CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s Shan State is on track to becoming the world’s biggest producer of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs – a trade the United...
PHUKET – It has been almost one year since the fatal Phoenix boat accident that killed 47 Chinese and tourism in Phuket is still paying the...
HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
CHIANG RAI – Finance ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and central bank deputies of 13 East Asian countries on Wednesday discussed plans...
CHIANG RAI – Pol Gen Chalermkiart Srivorakhan, deputy national police chief, said on Tuesday that high-pressure water guns, ice, dirty water and celebrants drinking alcohol while...
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Justice Department has green lighted the United States extradition request for the CFO of China;s tech giant Huawei to face charges over possible...
CHIANG RAI – Seizures of high-quality crystal methamphetamine have surged more than tenfold in Thailand over the past two years, statistics show, a stark indicator of...
CHIANG RAI – Organized crime groups are expanding and diversifying drug production in Thailand’s Golden Triangle amid fears the region could emerge as a hub for...
BANGKOK – Construction of Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station – a massive railway complex covering 300,000 square meters – is 70% complete, officials claim, with a...
BANGKOK – The official death toll given by the government of Laos for the dam disaster in southern Laos in July is not credible, according to...
BANGKOK – The quick apology issued by the Thai prime minister after an airport security guard slapped a Chinese tourist reveals the government’s concern over the...
CHIANG RAI – At a Mobile cabinet meeting held in Chiang Rai, Tourism officials said a plan for a single visa for “Five Chiang Cities” will...
AYUTTHAYA – Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion baht ($61 million) that were bound for neighboring Malaysia and...
VIENTIANE – Lao officials have told Samkhan Koomsanyalat that she and her family will have to leave their home in Phu Din Daeng village, nestled...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister has instructed officials to provide assistance to Laos, following the collapse of Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in the southern...
CHIANG MAI – Police in the Northern city of Chiang Mai have arrested a 50 year-old New Zealand-Korean man for allegedly masterminding the murder of...
SINGAPORE – Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of...
CHIANG RAI – National Police Chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda told a press conference that Police and Military personnel arrested three men suspected to be responsible...
– BEIJING – China had no immediate reaction Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to impose high tariffs on steel and aluminum, which he followed...
– BANGKOK – Thailand and India may have to give freer rein to the rupee and baht this year to avoid triggering U.S. accusations that they’re...