BANGKOK– Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce will sell rice directly to state enterprises and the private sector abroad in a new attempt to release rice from the...
NEW DELHI– In one of the worst-ever naval disasters, India lost a submarine and 18 of its sailors who were on board the Russia-made vessel...
CHON BURI – Police on Sunday arrested Tasaphol Haekla who shot dead his bride-to-be and her mother in cold blood at a car modification shop...
THAILAND SOUTH – Strung along the coast of southern Thailand is a line of small fishing towns, nestled between the rugged beauty of the Tanaosri...
CHIANG RAI – The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and...
BANGKOK – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul says the country must tighten safety and security for foreigners who explore the country by...
Smuggling of rice appears to be rampant. CHIANG RAI – Hidden in 18-wheeler trucks, carts and pick-up vans, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice...
BANGKOK – The search for lessons from lost economic decades has led from Japan to the U.S. to Europe. Now the spotlight turns to Thailand...
BANGKOK — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday became the first woman to head the kingdom’s defense ministry in a cabinet reshuffle that gives her...
ROME – A friend of James Gandolfini says the actor was discovered by a family member after he suffered an apparent heart attack in his hotel...
BANGKOK – Demand for food is set to surge within the region. Can productivity growth keep pace? Is it a Malthusianism catastrophe, or the stuff...
CHIANG RAI – The greater Mekong region in Southeast Asia could lose nearly a third of its forests within the next two decades if governments...
BANGKOK – As well as dousing each other liberally with water during the recent Songkran festival to mark the country’s traditional New Year’s Day holiday,...
BANGKOK – Until last year, business was good for Charoen Laothamatas, the president of Thai rice exporter Uthai Produce. With Thailand dominating the global market...
BANGKOK – Her employer’s brother raped her repeatedly for four months until Noi, 17, mustered the courage to press charges, but courage, she discovered, has...
BANGKOK – The government will have to sell off its rice stockpile amassed under the rice pledging scheme at market prices, PM’s Office Minister Nawatthamrong...
BANGKOK – Yupa Prai-ngam’s body lay slumped on her bus seat like a dozing passenger. Around her, forensic police cased the scene, zipping up the corpse...
CHIANGRAI – Thai jasmine rice, also known as “Khao Hom Mali Thung Kula Ronghai,” will become the first product in Southeast Asia to be registered...
BANGKOK – As Thailand braces itself to combat drug-resistant malaria, a spread of small, nondescript buildings scattered close to corn and rice fields along its...
BANGKOK– The World Bank (WB) has adjusted Thailand’s economic growth this year from 4.5 percent to 4.7 percent and positively forecast a 5 percent expansion...