BANGKOK – The 16th CITES conference in Bangkok got off to a great start with the Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra launching a major pre-emptive...
CHIANGRAI – Teaching girls to put on a condom using cucumbers as substitutes can be awkward at first. But as part of the plan, university...
CHIANGRAI – The stadium was hot in the afternoon, given it was made of concrete. But it was fairly occupied, and served its functions well....
BANGKOK – Thailand government is expanding its current transportation with grand plans 55 transportation projects worth 2.27 trillion baht (US$72 billion) which expect to be...
CHIANGRAI – The Meteorological Department warned residents in the North and Northeast to brace for heavy rains during the next few days. The weather bureau...
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...
PYONGYANG – North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a...
YANGON – Myanmar’s military has been granted a $2.4 billion annual budget, just over 12 percent of total government spending in the poverty-stricken country, according...
BEIJING — Domestic politics trumps international politics, in China as everywhere. So even though China lost a friend in President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, who...
BEIJING – Incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping has made fighting corruption one of his priorities, so it is perhaps not surprising the National People’s Congress,...
BEIJING – China’s naval and paramilitary ships are churning up the ocean around islands it disputes with Tokyo in what experts say is a strategy...
SHANGHAI – Chinese couples are rushing to divorce before a new tax on home sales hits after the government cracked down on property speculation, the...
BANGKOK – Teens across Southeast Asia are jumping on a greasy, crispy, potentially-heart-attack-inducing trend: “potato parties,” which involve consuming mounds of French fries. The concept...
BANGKOK – The Sports Authority of Thailand confirmed, late last week, Thailand will host its first Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2015, but F1 organizers...
BANGKOK – More than 50 percent of new developers to launch projects in Thailand in recent years were from other sectors including garments, jewellery and...
BANGKOK – European champions Chelsea will lay the foundations for their 2013/2014 season in Thailand, when they visit for the second time in three years,...
CHON BURI – A Russian man was found dead in a hotel room in Pattaya on Tuesday and is believed to have been strangled, police said...
STOCKHOLM – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited the Swedish government to invest in Thailand’s logistics and regional transport system, so that Sweden can use...
CHIANGRAI – A 34 year old Lahu man has been shot an killed during a clash with Chiang Rai police, during which 300,000 methamphetamine pills...
BANGKOK– Bangkok’s murky Saen Saep canal is usually a workaday channel for riverboats, but recently it has taken on a new identity: art gallery....