BANGKOK – The father of Singha beer heiress and core anti-government protest leader Chitpas Bhirombhakdi on Monday announced his daughter will change her surname, to...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s election commission on Thursday urged the government to delay the upcoming polls as clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters killed a police...
CHIANG RAI – Cold isn’t a word you often hear used to describe Thailand, or Vietnam, or anywhere in Southeast Asia, really. Hot, humid,...
BANGKOK – Acting Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday she will soon set up a “council for reforms of the country” which will begin...
BANGKOK – Is Thailand heading for civil war? The question may seem overly dramatic, but the decision of the opposition Democrat Party to boycott the...
BANGKOK – A 30-year-old Thai woman Moncharika Latontap was arrested yesterday at Don Mueang airport for allegedly trafficking in narcotics hidden in nine pair of shoes,...
BANGKOK — Buoyed by an election boycott called by Thailand’s main opposition party, the head of the country’s anti-government protest movement, Suthep Thaugsuban vowed Sunday...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s baht fell to a three-year low and stocks dropped on concern prolonged political unrest will damp investment and hurt the economy. More...
BANGKOK – Rarely does a supposedly democratic country find itself in such a mess. Consider the following: at the time of writing Thailand has only...
Women are barred from ordination in Thailand’s Theravada Buddhist sect. After Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni was ordained in Sri Lanka, she set out to elevate women’s...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party said on Saturday that it would boycott February’s general election, deepening the country’s political crisis. The party’s leader,...
BANGKOK – The continuing political unrest should be resolved from the bottom up rather than by putting the entire burden on the country’s administrators, says the...
BANGKOK – A Kenyan National Frank Tuvi has been arrested with nine kilogrammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or crystal meth, at Suvarnabhumi airport, the drugs siezed...
CHIANG RAI – Authorities are gearing up for the seven dangerous days period as commuters are planning to travel home during the New Year...
BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, but their numbers appeared far...
PHUKET – Four local and international journalists reported to Phuket police on Wednesday to hear criminal defamation charges made against them by the Royal Thai...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party reappointed former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva as its leader on Tuesday but members could not agree on whether...
BANGKOK – The accused rapist-murderer of six-year-old Nong Cartoon, “Nui” was loudly condemned by people who gathered to watch as police made him retrace his...
JAKARTA – A British former police community support officer Andrea Waldeck who admitted to smuggling drugs is facing 16 years in an Indonesian prison, if...
BANGKOK – A complaint was lodged with the Crime Suppression Division police by a former Pheu Thai MP and his lawyers against protest protest leader Suthep...