THAILAND – Twenty schoolchildren surround a city bus in central Bangkok. Some get on to confront a 16-year-old from a rival school and, within moments,...
Chiangrai Times – Asean will strengthen cooperation among member nations as it moves towards the Asean Economic Community in 2015, as well as with other...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Greater Mekong Sub-Region needs tour guides with better foreign language skills to sustain tourism growth, a recent study finds. This conclusion...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The US National Bureau of Asian Research has commissioned Professor Catharin Dalpino, a former diplomat who holds the Warburg Chair of International...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand is facing an epidemic of drug smuggling in a complex international racket that appears too massive and entrenched for authorities to...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Drug suspects were arrested in the northern most province of Chiang Rai with kilogrammes of ice, crystal methamphetamine, & 158,000 methamphetamine pills...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Cartoon pandas, Teletubbies, Ronald McDonald. At first glance they don’t seem to have much in common beyond a certain childlike quality. But...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – There is now bus service from ChiangRai to LuangPrabang Laos – only B950, leaving daily at 1 p.m.! One is even given...
The U.S. Navy has approached Thailand about stationing some American warships in Thailand. This is part of a new American strategy to deal with expanding...
The controversy over Thaksin’s passport in recent years has also raised intriguing questions about the overall value of the Thai passport in the global community....
Thailand will halt sales of 91-octane gasoline from October 2012 in a bid to reduce its imports of crude and support the domestic renewable biofuel...
U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Thai prime minister Saturday as he wrapped up his nine-day trip through the Asia-Pacific region. The bilateral talks...
Severe flooding, along with foreign government warnings against travel to Thailand has begun to dent the airport’s passenger traffic through Singapore. The number of passengers...
CHIANGRAI Times – The recent car bombs in Su-ngai Kolok district of Narathiwat province have prompted ten countries to warn their citizens against traveling to...
At the school that I was teaching at in northern Korat, the majority of English teachers could read to an acceptable level, but the same...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The value of foreign golf tourism to Thailand may reach 60 billion baht or $US2 billion in 2012 for the first time....
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Asian pop sensation Super Junior M have joined the fight against human trafficking at a concert for thousands of screaming fans in...
Neda was established in 2005 with the aim of helping neighboring countries in terms of trade, investment, land, sea and air transport networks, tourism and...
From riding elephants to working in fields, touring temples to visiting schools, Amanda Woodard sees Thailand and Cambodia through fresh eyes – those of her...
Dog meat traders in north-eastern Thailand are demanding that an export ban to Vietnam be lifted due to its severe impact on the local economy,...