Thai capital known for tourist sites chokes in polluted haze
Feb 8, 2018
A cloud of unhealthy haze has settled across the Thai capital, blurring views of the gilded temples and towering skyscrapers that draw millions of tourists each year
AirAsia to crew Aceh flights with men only after hijab rule
Feb 2, 2018
Budget airline AirAsia says its flights to Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will be operated by male cabin crew after Acehnese authorities insisted all female flight attendants wear head coverings
Groups call for shutdown of brutal Indonesia animal markets
Jan 25, 2018
Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as tourist attractions where dogs are bludgeoned by the thousands and sometimes blow-torched while alive
Michelin star boosts chef at outdoor Thai kitchen to stardom
Jan 12, 2018
A Thai chef who has spent over 30 years wielding her wok in an unassuming outdoor, coal-fired kitchen has been awarded a Michelin star, propelling her to culinary stardom
Bali volcano emits wispy plume of steam, flights resume
Dec 4, 2017
Gushing ash from a Bali volcano dissipated into a wispy plume of steam, and Australian airlines that canceled some flights to the Indonesian resort island over the weekend returned to near-normal schedules
Remembering 1963 eruption, Bali's elderly wary of another
Dec 4, 2017
Indonesia's glowering Mount Agung has seemingly quieted, but some survivors of the volcano's catastrophic 1963 explosions believe a bigger eruption is coming
Stranded in Bali tourists lampooned online for complaints
Dec 1, 2017
Australian tourists who complained about being stranded on tropical Bali when volcanic ash closed its airport have been roasted online as out of touch with the hardships faced by Indonesians who fled their homes
Bali flights resume, but volcanic ash still disrupts travel
Nov 30, 2017
Flights trickled out of Bali a day after its airport reopened but the erupting volcano there shut down air travel to a neighboring Indonesian island, showing the continued risk to aircraft from the towering ash clouds
The Latest: Flights trickle from Bali after airport reopens
Nov 30, 2017
Bali's airport is operating at far from its usual capacity after reopening while ash from the Mount Agung volcano was moving away from the airport
Bali volcano ash drifts 4.7 miles high, airport shut 3rd day
Nov 29, 2017
An erupting volcano with a deadly history on Indonesia's Bali island has spread drifting ash 7,600 meters (4.7 miles) high in the atmosphere and closed the airport for a third day