— – NAKHON PATHOM – Dutch national Mathew Mannen was arrested this afternoon while on the run in Cambodia after he allegedly smashed his Thai girlfriend...
— Police found the body of Pornpan Kaewkok-klang, 35, on the second floor of her two-storey townhouse in Monthicha housing estate in tambon Hom Kret on...
– – BANGKOK – Deputy Education Minister Dr. Krissanapong Kirtikara has stated that despite receiving a huge portion of the government budget each year, Thailand’s education...
VIETNAM – The members of the International Mekong River Commission and members from Asian countries, held its first national preliminary consultation seminar in Can Tho...
CHIANG RAI – Nearly 50 environmental groups have written to the leaders of countries along the Mekong River to revamp a regional official evaluation process...
CHIANG RAI – The Save the Mekong Coalition (SMC) has written to the Prime Ministers of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam voicing concerns over the...
TAIPEI – French National Eric Jacobs has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison by the Taipei District Court for trafficking 1.3...
YUNNAN – Huge volumes of water being discharged from a hydro-power dam on the Mekong River in southern China’s Yunnan province have placed the country’s...
BANGKOK – As a boy, he was handsome and always picked up litter off the street. Today, he is a tireless public servant, collecting a...
CHIANG RAI – The Mekong River runs more than 4,000 kilometers, from China into Myanmar and then through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, where it empties...
CHIANG MAI – A threatened booze crackdown hasn’t materialized yet, but it speaks of a moral tension in the so-called Land of Smiles Earlier this week,...
BANGKOK — When the young Thai woman saw an online ad seeking surrogate mothers, it seemed like a life-altering deal: $10,000 to help a foreign...
BANGKOK – A scathing Human Rights Report has been released stating that Thailand holds thousands of migrant children in detention each year, causing them physical...
BANGKOK – British national Andy Hall (pictured) faces jail over lawsuits brought against him by a Thai fruit processor. Natural Fruit accuses Hall of defamation...
A new front line in the global battle over water emerges as China dams the mighty river to quench its thirst for hydro-electric power Den Kroolong...
CHIANG RAI – A unique collection of photographs portraying the natural beauty of the Mekong River will be displayed at Central Plaza Chiang Rai until...
THANON NANG KLARN – Depending solely on the rains to either yield a good rice crop or leave their fields dry and barren, farmers in...
LAOS– Amid a lawsuit and a chorus of dissent, developers of the first lower Mekong mainstream hydro-power project, the massive Xayaburi dam, have quietly submitted...
BANGKOK – Interpol said Friday it has launched a multinational investigation into what Thailand has dubbed the “Baby Factory” case: a 24-year-old Japanese businessman who...
CHIANG RAI – The Province of Chiang Rai is hosting the Northern Logistics Forum 2014, which is helping promote the Special Economic Development program in the...