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,...
BANGKOK – It’s not yet clear whether Thailand’s credit-rating is at risk from its multi-billion dollar rice subsidy program, but its credibility is already taking...
NAKHON PHANOM – The Animal Quarantine Center in Nakhon Phanom, north-east Thailand, just a few kilometers away from mountains which outline the border with Laos....
BANGKOK – Thai Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has reported that Thailand will be connected with China via a high-speed railway running through northern Laos within...
BANGKOK — Thailand’s government is scrambling to assuage worries that the country’s multibillion-dollar rice subsidy program could result in a larger-than-expected loss after Moody’s Investors...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s baht fell to a five-month low after foreign funds pulled money from local assets amid speculation the government will take steps to...
CHIANG RAI – Packed tight into wire baskets — sometimes 20 or more to a cage — animal rights activists say as many as 200,000...
MYANMAR – Japan’s industrial investors stayed with Thailand through the army coups, the Bangkok-paralyzing massed Red-Shirt protests, and the mismanaged floods of 2011 that swamped...
BANGKOK—Thailand’s central bank cut its main policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday and said it is ready to implement capital controls...
Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul maintained that the Monetary Policy Committee was under no pressure, despite the renewed attempt by Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong to...
YANGON – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has forgiven billions of dollars of Burmese debt and promised new aid. Analysts said despite China being its...
HUNAN CHINA – Xinhua News in China has reported that rice believed grown in China’s Hunan Province contains unacceptable traces of cadmium, is the latest...
DIEN BIEN – Border guards in Vietnam’s northwestern Dien Bien province and a security unit of Laos’ Phongsaly province have raided several houses in a...
BANGKOK – In the hustle and bustle of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, a small learning center located in the Bang Bon district is helping children hailing mostly...
ATLANTA – Hamza Bendelladj an Algerian national extradited from Thailand has been charged in the US with developing and selling “SpyEye,” a malicious software that...
BANGKOK – Inbound tour operators have not been too badly affected by the strong baht so far, as the number of foreign tourist arrivals coming...