MYANMAR – Authorities in Myanmar say they are increasingly wary of a potential threat from Islamic radicals as militants beyond its borders begin taking up...
BANGKOK – Hundreds of protesters in Thailand have called for the resignation of the country’s nine constitutional court judges. The pro-government “Red Shirt” demonstrators accused...
PATTANI – The Pattani rebellion has been raging in Thailand for years — but what drives these militants? Krue Se Mosque is just outside the...
PHUKET – Recent armed attacks against yachts by thieves in popular Chalong Bay in Phuket, Thailand, is the first violence that the local cruising community...
BEIJING – Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution...
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...
BANGKOK – Until last year, business was good for Charoen Laothamatas, the president of Thai rice exporter Uthai Produce. With Thailand dominating the global market...
VIETNAM – In the central province of Quang Binh, there are two villages where men often go to Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia to find aloeswood. The...
EXPERIENCE: NORTHERN THAILAND ON THE TABLE Everyone has a dish that reminds them of their childhood. It’s the one dish that people usually think of as...
BANGKOK – Soaring temperatures could send Thailand’s electricity demand to a record high on Friday just as imports of natural gas from Myanmar fall, raising...
MEKONG BASIN – One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of...
CHIANG RAI – The smog haze situation in the northern region is still critical while many provinces and farmers across the country continue to be...
YANGON – Buddhist monks armed with swords and machetes stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar on Friday where sectarian violence has left...
HAT YAI – Police say suspected militants in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south have detonated a motorcycle bomb that killed a 9-year-old boy and wounded 10 other people....
CHIANGRAI – Professor Anek Prateep Na Talang is a man with a mission, to promote the Poolae pineapple and promote proper agricultural practices among local farmers....
We all love Thai cuisine but what’s the best way to prepare it? Is there such a thing as a ‘typical’ Thai dish? Given the...
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Navy on Wednesday denied accusations its sailors shot Rohingya boat people fleeing sectarian strife in Myanmar, after a rights group urged a...
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...
BORNEO – Invasion attempt by a group claiming to be inheritors of the Sulu throne with a 100 strong “army” on Borneo’s Malaysian part, has...