BANGKOK – More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed off one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned protest, as authorities said...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s new military junta aired videos Wednesday on television stations nationwide showing some of the prominent political figures it has detained as part...
STATEMENT OF THE FAMILY OF CANADIAN JOURNALIST DAVE WALKER MURDERED IN CAMBODIA Guido James Eglitis, an Australian citizen wanted in connection to the recent murder...
Dave Walker, a 58-year-old Edmonton journalist and filmmaker killed in Cambodia PHNOM PENH – A statement released yesterday by the family of Canadian journalist...
CHIANG RAI – In Bangkok, Songkran is celebrated as a national holiday from April 13 to 15 this year. But as April 12 falls on...
THAILAND – Well technically, you could never, ever spend too much time in Thailand. The country is chock-full of intricate temples, pristine islands, and mysterious caverns....
BANGKOK – Thailand braced for mass protests as parliament debated a political amnesty that opponents fear will “whitewash” the past killing of unarmed demonstrators and...
BANGKOK – Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara died on Thursday due to a blood infection following recent surgery for an intestinal infection, according to...
Phey Sihawong took an instant liking to fresh-faced monk Wirapol Sukphol, who, in 2000, moved into Nom Jan village in the Si Sa Ket district...
CHIANG RAI – Thai authorities are quietly stepping up precautionary measures and collecting intelligence information on anti-government activism in Bangkok and the provinces for fear that...
NORTH KOREA – The first time Yoon Hee was abandoned, she was an infant. She was born in a village near North Korea’s sacred Mount Baekdu,...
Adrian Bridge takes a Mekong cruise through Laos, where, despite the encroachment of the modern world, the ‘Mother of Water’ remains the region’s spiritual lifeblood. My...
Chiangrai Times– Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province on Monday stirred an internet controversy when it released an article on its website referring to...
Chiangrai Times – The Kok River is a central expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand’s northern...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – A few hours’ drive from the white-sand beaches of Phuket—one of the world’s top tourist destinations—a deadly insurgency is terrorizing Thailand’s south....
CHIANGRAI TIMES –Myanmar took in fewer foreign visitors last year than every other nation in Southeast and East Asia with the exception of North Korea....
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Joel Barlow – My wife said it is, but she was just trying to get me interested. I didn’t find out what...
Eager to escape Thailand’s tropical climes, even if only for a short while, many Thais head to Europe in winter, happily donning their thick coats...
ChiangRai offers many places for bicycling (there are clubs), mountain or dirt biking, horse riding, rafting, rock climbing and other sports. There are also photo...
ChiangRai city’s best and most important is the Oub Kham, between the Den Ha fresh produce market and the military hospital (Khai Mengrai Maharat). It’s...