BANGKOK – His Majesty the King on Saturday sent Privy Councillor General Surayud Chulanont to preside over the royally sponsored cremation of Lieutenant Commander Saman Gunan...
PATTANI – Thailand’s Education Ministry has defused a dress-code row at a school in Pattani province by giving the green light for Muslim students there...
PATTAYA – A motorcycle tour without a helmet. Hard-drinking and drug-taking at moonlit parties. Out in the heat despite heart problems. Smoking weed on the...
MAE HONG SON – Golden umbrellas draped in beads and flowers provide shade for boys as young as seven riding on their fathers’ shoulders in a...
– CHIANG MAI – By the end of the year, Chiang Rai and other northern provinces of Thailand will be put on high alert for summer...
– BANGKOK – In a national outpouring of grief, Thais across the country turned up late on Thursday night to bid a tearful and final farewell...
– CHIANG RAI – Governor Narongsak Sosotthanakorn and executive members of PTT Plc Co Ltd have jointly planted 3,000 saplings in an effort to restore the...
– BANGKOK – On the afternoon of July 11, 2017, six or seven gunmen dressed in military outfits arrived at the home of a village chief...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Tuesday (Jun 13) said he would invoke his ‘absolute powers’ to clear hurdles holding up a multi-billion-dollar...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Gen Tanasak Patimapragon said he has instructed the two ministries to issue brochures advising foreign tourists visiting the...
. . CHIANG RAI – Loy Krathong festival celebrations planned in Chiang Rai and several provinces have been cancelled as the nation mourns the passing of...
. . BANGKOK – The head of Thailand’s royal advisory council will stand in as regent while the country grieves over the death of King Bhumibol...
BANGKOK – Buddhist funeral ceremonies began Friday in Bangkok’s Grand Palace complex for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej before his body is displayed for people to...
. . DHAKA – Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed Islamic State militants early Saturday, killing six of...
. . CHIANG RAI – Holiday season means parties, food, cake and plenty, plenty of drinks! It’s so much fun when the drinks are flowing...
. . NAKHON PATHOM – On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling...
BANGKOK – According to the Tourism Council of Thailand, domestic travel and outbound tourism sectors are expected to face difficulties in the second half of...
CHIANG RAI – As Songkran approaches (9th-15th April 2015), the Moral Promotion Center would like to propose seven values for the public, hoping to guarantee a level...
KOH PHI PHI – Thailand’s Tourism Authorities are now mulling further etiquette training for tourists as the latest images surfaced on social media of Chinese...
CHIANG MAI – A threatened booze crackdown hasn’t materialized yet, but it speaks of a moral tension in the so-called Land of Smiles Earlier this week,...