BANGKOK – Thailand has made significant progress towards its ambitious goal of ending Aids by 2030 – something UNAids hopes to accomplish but for which...
CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s hospitality industry faces a shakeout as it confronts the prospect of a long decline in Chinese tourists. Official data published this week...
CHIANG RAI – Countries in the Mekong River Basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in...
SHANGHAI – Online shoppers in China have shattered last year’s record of $24 billion in sales on the country’s annual buying frenzy Sunday, as the tradition...
AYUTTHAYA – The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising. The...
CHIANG RAI – Few subjects elicit more impassioned debate than elephant tourism. Organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and World Animal Protection have...
CHIANG RAI – The Ministry of Public Health has instructed all hospitals under it’s authority to prescribe medications appropriately, and lower antibiotics use by 20%, by...
BANGKOK – Thailand may have a reputation for acceptance when it comes to the transgender females that perform in the capital’s extravagant cabaret shows, but the...
BEIJING – Chinese authorities scrambled to contain a public relations mess over the disappearance of the former Interpol president during his trip home to China, saying...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Governmental Pharmac-eutical Organisation (GPO) has begun researching how to develop medicines from marijuana in acknowledgement of evidence that the outlawed substance has health-enhancing...
CHIANG RAI – At a Mobile cabinet meeting held in Chiang Rai, Tourism officials said a plan for a single visa for “Five Chiang Cities” will...
BANGKOK – It is a country known to the world for its gay parties and transgender beauty pageants, a Land of Smiles that is welcoming to...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military installed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has voted unanimously to approve the National Strategy, with binding effect over the next 20 years and...
Southeast Asia is now one of the most popular destinations for retirees looking to expand their horizons whilst benefiting from a relatively low cost of living....
CHIANG RAI – For decades, Thailand was one of America’s most resolute allies in the war on drugs, draft legislation permitting research into the effects...
CHIANG MAI – The Pollution Control Department in Northern Thailand has fined motorists whose vehicles’ emissions are above the legal limit in the northern province...
BANGKOK – Thailand could become the first country in South-east Asia to legalize same-sex civil partnerships (Marriages), under a proposed landmark law supporters expect to be...
The future of the Mekong River Basin was in the spotlight again at the third summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), held on 5 April 2018 in...
CHIANG RAI – In Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the battle against malaria is advancing at a rapid pace. Between 2012 and 2017, reported malaria...
TORONTO, Canada – Russia is using Ukraine as a test ground for its information war against Western democracy, Ukraine’s foreign minister told G7 ministers meeting here...