CHIANGRAITIMES – It will be a year since Joe Welch went to a full moon party on Thailand’s Phangan Island and never came home. He...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – A thin line divides tourism, trade and terror in the Golden Triangle, where the lawless borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet....
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Thai police discovered bomb-making materials after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Foreign Ministry will ask American, Canadian and Australian ambassadors to clarify their issuance of travel alerts due to possible terror attacks...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The American Embassy in Bangkok warned in a message on its Web site on Friday of a possible attack by “foreign terrorists”...
A Poland-based foundation has given an award to a Thai activist who founded a nursery for disabled or injured elephants in Chiang Mai, the Thai...
Thai wildlife officials said on Thursday that body parts from a dead wild elephant found without its tusks, tail and penis were probably destined for...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Thailand and Cambodia have reaffirmed their strong and close ties and agreed to speed up talks on plans for joint development including...
“Let’s face it: Elephants are boring,” I emailed a friend from my BlackBerry during a sluggish, scorching day at the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – China has accorded a top priority to safety and security of the 4,880 kilometer river, which Beijing considers as a strategic shipping...
Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met here Thursday with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to discuss the strengthening of relations between their two countries....
The study “Cashing In across the Golden Triangle” began in 2005 as an idea to understand Thailand’s economy in the North and is a comprehensive...
The controversy over Thaksin’s passport in recent years has also raised intriguing questions about the overall value of the Thai passport in the global community....
The whole world watched agape at the TV footage as hundreds of people tried desperately to contain the rising flood waters in Bangkok and other...
After months of devastating floods, Thailand is attempting to revive its tourism industry with a contest encouraging global travellers to create their own ‘Bangkok...
The new film “Trade of Innocents,” starring Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino and actor Dermot Mulroney, tells the story of a couple who after the loss of...
CHIANGRAI TIMES- Thailand has said that visitors to the country do not need to be concerned about health risks related to the recent flood. The...
CHIANG RAI, THAILAND—The news of this country’s destruction has been greatly exaggerated. While it’s true that historic flood levels have wreaked havoc on the lives...
The Thai Hotels Association (THA) and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will kick off a one-month global campaign in December to woo back tourists...
A 52-year-old German woman has died after falling off an elephant in southern Thailand. Police Capt. Chatchai Nakpaksee says the tourist, Kerstin Kretz Schmar, was...