"Scandal"

The six littoral combat ships were supposed to be delivered in stages, with the last one scheduled for 2023, but today, not a single ship is ready.

A former Phuket governor, his deputy and 11 other government officials will be prosecuted for their alleged role in the encroachment into Sirinat National Park, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said on Friday (October 1).

Watana Muangsook, a core Pheu Thai Party member, was sentenced to 99 years in jail on Thursday after being found guilty of demanding bribes in the Baan Ua-arthorn housing project scandal.

Once the clip of an official, flag-bearing government vehicle hitting and pushing a car off the road on Monday (June 15) went viral, the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry’s permanent secretary issued an apology on Tuesday saying the driver will be questioned and reprimanded for his action.

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — With only about three weeks left before the end of the current extraordinary session of the Diet, a scandal over a cherry blossom-viewing party hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to become a major issue in the political world.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that his government would ask the United States to return the haul of roughly US$700 million that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to realise from fugitive financier Low Taek Jho under a deal to settle money-laundering charges involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Transport Minister Saksyam Chidchob said today he was ready to fight to the end the concession dispute with Hopewell (Thailand), following a Central Administrative Court decision last week rejecting his request for a retrial.

An operation against several footballers, ex-players including former Spain international Raul Bravo and club executives accused of fixing matches in the first and second divisions was underway in Spain on Tuesday, police and sources said.

A CLOSE aide to imprisoned former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was yesterday sentenced to 50 years in jail in absentia for his role in a corruption scandal linked to the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice-pledging scheme.

Singapore - Actress Jacqueline Wong has been spotted in public for the first time since she was caught in a cheating scandal with singer-songwriter Andy Hui.

Did the taxi driver break any law in selling a 16-minute video of Andy Hui's hanky-panky with Jacqueline Wong to newspaper Apple Daily?

Seoul - A K-pop star has quit after admitting he watched illicit sex videos received from another artist, his agency said Thursday, the third singer to be engulfed in a scandal sweeping South Korea's music industry.