– BANGKOK – Somber crowds began gathering to pay final respects to Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, braving a tropical downpour to camp out...
– Thailand’s Tourist Police have announced the arrest of a Danish national accused of cheating more than 400 foreign tourists, mostly westerners, out of an estimated...
KUALA LUMPUR – Two women accused of smearing a banned nerve agent on the face of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader...
– LAS VEGAS – A lone gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country...
– CHIANG RAI – Chiang Rai province launched a Lanna Wellness tourism campaign over the weekend, promoting local hot springs. Hotel and spa representatives attended the...
– MIAMI – Hurricane Irma’s relentless advance on Florida narrowed the window for residents to get to safety, with the latest forecasts shifting landfall southwest of...
HAT YAI – Police in Hat Yai have reported that a foreign woman believed to be an African national fell to her death from...
– Often associated with its neighboring and more popular province Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai actually boasts of a wide array of activities for travel enthusiasts of...
– CHIANG RAI – Deputy Director-General Adul Chotinisakorn of Thailand’s Foreign Trade Department will lead a mission to Myanmar’s Shan state in an attempt to...
– ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – A populist business tycoon and ex-judo champion was inaugurated Monday as Mongolia’s new president, pledging to provide greater benefits for the county’s...
SHANGHAI – A Chinese court sentenced 16 Australian and Chinese employees of a casino company to nine to 10 months in prison on Monday after...
– CHIANG RAI – Tesco Lotus has joined up with hilltribe families from Doi Wawee in Chiang Rai province to produce its own brand of organic...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s tourist industry faces “trouble” without urgent investment to cope with an expected near-doubling of visitors to 60 million by 2030, a...
– BATANGAS – Philippine seismologists say a quake with a magnitude of 5.6 followed shortly by a magnitude 6 quake struck near Mabini town in Batangas...
– PATTAYA – With mascots dressed as smiling fish and a police rock band, Thai authorities launched a “Happy Zone” at the weekend to improve...
. . CHIANG RAI – In most developing countries, including Thailand, farmland for growing certified organic produce accounts for less than 0.5% of all agricultural land....
. . CHIANG RAI – For National Children’s Day many parents on Saturday took their kids on a visit to Phu Chee Fah in Chiang Rai...
.CHIANG RAI – Northern Thailand is largely overlooked by tourists in favor of the south, which is blessed with the kind of tropical beaches used as...
. . YANGON – A self-proclaimed sorcerer who allegedly beat three children to death in an exorcism ritual appeared in a Rangoon court on Friday, telling...
. . WELLINGTON – A powerful earthquake that rocked New Zealand on Monday triggered landslides and a small tsunami, cracked apart roads and homes and left...