BANGKOK – Thailand’s economy may not easily pull out of recession, data on factory output suggests, even as a retreat by foreign investors puts further...
Phey Sihawong took an instant liking to fresh-faced monk Wirapol Sukphol, who, in 2000, moved into Nom Jan village in the Si Sa Ket district...
News spread worldwide that Thailand’s economy enters recession, sparking panic selling in Thai shares and depreciation in the dollar/baht exchange rate. BANGKOK – Thailand has...
CHIANG RAI – The Drug Suppression Forces have seized some 980,000 illegal methamphetamine pills worth almost six million dollars stashed in a truck thought to...
CHIANG RAI – Laos has opened a Chinatown market in Bokeo province near the lawless Golden Triangle in a bid to draw more trade and...
NEW YORK– Sandy Winick, from Stoney Creek Ontario Canada, is alleged to have “Masterminded” a plot that bilked $140 Million from investors in Asia, Europe...
NEW DELHI– In one of the worst-ever naval disasters, India lost a submarine and 18 of its sailors who were on board the Russia-made vessel...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Navy decided on Tuesday to buy a South Korean-made frigate which will cost some 486 million U.S. dollars and be delivered in...
BANGKOK– The Bank of Thailand joined the Finance Ministry and International Monetary Fund in cutting the country’s economic growth forecasts for this year, a reflection...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Commerce Minister Nattawut Saikua denied allegations that Cambodian rice was traded in large quantity under the government’s nationwide rice program. Nattawut...
BANGKOK – Saffron-robed Buddhist monks’ involvement in sex, drugs, murder and corruption is being increasingly exposed in Thailand, thanks to YouTube, resulting in shock, dismay,...
Smuggling of rice appears to be rampant. CHIANG RAI – Hidden in 18-wheeler trucks, carts and pick-up vans, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice...
BANGKOK – The Royal Thai Police in Bangkok have arrested three Turks wanted on warrants for robbery in central Bangkok on Sunday. Officers seized their...
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...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Appeals Court has approved the extradition of a 67-year-old British charity organizer sought by Cambodian authorities after being convicted in absentia on...
CHIANG RAI – The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has set a Bt5,000,000 bounty on Chaiwat Pornsakulpaisal, or Lt Col Yi Sae, and...
MYANMAR – A recent peace initiative in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State could play a key role in poppy eradication in a country which is the...
PHUKET – European ambassadors on Friday urged authorities on a Thai resort island work to ensure foreign tourists are safe from crime, corruption and dangerous...
Down and out: Bowe was stopped by his opponent but insisted he wants to carry on with the sport PATTAYA – Riddick Bowe now understands...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – A Singapore court sentenced two Lebanese football referees on Monday to jail time already served, with a third to be sentenced Tuesday,...