...

Nepal has been celebrated globally for tripling ... A century ago, some 100,000 tigers roamed Asia - but deforestation and rampant poaching pushed them to the brink of extinction.

The fire, which was caused by faulty wiring, spread quickly, sending sparks and thick smoke that engulfed two homes. Fire ...

KATHMANDU - Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak ...

Nepal’s Supreme Court has scrapped controversial laws allowing hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, a ...

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli urged cooperation between ruling coalition partners, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, to ensure political stability and development. Speaking at an event, he reaffirmed support ...

"Why Thailand? Why nowhere else, aside from Taiwan and Nepal, in Asia?" For all that Thailand is "famously open to and accepting of" LGBT people, equal rights for same-sex couples still required ...