. . BANGKOK – In an effort to boost spending by tourists, Thailand’s Customs Department is poised to cut the 30 percent import duty being levied...
. . SYRIA – A 20 year old Ali Saqr al-Qasem Islamic State militant executed his mother Lena al-Qasem in public in the Syrian city of...
. . NONTHABURI – A 37 year old Thai man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl has been found beaten to death in his cell at...
, . CHIANG RAI – Pol Lt Gen Thanitsak Theerasawat, chief of the Region 5 Chiang Rai’s Provincial Police, told reporters at a police media briefing...
BANGKOK – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the United Nations, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urged Thailand to investigate the whereabouts of...
. . BANGKOK – Human Rights Watch said today that Thailand’s anti-corruption commission’s dismissal of malfeasance charges against former senior officials for their role in the...
. . BANGKOK – Reed Hastings, chairman, president and CEO of Netflix Inc, has announced that Netflix an internet streaming-video service launched in Thailand Thursday as...
. Cambodian children are transported in a Thai immigration vehicle in southern Thailand . . BANGKOK – Social Development and Human Security Minister Pol Gen Adul...
. . BANGKOK – Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has reported that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a ban on the registration of new double-decker tour...
. . CHIANG MAI – British National Fabian Frederick Blandford, 64, a former foreign monk was arrested on child pornography charges on Wednesday where police seized...
. . PHUKET – A speedboat struck and instantly killed French French tourist Sylvie Thietau, while she was swimming in waters reserved for snorkelers at a...
. . BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced outrage Tuesday at a series of sexual assaults in the western city of Cologne on New Year’s...
. . PYONGYANG – North Korea announced Wednesday that it successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test, a claim that if true would mark a huge jump...
. . CHIANG RAI – Residents in Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai recently formed a conservation group to protect a 3,000-rai forest zone in Ban...
. . CHIANG RAI – Tourists are flocking to the mountain attraction called Doi Patang and the Doi Chang Agricultural Center in Chiang Rai Province to...
. 380 people had died in 3,379 accidents during a seasonal surge dubbed the “Seven Dangerous Days” .. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Road Accidents Prevention Center...
. . HANOI – Vietnam’s leadership is accelerating a decade-long drive to modernize its armed forces in the biggest military re-armament program since the end of...
. . BANGKOK – Hackers took over several police websites in Thailand, replacing the home pages with a message saying, “Failed Law. We want Justice!” Police...
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. . PHUKET – 20-year-old American, Adrianna Martin, and a 25-year-old Austrian, Camille Prymann, have been fined 500 baht each for obscenity and taught a lesson about...