BANGKOK – Asia is fighting a new disease that has reduced shrimp output in Thailand as much as 40%, driving prices higher for Western restaurants...
BANGKOK – In a bid to appease angry farmers, Thailand on Monday boosted the price at which the government buys rice from local producers, the...
BEIJING – Asian powers are outpacing the United States to become the biggest spenders on defense by 2021 and are fuelling an “explosion” in the...
BANGKOK—Thailand’s government took a step toward disclosing the full cost of its rice-price support program, saying it had lost 136 billion baht, or $4.4 billion,...
BANGKOK – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra‘s government approved proposals to reduce the top price at which it buys rice from the country’s farmers to 12,000...
BANGKOK – The masked protesters are the latest development in an ongoing fight for political control Mim Putita, a student living in Bangkok, had never...
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...
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...
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...
BANGKOK — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations’...
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...
CHIANG RAI – An exclusive video report following Thailand’s illegal live-export trade in dogs — from rounded-up strays to stolen pets — destined for human...
BANGKOK – Demand for food is set to surge within the region. Can productivity growth keep pace? Is it a Malthusianism catastrophe, or the stuff...
CHIANG RAI – Chiang Rai Paramilitary Rangers have shot and killed 5 drug traffickers in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fa Luang district early Saturday morning. The Rangers...
CHIANG RAI – – A Livestock Development Department office in this northern province and the provincial animal quarantine center are conducting a coordinated campaign to...
BANGKOK – As well as dousing each other liberally with water during the recent Songkran festival to mark the country’s traditional New Year’s Day holiday,...
CHIANG RAI – In the hill tribe villages of northern Thailand, no door (or kitchen) is closed to a stranger in need. The mountainous province of...
CHAI NAT – Human body parts found in two bags at a dry canal in Manorom district are believed to be those of a male...
BANGKOK – Until last year, business was good for Charoen Laothamatas, the president of Thai rice exporter Uthai Produce. With Thailand dominating the global market...