BANGKOK — From breast-slapping and gold thread face-lifts, to vaginal whitening soaps and olive-oil penis enlargements, image-obsessed Thais are going to ever increasing extremes in...
BANGKOK -His Majesty the King, the world’s longest-serving living monarch has been advised to suspend royal activities for a while after he was diagnosed with...
BANGKOK – According to the Nation Newspaper an average of US$6.42 billion (Bt192.6 billion) a year illegally flowed out of Thailand between 2001 and 2010...
BANGKOK – Thailand is one of the nation’s favourite overseas holiday destinations – but the popular family playground has a darker side. Figures reveal the...
PATTAYA – A local Pattaya Newspaper Pattaya One hass reported a 38 year old American, Neal Rosentha has been charged charged with conducting lewd acts with a...
BANGKOK – Department of Health deputy director-general Theerapol Topanthanont said on Monday that about one in five Thai preschoolers and one in 10 children of...
BANGKOK – Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that the Sunday fire at the capital’s Grand Tower Inn Hotel was likely set by a hotel...
BANGKOK – French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, accompanied by his spouse Madam Brigitte Ayrault, will pay an official visit to Thailand on 4-5 February 2013...
CHON BURI – More than 10 couples, mostly foreigners, tried to flee a swingers’ party in Bang Lamung district after police raided a resort early...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of ICT has set a goal to expand additional 300,000 Free Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide in the second quarter of 2013. ICT Minister...
BANGKOK – Immigration Police have so far detained over 1,300 Rohingyas; while the Defense Minister revealed that up to 4,000 Rohingyas have been picked up...
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...
BEIJING – North Korea turned its anger today towards its neighbor, threatening South Korea in a statement released today. In the latest outburst of belligerence...
PATTAYA – The verdict in trial of an ex-Syrian commando accused of killing Westport man Charles Jones in Thailand may be known on March 14....
BANGKOK – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is probing a rising number of complaints filed by Thai women living abroad who say they were...
PYONGYANG –North Korea’s National Defense Commission says the reclusive state will conduct an “all-out confrontation battle” that will include further satellite and long-range launches, as...
BANGKOK – The mother of a 22-year-old Tom Armstrong who failed to return home from Thailand is preparing to fly to Bangkok to look for...
YANGON – Myanmar is still recruiting and using child soldiers, despite embracing democratic reforms and a U.N. agreement to end the practice, a human rights...
BANGKOK – The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today condemned the harsh conviction of an editor and activist in Thailand for publishing two...
PHUKET – A 22-year-old Swiss student tourist reported missing while on holiday in Thailand has been found alive and well. She’s being detained in Ranong...