NEW YORK – A wave of feverish anticipation, fawning critical acclaim and groundbreaking cultural meaning pushed “Black Panther” to a record-setting $192 million debut in...
– CHIANG MAI – A visit by a Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol to a women’s prison on Thursday spotlighted the need for reform in...
The Ford Ranger pick-up truck achieved all-time record sales across the Asia-Pacific region in 2017, up 22 per cent from the previous year to 134,100...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board director, Sirinya Sitdhichai, announced this week, that after decades of extreme drug prohibition, the Thai government is now...
– BANGKOK – Thailand said it will raise its minimum wage nationwide for the first time in five years, as the country’s military government tries to...
– BEIJING – China is shoring up its sphere of influence in Southeast Asia through aid and investment. By funding infrastructure and development, China can increase...
– BANGKOK – Exporters in Thailand are prepared to meet the central bank for help as the Thai Baht appreciation continues with concern that it will...
– BANGKOK – Pedophiles hoping to stay under the radar in Thailand are facing tougher scrutiny from a Royal Thai Police-led unit tasked with policing sex...
– Dengue fever is the world’s most pernicious mosquito-borne virus, afflicting as many as 400 million people a year — making the latest setback in...
– BEIJING – China on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to “abandon a Cold...
– BANGKOK – A “dramatic” drop in opium cultivation in Myanmar underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many...
– BANGKOK – Money speculators and investors were happy today as the Thai baht rose to 32.81 per dollar on Monday, its highest since April...
– PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s leader is destroying a political opposition movement that threatens his three-decade grip on power and he’s accusing America of plotting his...
– BANGKOK – It would not come as a surprise to anybody that the latest English proficiency index showed that Thailand’s standing remained close to where...
– MANILA – Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told his US and South Korean counterparts on talks on Monday, that the missile threat from North...
– TOKYO – Japan’s defense minister asserted Monday that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have grown to an “unprecedented, critical and imminent” level. The...
– BANGKOK – Notorious beggar Benjamin Holst once dubbed the “most hated German in Thailand” was denied boarding a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after being...
– MAE SAI – Heavy Rains and Mountain run-off inundated a road and a village in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district early Saturday following long hours...
– BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over...
– BEIRUT – Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims. The repeal of the law,...