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...
BANGKOK – About a week after a video of Buddhist monks riding a private jet went viral on YouTube, pictures of monks checking out iPhones...
MYANMAR – A recent peace initiative in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State could play a key role in poppy eradication in a country which is the...
PHUKET –Â According to Phuketwan News in Phuket, Ferdinand Salpdew a Belgian expat who hit his Thai wife in a fit of jealousy was rushed...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s dengue fever situation this year is becoming more serious, with the tropical disease spreading quickly in the country’s north and south....
SEATTLE – More than six years after a Thai woman killed her ex-boyfriend and poisoned his new female friend with a bottle of pesticide-laced Jägermeister,...
PHUKET – Thai Policeman Sgt Maj Weerayuth Feuangfu has been charged with trafficking after a Rohingya woman (Narunisa, aged 25) was allegedly lured from a...
YALA – Eight soldiers have killed by a roadside bomb in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, an army spokesman says. Saturday’s attack, one of the single deadliest...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand currently records about three million diabetes patients with 21 deaths daily, according the public health ministry. Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong...
BANGKOK – Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong insisted that the latest Thai tobacco regulation which requires 85 per cent of space on cigarette packets dedicated...
CHIANG RAI – The number of drinkers in Chiang Rai and other northern provinces is on the rise on an annual basis, raising concerns over...
BANGKOK – Thailand remains on the watch list of the US on human trafficking for the fourth time in as many years. According to...
CHIANG RAI – The Thai government plans to issue a new regulation requiring foreign tourists to buy travel and health insurance before arriving in Thailand....
PHUKET – The family of a Joshua Smits who died after reportedly leaping from the balcony of a Phuket hotel say they are awaiting answers...
CHIANG RAI – The Trafficking in Persons report helps place modern-day slavery high on the policy agenda, but a more accurate assessment of the Thai...
PHUKET – Australian Citizens John Edward Cohen and Adam Lewis Shea who faced attempted murder charges over a shooting incident on the Thai resort island...
BANGKOK – Thai Authorities are set to seek the extradition of Andreas Ringvall a 40-year-old Swedish man suspected of murder, which is punishable by death...
AYUTTHAYA – Thai authorities incinerated 10 billion baht worth of narcotics on Wednesday in a bid to tackle their reputations as hubs for illicit substances...
BANGKOK – Bellies wobbling and chubby limbs swinging, dozens of sweaty traffic cops exercise to the rhythm of Thai pop songs as part of a...
PHUKET – Mystery still surrounds the death of a Berkeley man who fell from a balcony on the Thai island of  Phuket on Monday afternoon....