YUNNAN – Naw Kham the convicted Myanmar drug-lord withdrew his guilty plea on appeal in court on Thursday after he received a death sentence for...
Chiangrai Times –Naw Kham, principal suspect for the murders of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year, pleaded guilty on Friday evening when...
Chiangrai Times – The story begins at the start of 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships refused to pay protection money to a large drug-trafficking...
Chiangrai Times – Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Thailand’s prime minister and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are among those nominated for a Chinese alternative “peace...
Chiangrai Times – Thailand’s Olympic gold hunt starts tomorrow when weightlifters Panida Khamsri and Siriwimon Pramongkol battle it out in the women’s 48kg category for...
Chiangrai Times – Police say Daniel Ketley, originally from Australia but living with his parents, in Phuket, was involved in a motorbike accident but 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....
Supported by Chiang Kai-shek and the CIA, the Kuomintang dominated the world’s heroin trade for years. The Secret Army. Among the wealth of gripping stories...
An agreement has been made in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China to break down cross-border crime together and safe transport along the Mekong River is...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – In a phone conversation with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra, Wen urged the Thai government to punish the criminals according to the law....
A group of Chinese patrol vessels set out for Thailand along the Mekong River on Thursday to escort the stranded Chinese sailors and ships back...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Davide Cucino, President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), said Chinese officials had told EU business executives the...
EARLIER this month, China beat Japan in a bid to appoint the head of a new organisation that may one day pave the way for...
Authorities in northern Thailand are struggling to cope with a 50-fold increase in refugees from North Korea. It’s a long trip, but the number of immigrants...
Las Vegas China’s business-related inroads into the Mekong region bordering Thailand have advanced dramatically with the first-phase construction of a Chinese-run tax-free city on the Laotian...
The Government of Laos has given to China’s Roman King Group of 10 hectares for 99 years in Bokeo province, to create a modern resort. Meanwhile,...