CHIANGRAI TIMES – Conservationists expressed surprise yesterday at the announcement that construction of the Xayaburi dam, on the Mekong River in northern Laos, could begin...
CHIANG RAI TIMES – Environmental activists say Chinese firms are pushing ahead with construction of the controversial Myitsone dam even though fighting is going on...
CHIANG RAI TIMES – The most notable development of recent weeks was the August 19 meeting between opposition leader and Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu...
KNU leader Mahn Nyein Maung’s one-month disappearance is still under investigation by the Karen National Union (KNU), officials said, and the cause of his absence...
As debate goes on about whether Thailand should have its first nuclear power plant, Korea Electricity Power Corporation (Kepco) warns that any such development will...
Dr Pasakorn Akarasewi, director of Thailand’s Bureau of Epidemiology said that the United Nations (UN ) warned of a possible resurgence of the bird flu...
Dog meat traders in north-eastern Thailand are demanding that an export ban to Vietnam be lifted due to its severe impact on the local economy,...
Thailand and Singapore played out a goalless draw in an international friendly at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. It was an important match...
Thailand’s new government unveiled a revised plan for the country’s high-speed train network on Tuesday, prioritising domestic rail expansion over an ambitious regional connectivity plan...
Thailand is home to thousands of people who were born there, but are not recognized as citizens due to a lack of documentation. In the...
Until he received his Thai citizenship and identification card this month, life was very difficult for 17-year-old Joe as a stateless person. “I couldn’t go...
Chiang Rai, Thailand: If you’re considering the idea of a new life in Asia but don’t want a big city or, on the other hand, the...
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier on August 13 arrived in international waters bordering Vietnam’s waters to the north during its visit to several Asia...
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of more than a dozen powerful women senators has urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to call on the...
One of the best fields ever assembled for the leading event in Thai golf will converge on Suwan Golf and Country Club from August 11-14,...
CHIANG SAEN, 9 August 2011 (IRIN) – Thailand is fast becoming a transit country for North Koreans fleeing severe food shortages and poverty, authorities say....
International Monetary Fund data for June on Wednesday showed Thailand bought gold for the second time this year, raising its reserves by nearly 19 tonnes...
Thailand’s northern provinces on Saturday are in preparation for possible floods from the upcoming tropical storm ‘Nock-Ten’ which is forecast to move into Thailand after...
Thailand Myanmar authorities asked for the suppression of dissidents based in Thailand’s northern border, according to Samart Loifah, the governor of the northern province of Thailand,...
Of all the people who have passed by Tu Sanaroon’s riverfront guesthouse lately, it was the man who knocked on her door in the middle...