BANGKOK—Thailand’s central bank cut its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday and said it is ready to implement capital controls...
Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul maintained that the Monetary Policy Committee was under no pressure, despite the renewed attempt by Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong to...
BANGKOK – Under the fluorescent lights of the boxing ring, the boy can barely see out beyond the elastic ropes that surround the fighting stage....
CHIANG RAI – Maj Gen Somsak Nilbanjerdkul of the Pha Muang force has told reporters that early Tuesday morning they recovered 1.66 million methamphetamine pills and...
CHIANG RAI – According to an article in the Bangkok Post online prostitution has become increasingly open and ubiquitous in Thailand – just type in or...
PATTANI – The Pattani rebellion has been raging in Thailand for years — but what drives these militants? Krue Se Mosque is just outside the...
BANGKOK – Roger Harpel an American businessman who says he was cheated out of 40 million baht by his late wife and her family has sought...
CHIANG RAI – Thai security forces shot and killed at least three Cambodians Thursday night who were logging illegally in Thailand across the border from...
BANGKOK – Inbound tour operators have not been too badly affected by the strong baht so far, as the number of foreign tourist arrivals coming...
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,...
LONDON – James McCormick is facing jail after he was convicted on Tuesday of selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq and other countries, including Thailand....
CHIANG RAI – Walk around a busy shopping mall anywhere in Thailand on a Saturday afternoon and you may think that this is a youthful...
NAKHON PATHOM – Police have arrested a Ghanaian man and a Thai woman in connection with an attempt to import T-shirts impregnated with cocaine worth 3...
BANGKOK – Phitsanu Hongkamsang who rescued a woman from drowning in the Chao Phraya river on Tuesday said his only intention was to save her,...
BANGKOK — Winai Sawaengkarn closes his eyes before reaching into a wooden box and drawing a black card. He beams, and his watching mother sweeps...
BANGKOK – A gang of foreigners, four Malaysians and two Sri Lankans, have been arrested and charged with the fraudulent use of over 100 ATM...
CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s Drug Lords, uncertain about Myanmar’s New government’s policy on narcotics, have begun dumping their goods in large quantities across the Northern...
CHIANG RAI – The smog haze situation in the northern region is still critical while many provinces and farmers across the country continue to be...
MAE HONG SON – The blaze that raged through the Mae Surin refugee camp in Mae Hong Son’s Khun Yuam district on Friday was probably an...
SUPHAN BURI – Thailand is set to sell 500,000 metric tons of rice on world markets at a loss as it scrambles to offload a...