– CHIANG KHONG – China’s plan to blast rocks and islets to improve downstream navigation along the Mekong River represents the latest Beijing-led scheme to facilitate...
– A river is born high in the Tibetan Plateau, before snaking its way 3,000 miles south and emptying itself into the South China Sea. On...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s navy defended on Monday its plan to buy three submarines from China amid growing public criticism and questions over the need for...
– CHIANG RAI – The Pha Mueang Taskforce and police discovered a million methamphetamine pills on the roadside in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fa Lung district...
– CHIANG RAI – No one knows the Mekong River better than the communities that live along it. For generations, their way of life has been...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ratchada Criminal Court on Friday sentenced to death a Spanish man after finding him guilty of murder in the gruesome death of...
– At the Immigration Office – THÊE SǍM-NÁK-NGAN TRÙAT KON-KÁO-MEUANG Hello, can I have your passport please? SÀ-WÀT-DEE KRÁP/KÀ, KǍW PHÁT-SÀ-PÀWD DÛAI KRÁP/KÀ Here is my...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s military stacked Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved the purchase of 10 Chinese VT-4 tanks worth US$58 million to replace an old...
– SURIN – Everyday the villagers in this remote district which sits near the Thai-Cambodian border, face the possibility of being killed or maimed whenever they...
– CHIANG MAI – The sighting of rare jungle cats in northern Thailand has buoyed environmentalists and conservationists concerned that habitat loss and animal...
– BANGKOK – It’s been almost 3 years since Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, launched his Military coup on Thailand, vowing to rid the Kingdom of corruption...
– SA KEAOW – A German man wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the Intellectual Property and International Trade Court was arrested by Sa keaow...
– CHIANG MAI – Six lower Mekong nations have come together at a conference, and agreed to tackle the illegal drugs trade in the Golden Triangle...
– CHIANG RAI – Representatives from five Greater Mekong Subregion countries including Thailand met in Chiang Rai’s Muang district yesterday to try and find a solution...
. PATTAYA – Police are investigating the death of a foreign man, thought to be a Russian, believed to have fallen from the 12th floor...
. . PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Police have announced the arrest of Toby James Nelhams a British National suspected of involvement in the murder of Tony...
. . Dam construction has resulted in widely fluctuating river flow in the Mekong, threatening fish productivity, which is key to the region’s economy. Large dams on...
. The Mekong runs through six countries in the region and it is not right that one or two be allowed to make a short-sighted decision...
. . CHON BURI – Pattaya Provincial Court Judge Sirichai Polkarn Tuesday sentenced Australian Antonio Bagnato, 28, to death for his role in the murder...
. . PATTAYA – Thailand’s Royal Thai Police has issued a Nation wide warrant for a Briton and a South African who are suspected to...