CHIANG RAI – Sitting on the border of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) in Chiang Rai recently opened its camp...
CHIANG RAI – Production of methamphetamine (Yaba) is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency reports. Even as seizures...
BANGKOK – A new Thailand cybersecurity law went into effect recently, and is controversial more for what it doesn’t specify than what it does. As it...
CARACAS – Venezuelan Socialist Dictator President Nicolás Maduro has sent troops to the Colombian border to block U.S. humanitarian aid from entering his country and has...
BANGKOK – A mountain of debt continues to shackle purchasing power in Thai households as they grapple with a harsh reality amid sputtering economic conditions. Household...
Every Thai Buddhist holiday, my grandmother lit incense sticks and invited the denizens of a miniature house under the rose apple tree to a feast. As...
RIYADH – For weeks, Saudi papers and online chatter have railed against Rahaf al-Qunun, a teenager who last month fled her Saudi family in Kuwait...
WASHINGTON D.C. – The United States Justice Department on Monday charged China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou and two affiliates...
PHAYAO – Over 10,000 Asian open-bill storks make their migration to Thailand creating a wonderful scene at paddy fields in the northern Phayao province. The migratory...
CHIANG RAI – The Ministry of Commerce is keen to add value to local products through its geographical indication (GI) campaign. Leading a team of...
Chiang Rai is a beautiful city located in the northern part of Thailand, and it’s one of the most charming cities I’ve ever visited in the...
Diabetes is more common now than you probably realize. And it is neither just overweight people nor those who have a sweet tooth who are at...
Having accumulated 16 of Thailand’s immigration stamps over the past two or so years, it’s easy to rule that this is my favourite Asian country to visit. But Phuket,...
CHIANG RAI – Rescue volunteers involved in the dramatic and complex rescue operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach trapped deep inside the...
PARIS – French riot police fought street battles with “yellow vest” protesters in central Paris, in a third weekend of nationwide unrest against high living...
BANGKOK – A proposed cybersecurity law in Thailand would give a new government agency sweeping powers to spy on internet traffic, order the removal of content,...
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced she will step down as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, a party source told AFP...
CHIANG RAI – The Commerce Ministry will restructure the working system to address low crop prices by connecting Thai farmers with global markets in a bid...
TAIPEI – At least 18 people have died after an express train derailed and flipped over on a popular coastal tourist route in Taiwan on Sunday,...
BANGKOK – A police investigator for the Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Police who was handling the Magic Skin case, has been dismissed...