MYANMAR-THAI BORDER – Thousands of people sporting traditional ethnic costumes and Karen rebel fighters showing off their guns marched, sang and danced last week to...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Election Commission chairman Ittiporn Boonpracong has announced that a election will be held on March 24, just hours after publication of a...
NARATHIWAT – Two monks, including an abbot, have been killed and two others injured after a group of 10 Muslim insurgents sprayed bullets into their...
PATTANI – Two insurgents believed to be tied to a motorcycle drive-by shooting at a school in Thailand’s south were shot dead Saturday, police said,...
BANGKOK – Thailand is on the brink of becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize medical marijuana, a development that has pot connoisseurs around...
BEIJING – China has detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the jailing of a top Chinese executive at the request...
CHIANG MAI – Drug Suppression Police have seized assets worth 28 million baht from a Chiang Mai woman, known locally as an anti-drug campaigner, after...
PYONGYANG – A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday across their heavily fortified land border, which the two sides have begun to...
CHIANG RAI – Few subjects elicit more impassioned debate than elephant tourism. Organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and World Animal Protection have...
BANGKOK – Elephant polo has effectively come to an end in Bangkok Thailand after an undercover animal cruelty investigation revealed the vicious abuse rampant in the...
BANGKOK – Police in Bangkok have launched a manhunt for two groups of teenagers involved in a brawl that ended up in a chase and shooting...
MANILA – Philippine President Redrigo Duterte has stepped up his attacks against the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling the tribunal “a bunch of criminals” trying to...
CHIANG RAI – British volunteer rescue diver Vernon Unsworth who was instrumental in the rescue of 12 boy’s and their coach trapped in Tham Luang Cave...
CHIANG RAI – Elephant rides may be marketed as fun and innocent experiences, but in reality, this “attraction” is torturous for the animals and dangerous...
CANBERRA, Australia – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on his government to unite behind him after he survived an internal leadership challenge Tuesday. But...
JAKARTA – An Indonesian court sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy on Tuesday, after she was accused of insulting Islam...
CHICAGO – The Ford Mustang — an iconic American brand and a symbol of cool — will reach a major milestone Wednesday as the 10...
TORONTO – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Toronto mass shooting, calling the attacker a “soldier” who was responding to calls to “target citizens...
CHIANG RAI – Eleven Wild Boars football players and their coach Ekapol Chanthawong were ordained on Wednesday at Wat Phra That Doi Tung in Chiang...
SHANGHAI – A man armed with a knife attacked students at the entrance to a primary school in Shanghai’s central Xuhui district on Thursday, killing...