BANGKOK – Thailand is part of the overall emerging markets bubble that I have been warning about in recent years, along with Indonesia, Malaysia and...
A tourist sleeps on the beach during sunrise in Koh Phangan, Thailand at the monthly ‘Full Moon’ party where thousands of foreigners and Thai citizens come...
BANGKOK – A Division of Special Investigation has announced an inquiry into a Bangkok-based fraudulent investment fund. The investigation followed a complaint by the Security...
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is responding positively to the proposed legalization of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), which is currently on the narcotics list....
BANGKOK – A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin’ Donuts to withdraw a “bizarre and racist” advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand that...
BANGKOK – Have you ever bribed a police officer? Have you ever been requested to pay a bribe in order to get something done? Or...
BANGKOK – The search for lessons from lost economic decades has led from Japan to the U.S. to Europe. Now the spotlight turns to Thailand...
AYUTTHAYA – Thai authorities incinerated 10 billion baht worth of narcotics on Wednesday in a bid to tackle their reputations as hubs for illicit substances...
NAKHON PHANOM – Police have arrested a former Krung Thai Bank (KTB) clerk Juthamas Suwanbamrungand her boyfriend Supachet Chanachai for allegedly stealing about 10.6 million baht...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand – Thai Tourist Police are promoting the use of an app, Tourist Buddy, which is now available at the iTunes store....
BANGKOK — Iranian National Saeid Moradi whose legs were blown off during an alleged botched bomb plot last year against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok said...
BANGKOK – Criminal defamation charges against a prominent labor activist violate his right to free speech and will have a chilling effect on investigations of...
MEKONG BASIN – One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of...
BANGKOK – The day after PepsiCo Inc’s bottling deal in Thailand expired, its partner of 59 years launched its own soft drink that has knocked...
BANGKOK – Royal Thai Police have arrested three Nigerian men and a Thai woman for allegedly operating an online relationships scam and swindling eight million...
PHUKET- Two German tourists have been shot and wounded overnight near Patong Beach in Phuket, Joseph Woerner and Johann Baschegger were hit, one in the...
CHIANGRAI – Chiang Rai is finding various clever ways to toss off perceptions of it as a northern backwater, not least by becoming a role...
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has consolidated her position with a sweeping cabinet reshuffle nearly 16 months after she was sworn into office. King...
BANGKOK– Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, has earmarked 200 million baht to promote its new Windows 8 operating system, its highest marketing budget in...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Supap Kirtsaeng had tuition and living expenses to pay when he arrived in the United States from Thailand to attend college. So...