PHUKET – The British Newpaper The Daily Telegraph has reported that the chief of police in Phuket, has asked for help to reduce the number...
Richard Barrow has been promoting Thailand online since 1998. BANGKOK – When an official in this Bangkok suburb of Samut Prakan asked British blogger Richard...
BEIJING – Asia’s Military spending overtook Europe’s for the first time last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday, reflecting China’s...
BANGKOK – Following up the success of the Galaxy S3, the S4 features include the ability to maneuver apps by simply hovering a finger over...
BURIRAM – On March 11th a nursing school in Buriram was attacked in the early morning hours by a group of 10 masked men wielding machetes. The...
BANGKOK – Koumei Oda of Japan defied the tropical heat on Thursday to shoot an 8-under 64 and lead by one stroke after the opening...
CHINA – Shanghai had pulled 5,916 dead pigs out of the Huangpu river, which cuts through China’s commercial hub and supplies 22 per cent of...
CHIANGRAI – Chiang Rai Tourism Association urges tour operators to organize more tour package for Chinese travelers to boost the tourism industry. The association chairman,...
RANGOON – Myanmar is becoming the new battle ground for Coca-Cola and Pepsi for share of the carbonated soft-drink market currently worth US$100 million a...
ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM – The U.S. Navy’s hottest new ship and the centerpiece of its renewed focus on Asia isn’t its largest vessel, or...
BANGKOK – The 2013 OneAsia Tour begins this week at the Thana City Golf and Sports Club in Thailand where the Thailand Open is played...
BRUSSELS – The negotiations launched this week for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thailand and the European Union have raised concerns among both Thai...
XINJIANG – Northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region cracked 1,929 drugs cases last year, regional government authorities said Monday. In 2012, Xinjiang police seized...
CHIANG MAI – Condominiums are a hot-ticket item in Chiang Mai nowadays, with a take-up rate of 72%, says a report by the Real Estate...
BANGKOK – Her employer’s brother raped her repeatedly for four months until Noi, 17, mustered the courage to press charges, but courage, she discovered, has...
BANGKOK – Set up by a group of celebrities with a passion for two-wheelers, the brand new The Life Cycling Club aims to encourage Thais...
BORNEO – A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed intruders from the Philippines now in its third week, the death toll rose to 60...
BEIGING – China and Russia are buying increasingly powerful surveillance technologies to intercept communications and try to take control of the Internet, a senior U.S....
BEIJING — Domestic politics trumps international politics, in China as everywhere. So even though China lost a friend in President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, who...
BEIJING – Incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping has made fighting corruption one of his priorities, so it is perhaps not surprising the National People’s Congress,...