CHIANGMAI – For Thailand’s estimated 2.5 million migrant workers, 2013 has new bureaucratic hurdles, and promise of a higher minimum wage beyond them. The new...
While the great majority of Thai people have experienced rapid development, millions of people, including stateless people and undocumented migrant workers, have not reaped these benefits,”...
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Saturday said she wants 2013 to be the Year of Thailand, where the country’s economy is growing and...
CHIANGRAI– It wasn’t that long ago that throughout Southeast Asia the term Golden Triangle was associated with just one thing: opium trafficking. For those fighting...
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian authorities said Friday they are seeking help from forensic experts in Thailand and Australia after their own tests failed to establish...
BANGKOK – The mental distress suffered by victims of physical abuse and sexual harassment in the workplace is long-lasting and often permanent, and even in...
TOKYO – If Chinese warships escalate from locking-on radars to actually pulling the trigger in the East China Sea, they’ll have lots to shoot at...
BANGKOK – Thai public and private sectors are preparing Thailand for Chinese New Year as at least 200,000 tourists from China are expected to celebrate...
BANGKOK – A woman vendor Anongnit Sae Dan has been murdered at a Bangkok market on Wednesday night by her former husband. Witnesses say he just...
BANGKOK – The Gold Traders Association this morning announced the buying prices 23,255.44 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 23,600 baht per baht-weight for...
JAKARTA – The House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Thursday that every man would like to have more than one wife if they...
BANGKOK – Customs House Officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport have siezed more than 2,000 live snakes worth an estimated 600,000 baht. Benja Louichareon, director-general of the...
BANGKOK – The long-awaited BlackBerry Z10 won’t be available in the Thailand until March, but it’s already out in other countries and sales are hot,...
MYANMAR – Burmese President Thein Sein has announced the formation of a committee to look into the release of the hundreds of political prisoners still...
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry has suspended sales of a stress-relief drug after it was used in sex crimes. Two ministerial decrees are being...
BANGKOK – Ask Thai government officials and they will fume that it is just unfair. How can Thailand be denied an “A” sovereign credit rating...
CHINA – A nine-year-old Chinese student has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. The unidentified girl...
BANGKOK – According to Science Daily ten new species of semi-aquatic earthworms have been discovered in Thailand. A study documented the discovery, authored by Dr....
BANGKOK – Same-sex couples visiting Thailand this month could be pleasantly surprised, as Bangkok’s main airport has opened up premium lanes to fast-track couples through...
CHIANGRAI – Reports of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s preparations to build a dam over the Kok that flows from Burma’s Shan State into...