. . KUNMING – The Deputy Permanent-Secretary of Interior Ministry, Maitri Inthusut, has revealed that governors from provinces along the Greater Mekong Sub-region Economic Corridor will...
BANGKOK – In May 2015 Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced the IQ survey results, indicating that the IQ of Grade 1 students has dropped from...
. . BANGKOK – At this years Mekong Tourism Investment Summit in Da Nang Vietnam, money matters in Mekong region tourism will be in sharp focus...
CHIANG MAI – A Burmese woman working in Thailand hired a man to sedate and smuggle her 3-month-old baby across the border to relatives...
LAMPANG – Three people have been killed and 29 others, including seven students, were hurt when a Chiang Mai-bound passenger bus slammed into a school...
YANGON – The President of Myanmar Thein Sein has personally signed off on a population control law that ethnic and women’s rights groups have condemned as...
You may shake your head in disbelief when you learn that reckless drivers who cause fatal accidents in Thailand can walk away without a jail sentence....
BANGKOK – Thailand now stands on a tightrope among the major powers. Recently, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a high-profile visit to Bangkok, hosted...
PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Immigration Authorities have deported a fugitive Russian tycoon living illegally in the south-east Asian country after he was accused of embezzling...
. CHIANG RAI – Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has officially kicked off another stage of the Safe Mekong Joint Operation. Thailand and three neighbors sharing the...
BANGKOK – Facebook has reported that the US and India are the top two countries for Facebook in terms of users, but when it comes...
CHIANG RAI – Final stage construction has begun on the $3.5bn Xayaburi dam in a remote part of northern Laos, the first dam to span...
JAKARTA – Indonesia executed eight drug convicts by firing squad in Central Java early Wednesday, despite efforts from human rights activists and united appeals from world leaders to stop...
BANGKOK – Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sujjapongse reports Thailand has seized 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest...
The economic zone in the basin of the Mekong River is starting to thrive as a key location for businesses pursuing so-called “China or Thailand...
BANGKOK – Earlier this month Russian Prime Dmitry Medvedev became the first Russian prime minister to visit Thailand in 25 years. The Russian leader’s visit...
BANGKOK – Customs Department’s director-general Somchai Sujjapongse has told reporters, officials have seized 4 tons of ivory hidden in bean sacks tracked from Congo in what...
Pumee Boontom lives in northern Thailand, but he tunes his television to the Chinese weather forecast. A big storm in southern China means a big...
BANGKOK – Harrison Greenberg, the son of Michael and Wendy Greenberg, owners of Manhattan Beach-based Skechers has reportedly died after suffering a tragic and sudden choking...
. BANGKOK – This week’s lifting of martial law by Thailand’s military ruler, Prime Minister Gen.Prayuth Chan-ocha, looks like a brazen attempt to dupe key overseas...