BANGKOK -His Majesty the King, the world’s longest-serving living monarch has been advised to suspend royal activities for a while after he was diagnosed with...
BANGKOK – According to the Nation Newspaper an average of US$6.42 billion (Bt192.6 billion) a year illegally flowed out of Thailand between 2001 and 2010...
BANGKOK – Thailand is one of the nation’s favourite overseas holiday destinations – but the popular family playground has a darker side. Figures reveal the...
BEIJING – North Korea turned its anger today towards its neighbor, threatening South Korea in a statement released today. In the latest outburst of belligerence...
PYONGYANG –North Korea’s National Defense Commission says the reclusive state will conduct an “all-out confrontation battle” that will include further satellite and long-range launches, as...
BANGKOK – The mother of a 22-year-old Tom Armstrong who failed to return home from Thailand is preparing to fly to Bangkok to look for...
PHUKET – A 22-year-old Swiss student tourist reported missing while on holiday in Thailand has been found alive and well. She’s being detained in Ranong...
BANGKOK – Police hunting for a missing Suffolk man,Tom Armstrong in Thailand have said money was withdrawn from his bank account within the last week....
BALI – Lindsay June Sandiford wept in court today as a judge in Indonesia sentenced her to death for smuggling drugs into the country. Her...
BANGKOK – Swiss National Ms Tscherina Nora Janisch who was on a student exchange program at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and had reportedly...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s army chief called on Monday for a probe into senior army officials suspected of helping to traffic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar through Thailand...
BANGKOK – Thai Airways International was hit by flight delays and passenger complaints yesterday as a strike by the national carrier’s staff entered its second...
BANGKOK – Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has admitted some of his soldiers in the far South are involved in trafficking Rohingya migrants into Thailand before...
BANGKOK – Foreign organizations have always been quick with promises to help Thailand care for refugees fleeing violence, but rarely deliver, leaving the Kingdom to...
BANGKOK – When nearly 850 Rohingya boat people were rescued from their secret shelters in Songkhla’s Sadao district this week, the government finally did the...
BANGKOK – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Thailand on Thursday, part of a three-country Southeast Asian tour to consolidate business ties in one of...
Adrian Bridge takes a Mekong cruise through Laos, where, despite the encroachment of the modern world, the ‘Mother of Water’ remains the region’s spiritual lifeblood. My...
SURIN – Fearful villagers in tambon Tha Sawang have hung red shirts in front of their homes to repel a “widow ghost” rumoured to have taken...
CHIANGRAI – Many places in Thailand, including Prachinburi, Pitsanulok, Ayudtaya, Petchabun, Muang Nong Bua Lam Phu and MaeSuay, ChiangRai, are “San” shrines (spirit residences) for...
BANGKOK – Despite the fact that Thailand’s poisonous political situation has calmed remarkably in the 18 months since the dominant Pheu Thai Party came to...