THON MIN YAR – Deep in the lawless mountains of the Golden Triangle, sloping fields of illegal poppies have just been scraped dry for opium....
YANGON – Buddhist monks armed with swords and machetes stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar on Friday where sectarian violence has left...
BANGKOK – Amid reports that Thai students are lagging behind in academic performance compared to their counterparts in the rest of the region, the Education...
KORAT – Singapore, Thailand and the United States have concluded their trilateral air exercise, Cope Tiger, at Korat Air Base in Thailand. Exercise Cope Tiger,...
CHIANGRAI – Green Globe announces re-certification of the Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa in Chiang Rai, in Thailand. For years Anantara’s Chiang Rai Resort...
BANGKOK – The Thai military, government, and the National Human Rights Commission have yet to respond to calls by international organizations asking Thailand to investigate...
PATTAYA– Mohamad Shanar Ryad, a former Syrian army commando and United Nations-registered refugee has been sentenced in Thailand for the murder of a New Zealand...
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...
BANGKOK– Thailand’s navy chief Adm Surasak Rounroengrom has categorically dismissed the allegations that his men had killed at least two Rohingya migrants in the sea...
BANGKOK – Koumei Oda of Japan defied the tropical heat on Thursday to shoot an 8-under 64 and lead by one stroke after the opening...
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...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has the authority to use an unmanned drone strike to kill US citizens on American soil, his attorney general has...
BORNEO – A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed intruders from the Philippines now in its third week, the death toll rose to 60...
PYONGYANG – An enraged North Korea responded to new UN sanctions with fresh threats of nuclear war Friday, vowing to scrap peace pacts with South...
BEIGING – China and Russia are buying increasingly powerful surveillance technologies to intercept communications and try to take control of the Internet, a senior U.S....
PHUKET – The Royal Thai Navy yesterday rejected a report by Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post that members of the Thai navy shot dead...
BANGKOK – When Mallika told her parents she was pregnant at 17, they pulled her out of school and ordered her to marry the baby’s...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Worawi Makudi has threatened to take legal action against anyone who brings up past allegations of corruption against him during the election campaign...
CHIANGRAI – The stadium was hot in the afternoon, given it was made of concrete. But it was fairly occupied, and served its functions well....
PYONGYANG – North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a...