– LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to step up Britain’s fight against Islamist extremism, saying “enough is enough” after the country’s third...
– A river is born high in the Tibetan Plateau, before snaking its way 3,000 miles south and emptying itself into the South China Sea. On...
– BANGKOK – It’s been almost 3 years since Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, launched his Military coup on Thailand, vowing to rid the Kingdom of corruption...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s junta is under growing pressure to investigate corruption claims that have emerged from the bribery scandal at Britain’s Rolls-Royce and embroiled...
. . STOCKHOLM – Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the...
. CHIANG RAI – Standing on a verdant hillside far north in Thailand’s Chiang Rai region, I gaze out at rolling hills of jiaogulan, also known...
. . PARIS – In recent months, Islamist terrorists have brutalized France, horrifying the world with vicious, bloodthirsty murders and mutilations. In Paris, an ISIS attack...
. . BANGKOK – In Thailand, some Buddhists view physical or intellectual disability as punishment manifested for wrongdoing in a past life. The Thai Blind Orchestra,...
CHIANG RAI – For barista lifers, amateur anthropologists, agro enthusiasts, sustainable development students and homesteading hipsters attempting to roast their own green beans, Mark Pendergrast’s Beyond...
. . SYRIA – The skies over Syria are dangerously crowded these days with the US, Russia, and the Assad regime all bombing various actors on...
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...
CHIANG RAI – The Development of the Xayaburi Dam and Don Sahong Dam on the Lower Mekong River in Laos is proceeding with potentially devastating impacts...
CHIANG RAI – What is happening to the Mekong River, one of the Greatest Rivers in the World? With hundreds of its own endemic fish...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has condemned Thailand for its failure to live up to standards we set for the treatment of migrant...
CHON BURI – The highly-anticipated Cartoon Network Amazone water park has opened its doors. This one-of-a-kind and first in the world waterpark boasts 30 world-class...
KHON KAEN – Resentment toward Thailand’s latest military coup is palpable in the Isaan region of northeastern Thailand, reinforcing a long-standing sense of ethnic separateness among...
CHIANG RAI – As the fourth “friendship” bridge across the Mekong River, between northern Thailand and Laos, waits to open later this year, agreements for...
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...
Thai fishermen netted a catfish as big as a grizzly bear, setting a world record for the largest freshwater fish ever found, according to researchers who...