Thailand’s immigration crackdown continued today with authorities confirming that tough new rules on foreigners overstaying their visa or entry permit have now been put in...
CHIANG MAI — Military officers in Chiang Mai are scouring every market in the city to search for ‘red buffalo’ t-shirts they say are causing...
BANGKOK – Sakonthee Pattiyakul, a co-leader of the anti-government protest of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) was arrested on Friday night by Immigration at...
HATYAI – A group of mainly Muslim refugees from western China has become the focus of an international tug-of-war in Thailand as Beijing flexes its diplomatic...
RAKHINE – A Buddhist mob rampaged through a town in an isolated corner of Myanmar, hacking Muslim women and children with knives, a villager and...
KUNMING – A fire that raged for nearly 10 hours has has destroyed most of a 1,300-year-old Tibetan town in Shangri-la, burning down hundreds of...
At popular eatery Nam Ngiew Pa Suk in Chiang Rai, where “Northern noodles” reign supreme, bowls of the garnet-colored dish, in pork or beef versions...
Migrant Workers crossing Boarder at Mae Sai into Chiangrai Thailand CHIANG RAI – Recent reforms in Burma have not stopped thousands of migrant workers moving...
BANGKOK – Thailand braced for mass protests as parliament debated a political amnesty that opponents fear will “whitewash” the past killing of unarmed demonstrators and...
BANGKOK– Thailand is to hand over rice and rubber in part-payment for its new high-speed rail system, it’s reported. The country’s transport minister is expected...
BANGKOK — Terrorism charges against fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in connection with the 2010 red-shirt protests have been dropped by prosecutors in Thailand...
BANGKOK – Love Thailand Party leader Chuwit Kamolvisit claimed on on Thursday that the use of low-quality structural steel and track ballast by railway contractors is...
BANGKOK – Have you ever bribed a police officer? Have you ever been requested to pay a bribe in order to get something done? Or...
CHIANG MAI – First it was Rock Mode riding around the City Naked now residents in Chiang Mai have complained to police that they had...
BANGKOK – The Royal Thai Police in Bangkok have arrested three Turks wanted on warrants for robbery in central Bangkok on Sunday. Officers seized their...
KHAO YAI – It is one of the most poignant photos I’ve taken during this CITES. We are in Khao Yai (literally, “Big Mountain”), Thailand’s...
CHIANGMAI – For Thailand’s estimated 2.5 million migrant workers, 2013 has new bureaucratic hurdles, and promise of a higher minimum wage beyond them. The new...
BANGKOK– They’re beautiful, well dressed and for the right price will promote anything from washing powder to luxury cars. But working as a product promoter...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Silky Shan soup, which yields a chickpea-thickened breakfast comfort food, fish stew with aromatics, and coconut sauce noodles with chicken are characteristic...
BANGKOK– Thailand looking silly for its big ideas is this whole mess regarding the proposed change in Thai spelling for 176 English-language loan words by...