The days of small drug busts in Thailand are long over, since at least 2017 seizures of illicit narcotics have...
When Mob Fest kicked off in Bangkok, many of those participating were school children who refuse to shy away from hot political and social issues. Despite...
In Thailand, punishments for rape are harsher than in many other countries. Convicted sex offenders can be sentenced to life imprisonment or death in the case...
The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime today released details of a possible new groundbreaking legal agreement on tackling wildlife crime that could help avoid future...
In August 2019, migrant teachers were arrested and deported from Ranong leaving 2,800 migrant children without an education. This event has been called the ‘Ranong Raid’...
The U.S. has blamed Chinese state-owned companies for engage in predatory business practices in the Mekong River region. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the...
Building on a relationship spanning two centuries, Thailand and the United States took an important step forward to work even closer together. Elevating our already strong...
In recent months, Thai student protesters and other activists have staged a series of escalating protests in Thailand against the Government. The demonstrations initially focused on...
Thailand and its neighbours in the Golden Triangle have experienced a continuous expansion of drug production, trafficking and use, particularly of synthetic drugs, for the better...
UN Women in law enforcement, participate at all levels and in all roles, law enforcement is more responsive to, and reflective of, the community it serves....
Soi Dog Foundation is appealing for any foreign nationals from European and North American destinations who are repatriating soon to come forward as potential flight volunteers...
The Mekong River Commission said Mekong countries should implement drought plans and request that water storage operators release more water and instigators use less of it.
The Mighty Mekong River has become a new battle front in US-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say. China is overtaking the United States in both spending...
Laos is pushing ahead with the Luang Prabang dam hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries. Especially over its potential to...
Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board has reported that heroin is making a comeback in Thailand with teenagers, who are unaware of the dangers. The Office of the...
Marijuana was used the most, followed by methamphetamine, crystal methamphetamine, opium, heroin and morphine.
On the first day the Education Ministry online school program many poor children missed out as they had no access to a smartphone or internet to...
A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that the synthetic drugs market in East and Southeast Asia continues to...
"Countries in the Asia-Pacific are among the world’s top plastic polluters. Eight of the ten rivers responsible for up to 95 per cent of plastic waste...
"China has funded numerous hydropower projects inside Laos, and it has built 11 dams on the upper reaches of the Mekong River"
