BANGKOK – The Mekong People’s Network and local Mekong River residents have had a heated debate with the Chinese Embassy about China’s utilization and management of...
CHIANG RAI – As Thailand’s Baht continues to rise there are fewer Western expats arriving in Thailand than ever before and a significant amount of working...
CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s Shan State is on track to becoming the world’s biggest producer of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs – a trade the United...
BANGKOK – Asia-Pacific nations pledged at talks in Bangkok on Friday to take steps, including legal reforms, to tackle statelessness, a key issue in the region....
HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
PHUKET – Thailand’s Navy accompanied by police have raided a floating home in the Andaman Sea belonging to an American man and his Thai partner who...
BANGKOK – In an attempt to enforce law on ‘No Drunk Driving campaign during the annual Songkran Festival or Thailand’s traditional New Year, police nationwide have...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Interior Minister presided over the opening of the Road Safety Centre, set up during the Songkran Thai New Year holiday to prevent and...
CHIANG RAI – Environmentalists and local villagers who have been fighting for years against the planned blasting of sections of the Mekong River for greater shipping...
YALA – Four-year-old twins have been married in a traditional Thais Buddhists wedding in Thailand’s southern Province of Yala, in the superstitious belief that it was...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Chamber of Commerce has reported that business confidence in Thailand dropped in January to the lowest level in three months because of low...
SURAT THANI – Tens of thousands of tourists have fled some of Thailand’s most popular islands and resort areas as Tropical Storm Pabuk closes in...
CHIANG RAI – As a new year dawns, the waters of the Mekong River remain turbulent with uncertainty. While many take holidays and prepare for...
CHAMPHON – A father of 2 who felt slighted by his in-laws shot dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year’s...
CHIANG RAI – The locals of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand describe their lives as “three days of fishing, two days of drying the nets”....
CHIANG RAI – Organized crime groups are expanding and diversifying drug production in Thailand’s Golden Triangle amid fears the region could emerge as a hub for...
CHIANG RAI – Thailand is officially entering its cold season on Saturday but the southern region is will remain battered by rain at least until Friday....
CHIANG RAI – After decades operating in the Golden Triangle, Pakaimas Vierra is known not only as a leading business person, but also an iron lady....
BANGKOK – The official death toll given by the government of Laos for the dam disaster in southern Laos in July is not credible, according to...
BANGKOK – Police in Thailand said Tuesday that they have dismissed a 19-year-old British tourist’s claim that she was raped on a Thai resort island after...