VIENTIANE – Like many girls in Laos, where almost one-third of the population lives below the poverty line, Vahn* was desperate to earn money for...
MYANMAR – Every morning, more than 100 heroin and opium addicts descend on the graveyard in this northeastern Myanmar village to get high. When authorities...
PATTAYA – With huge numbers of visitors and patchy law enforcement, Thailand has a booming black market for fake identity documents, and it was here...
BANGKOK – A landmark 26 foot Thai statue of St. Anne revered by local fishermen was knocked down last week, after being hit by a...
Karl Slym and his wife Sally during an awards ceremony in Dubai BANGKOK – British boss of Indian car giant Tata Motors, Karl Slym is...
KHON KAEN – A popular saying may say dogs are human′s best friends, but the abbot of a temple in Khon Kaen province would vehemently...
CHIANG RAI – Property development projects in this northernmost province are flourishing, as the area has high potential from an anticipated boom in border trade...
LAEM CHABANG – At this gleaming, barely year-old Mitsubishi assembly plant, it’s the little things that say you’re in Thailand and not Toyota City or...
CHIANG RAI – Walk around a busy shopping mall anywhere in Thailand on a Saturday afternoon and you may think that this is a youthful...
PHUKET – Thailand has become home to a flourishing Muay Thai training industry that welcomes thousands of guests every year, thanks in part to the...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – THE good news coming out of Myanmar these days is of reform and reconciliation as it moves from military dictatorship to fledgling...
CHIANGRAI TIMES -Drug manufacturing is thriving in the area known as the Golden Triangle, led by armed minority ethnic groups. The news coming out of...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Asserting that the US is not seeking to act in conflict with a rising China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said...
Thailand rock climbing can be enjoyed in many areas around the country and there are many rock climbing companies in Thailand offering you the chance...
The Catholic Christian community in Phuket has lost a great pastor and friend. Father Richard Woodarek passed away on Friday. He was 82 years old...