CHIANG RAI – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) announced yesterday that Laos has formally notified the Commission of its intention to construct the Pak Lay dam...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Tourist Police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal held a press conference at 2am at the Bang Lamphu roundabout to announce the...
BANGKOK – Thailand is spearheading a new Southeast Asian fund for infrastructure and development projects, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha told a summit in Bangkok...
BANGKOK – Tourist Police Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal – deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau – said yesterday that an arrest warrant has been...
Thailand is a country blessed with rich culture, traditions, and practices. Being an ancient land, Thailand has all kinds of stories to tell. Taking a...
CHIANG RAI – On Wednesday morning Authorities in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Kaen District rescued approximately 40 live pangolins, that were smuggled in 10 sacks in...
BANGKOK – Deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference at 2am on Friday that a multi-force raid has arrested another...
CHIANG RAI – In December 2017, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Corrections Department has approved the transfer of 16 foreign inmates to serve their remaining time behind bars in their home countries. There...
CHIANG RAI – Since Thailand’s Drug Suppression officials launched a crackdown on drugs transiting through Chiang Rai’s Golden Triangle this April, massive drug hauls from...
NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar – Senior drug policy leaders from the Lower Mekong Sub-Region – Thailand, China, Lao, Myanmar, Cambodia and Viet Nam– are in...
BANGKOK – A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam,...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Tourist Police Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn and his team of police, soldiers and immigration officers have detained 36...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – An alliance of Malaysian opposition parties led by the country’s 92-year-old former authoritarian leader Mahathir Mohamad won a fiercely contested general election,...
BANGKOK – The first phase of clinical tests for an affordable Hepatitis C treatment has yielded a high cure rate, according to Thailand’s Department of Disease...
The future of the Mekong River Basin was in the spotlight again at the third summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), held on 5 April 2018 in...
BANGKOK – Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn told a press conference today that 63 foreigners were caught in coordinated raids led...
MANDALAY – Myanmar’s last royal capital harbored the most learned Buddhist monks and exquisite artists, citizens speaking the most refined Burmese and cooks who prepared the...
CHIANG RAI – In Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the battle against malaria is advancing at a rapid pace. Between 2012 and 2017, reported malaria...
After decades of decline, critically endangered river dolphins in the Mekong have increased in population for the first time in a census released by the World...