BANGKOK – A new study on Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin just released by the United States Agency for International Development...
MEKONG BASIN – One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of...
SUPHAN BURI – Thailand is set to sell 500,000 metric tons of rice on world markets at a loss as it scrambles to offload a...
BEIJING – Asia’s Military spending overtook Europe’s for the first time last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday, reflecting China’s...
CHIANGRAI – Thailand continues to be hit by a bout of natural disasters, with severe drought conditions plaguing the North and tropical storms damaging homes...
ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM – The U.S. Navy’s hottest new ship and the centerpiece of its renewed focus on Asia isn’t its largest vessel, or...
BRUSSELS – The negotiations launched this week for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Thailand and the European Union have raised concerns among both Thai...
STOCKHOLM – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited the Swedish government to invest in Thailand’s logistics and regional transport system, so that Sweden can use...
CHIANGRAI – Thai farmers vowed on Monday to stage a major protest after the government signaled it was weighing a plan to cut rice intervention...
BANGKOK – Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra promised on Sunday to end Thailand’s trade in ivory, delighting conservationists who have long urged the kingdom to tackle...
CHIANGRAI – An estimated 5 million methamphetamine tablets and approximately 136 kilograms of ya ice worth a combined total of 2 billion baht has been...
BANGKOK – The day after PepsiCo Inc’s bottling deal in Thailand expired, its partner of 59 years launched its own soft drink that has knocked...
CHIANGRAI – The Chinese New Year will usher in the year of the snake on Sunday. People born in this year are said to have...
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry has suspended sales of a stress-relief drug after it was used in sex crimes. Two ministerial decrees are being...
CHIANGRAI – The planned Xayaburi hydroelectric dam on the Mekong River in Laos promises to disrupt the reproductive cycle of the giant catfish, one of...
BANGKOK – The Royal Thai Police in Chumphon Province for foiling a cross border elephant tusk smuggling operation, and for arresting a main culprit and...
CHIANGRAI – A total of 26 provinces including ChiangRai have been severely affected by drought are now being declared emergency disaster zones, the Disaster Prevention...
PHILIPPINES – The U.S Navy minesweeper that grounded on a Philippine reef last week has taken on water and sustained too much damage to be...
BANGKOK – Thai Policemen have been caught on video apparently extorting a woman cashier, demanding she post 50,000 baht bail for allegedly conspiring to sell...
BANGKOK – Thai Airways International was hit by flight delays and passenger complaints yesterday as a strike by the national carrier’s staff entered its second...