BANGKOK – Thailand’s long zig-zag struggle for democracy is threatening to become a farce with dire implications for all Southeast Asia. As the only Southeast...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s powerful but politicized army sought to ease fears on Monday it might step in to resolve a festering political crisis, while anti-government...
BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, but their numbers appeared far...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party reappointed former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva as its leader on Tuesday but members could not agree on whether...
CHIANG MAI – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra returned to her home city of Chiang Mai to chair a meeting on wild fire and smog prevention...
BANGKOK – It has gone quiet in Bangkok, as the people who have been trying to overthrow the government tidy up the debris that litters...
A Thailand Immigration Police van carries a group of Rohingya Muslims to a port outside Ranong city October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew RC Marshall – THAILAND –...
HUA KHUA – Squatting on flat feet, their faces drawn with exhaustion from harvesting rice, Chantee Sanwang and Nang Laor still had the energy to...
Issued at Bangkok at 12.00 (GMT+7) on 28 November 2013 BANGKOK – The ongoing anti-government protests in Bangkok have been normal to peaceful. Although the...
PHILIPPINES – Desperate pleas for food and water forced aid organizations and nations around the world to scramble Wednesday to deliver supplies four days after Typhoon...
BANGKOK – Thailand is part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about in recent years, along with Indonesia, Malaysia and...
LAOS – While fears have been raised over the imminent construction of the Don Sahong dam in Laos, environmentalists on Monday said Cambodia should...
CHIANG RAI – Every year, hundreds of thousands of pets are snatched in Thailand, then smuggled into Vietnam, destined for Hanoi’s top restaurants and street stalls. Demand for...
As illicit drugs go, Southeast Asia’s leafy plant “kratom” is hardly ideal for thrill seekers, but in Thailand, it’s used for coming off meth addiction. Those...
ROME – Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Thailand, the government said yesterday. The invitation was extended to the Pope by PM Yingluck...
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is responding positively to the proposed legalization of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), which is currently on the narcotics list....
RAYONG – Tourists were warned against swimming at Phrao Bay and other beaches on Samet Island after the Pollution Control Department conducted a fourth survey...
RAYONG – Province Officials hosted a “Big Cleaning Day” yesterday at Ao Phrao – the beach on Koh Samet hit by the recent oil leak, while...
BANGKOK – When violent unforeseen events turn your dream vacation into a nightmare who can you turn to for help and who is ultimately at...
BANGKOK – The search for lessons from lost economic decades has led from Japan to the U.S. to Europe. Now the spotlight turns to Thailand...