BANGKOK – The United States Department of State issued the following statement today on the political violence in Thailand. The United States is deeply troubled...
CHIANG RAI – The United Nations says opium production in Myanmar continued to increase in 2013, in part because poppy farmers had few other ways to...
They are scattered all over Asia and come from all socioeconomic backgrounds. You will find them in places like Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phuket...
CHIANG RAI – The New Zealand golfers have got off to a steady start to the 26th, Australia finished Round 1 six strokes off the...
CHIANG RAI – Seizures of crystal meth and methamphetamine pills reached record highs in East and Southeast Asia in 2012, with Myanmar retaining its status...
CHIANG RAI – Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand, with a 700-year-old history, and as with most sports, a yin and yang. Known...
CHIANG RAI – Thai Narcotics Suppression Police announced Friday a huge seizure of more than 5.3 million methamphetamine pills — worth about $30 million USD...
CHIANG RAI – Every year, hundreds of thousands of pets are snatched in Thailand, then smuggled into Vietnam, destined for Hanoi’s top restaurants and street stalls. Demand for...
CHIANG RAI — Despite Burma’s political opening in recent years, most of the roughly 130,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand are not expecting to return any...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand is one of the most affordable and interesting places in the world to think about retiring. One challenge, though, for the...
Smuggling of rice appears to be rampant. CHIANG RAI – Hidden in 18-wheeler trucks, carts and pick-up vans, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rice...
CHIANG RAI – The Trafficking in Persons report helps place modern-day slavery high on the policy agenda, but a more accurate assessment of the Thai...
CHIANG RAI – The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the people it had brought down from the Sino-Burmese border will not move house back...
TAK – Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that...
CHIANG RAI – Elephants are endangered throughout their range countries. Asian elephants in Thailand are of particular concern, with approximately 1,500 left in captivity, and...
CHIANG RAI – The other day I wrote an article about yet another senseless murder of a Tourist in Thailand. The young man’s name is...
CHIANG RAI – The number of dengue fever cases and fatalities have doubled since the middle of March, as the Thailand Disease Control Department (DDC) reports...
FANG – It was about 7 pm when the sun set and darkness descended on northern Thailand. A group of teenagers, aged 13 to 17,...
CHIANG RAI – A gun fight between Pha Muang para-military Force and a group of drug smugglers in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district early yesterday...
BANGKOK – Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) will request the Justice minister to endorse a list of almost 300 people and firms classified as international terrorists...