CHONBURI — Burma’s armed forces are for the first time participating in a United States-led military exercise in Thailand. Known as “Cobra Gold”, it is...
CHIANGRAI – The Chinese New Year will usher in the year of the snake on Sunday. People born in this year are said to have...
YALA – Five Thai soldiers have been killed and another five wounded in two roadside attacks in the country’s southern provinces, police say. In one of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 – 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...
BANGKOK – French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault yesterday discussed trade, investment and cooperation opportunities with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in all areas of mutual interest...
PHITSANULOK – A man was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he had assaulted and raped his daughter at the family farm for five years....
BANGKOK – Japanese ambassador Shigekazu Sato yesterday called on the national police chief to speed up the investigation into the 2007 murder of a Japanese...
KHAO PRATUBCHANG – Thailand wants to shed its image as a place where many types of wildlife — turtles from Madagascar, marmoset monkeys from...
BEIJING – North Korea turned its anger today towards its neighbor, threatening South Korea in a statement released today. In the latest outburst of belligerence...