BANGKOK — Thailand’s central bank on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.50 percent, pausing after making the first reduction in borrowing costs...
SEOUL – The president of Asiana Airlines says it will take time to determine the cause of the crash-landing in San Francisco that killed two...
BEIJING – China and Russia have launched what Beijing described as its “largest ever joint naval exercise” as an armada of military hardware descended on...
BANGKOK -An average of 5,000 to 10,000 luxury cars are smuggled into Thailand or imported off authorized dealers each year, costing billions of baht in...
HOKKAIDO – Thai and Japanese tourism operators today hailed the move to waive visa requirements for Thais, predicting the number of visitors to the island...
PETALING JAYA – When it comes to searching for Internet pornography, Malaysians appear to have a yen for local material, a study by a sex...
BANGKOK – A Bangkok criminal court investigating Italian freelance journalist Fabio Polenghi’s death during clashes between security forces and “Red Shirt” demonstrators in Bangkok on...
BANGKOK – Last Thursday while Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his residence and urging Japan to...
YANGON – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has forgiven billions of dollars of Burmese debt and promised new aid. Analysts said despite China being its...
CHIANG RAI – Walk around a busy shopping mall anywhere in Thailand on a Saturday afternoon and you may think that this is a youthful...
CHIANG RAI – As the fourth “friendship” bridge across the Mekong River, between northern Thailand and Laos, waits to open later this year, agreements for...
EXPERIENCE: NORTHERN THAILAND ON THE TABLE Everyone has a dish that reminds them of their childhood. It’s the one dish that people usually think of as...
PITSANULOK – Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a...
RAYONG – Thailand is the “Detroit of Asia” and it is Japanese car makers in particular that use the country as a manufacturing hub. In...
BANGKOK – Thai police say they have arrested a suspect sought by Indonesian authorities for allegedly killing the son of an Indonesian millionaire last year....
BANGKOK – The 2013 OneAsia Tour begins this week at the Thana City Golf and Sports Club in Thailand where the Thailand Open is played...
BANGKOK – Teens across Southeast Asia are jumping on a greasy, crispy, potentially-heart-attack-inducing trend: “potato parties,” which involve consuming mounds of French fries. The concept...
CHIANGRAI – Beyond bargain shopping at Chatuchak Market or visiting the different temples in Bangkok, much remains unexplored in Thailand. On my last stay, I...
CHIANGRAI – Mae Fah Luang University has the great pleasure to announce that six international students and one Thai student from the University were selected to...
BANGKOK – Yupa Prai-ngam’s body lay slumped on her bus seat like a dozing passenger. Around her, forensic police cased the scene, zipping up the corpse...