BANGKOK – Advocates for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers lauded a commitment by Thailand on Monday to release children held in its immigration...
HANOI – Thao Thi Van was just two when her mother disappeared during a trip to the market, likely taken by traffickers preying on women...
CHIANG RAI – As a new year dawns, the waters of the Mekong River remain turbulent with uncertainty. While many take holidays and prepare for...
BANGKOK – Thailand is on the brink of becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize medical marijuana, a development that has pot connoisseurs around...
CHIANG RAI – The Network of Thai People in Eight Mekong Provinces said Thursday that they are planning to boycott a public hearing for the...
HANOI – Two girls sprint from a hair salon into a car that will lead them back to safety in Vietnam — a snapshot of...
BANGKOK – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) revealed yesterday that over 90 per cent of the human rights violations in Thailand were committed by...
BANGKOK – Assaulted with acid by her husband as she slept, Chorlada Tarawan died hours later, refused treatment by a Bangkok hospital as a final...
CHIANG RAI – Countries in the Mekong River Basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in...
AYUTTHAYA – The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising. The...
CHIANG RAI – Chinese tourists account for more visitors to Thailand — and much of Southeast Asia — than from any other country. The Thai village...
CHIANG RAI – When Noknoi attended high school in northern Thailand, she dreaded roll-call every morning, when the teacher would call her first name and then...
PACHAKA LO, Shan State, Myanmar – It is the middle of the rainy season in Myanmar, when planting begins in the poppy fields of Shan...
HOUAPHAN, Laos – In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high. His poison is opium,...
CHIANG RAI – Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, community-based groups and concerned citizens within the Mekong region, issued a statement on Friday...
BANGKOK – Human rights and Child protection activits are calling for legal actions and a legal amendment to tackle the increasing number of “premature” marriages...
CHIANG RAI – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced yesterday that Laos has formally notified the Commission of its intention to construct the Pak Lay dam...
PATTAYA – The recent arrest of a 17-year-old girl who procured an underage girl for an Indian tourist in Pattaya highlighted the recent crackdown on...
BANGKOK – About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic...
BANGKOK – A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam,...
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