CHIANG RAI – Mae Fah Luang Police Station received a call that there had been a violent robbery at a local gold shop in front...
CHIANG RAI – Cultivation of opium in Southeast Asia’s notorious Golden Triangle region has doubled in the past decade, according to an in-depth study that...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s consumer-price index continued on an upward trend in May to reach its highest level in 14 months. Thailand’s headline measure of inflation rose...
CHIANG RAI – Poppy cultivation has rapidly expanded in the Myanmar and Laos parts of the Golden Triangle, to feed new demands for heroin, chiefly in...
SINGAPORE – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has demanded that coup leaders in Thailand release detainees and immediately hold general elections, after Thai military leader General...
Company Heads Told to Submit Reviews, Business Plans and Get Option to Resign BANGKOK – Thailand’s ruling military on Saturday gave the heads of the country’s...
BANGKOK – In junta-ruled Thailand, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance. On Saturday evening in Bangkok, a week...
RANGOON — Burma continues to be a production hub for methamphetamine, which is smuggled from Shan State into neighboring countries and feeds an increasing Asian...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s economic activity in April remained subdued by concerns over prolonged political uncertainty, as household debt continued to weigh on consumption and spending. Foreign...
– – BANGKOK – An anti-coup activist in Thailand has called for a rally to defy the military government’s ban on demonstrations. The Royal Thai Police...
BANGKOK – Anywhere but Thailand, a military coup combined with an economic contraction might have spurred a stock selloff, but shares there have surprised many...
PHUKET – Australian National Mark Robert Coutelas is one of the first foreigners to be caught in the heavy net of Thailand’s martial law that...
BANGKOK – Coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has issued guidelines for officials to follow so the country can advance toward an election and full democracy, army...
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...
BANGKOK – The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has so far closed more than 200 websites that are deemed to be a...
BANGKOK – Thai Soldiers burst into a journalists’ club in Bangkok on Tuesday and detained a former minister in the government deposed by the army...
BANGKOK — The US Embassy in Bangkok has disputed an army spokesman’s claim that a top US Navy commander expressed his “understanding” to the Thai...
BANGKOK – Anti-coup demonstrations continued to gather momentum in Bangkok on Sunday, with hundreds converging outside a McDonald’s restaurant to denounce the military’s power grab...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s coup leaders said Saturday they will keep former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders in detention for up...