Lanjia, meaning ‘peaceful’ in the Hmong language, is an eco-friendly, community-based lodge nestled on a hill overlooking the Mekong River and Laos. It is set in...
Taking us into the bitter and idyllic lives of peasant farmers, director Uruphong Raksasad sifts out a conflict between the abstract economic forces of the modern...
In modern life today, it’s so easy to take so many things for granted. Just because they seem to have conveniently born on these things. Rice...
Major political parties contesting for House seats in the July 3 election have promised to build the long-awaited Denchai-Chiang Rai railroad. Kanok Wongtangarn, a party-list MP...
Saraburi Coal Mining, a subsidiary of Ital-Thai that received a 30 year concession by Burmese authorities to export coal from Shan State East’s Mongkok sub-township, Monghsat...
VIENTIANE – Low water levels on the upper Mekong River have renewed criticism over hydropower dams China has erected on the waterway’s upper reaches. Environmental groups...
Chiang Rai has been inhabited since the seventh century, but it was not until 1262 that the King Meng Rai was established as the first capital...
A sweltering heatwave has swept Southeast Asia, raising temperatures to searing heights. The region is experiencing one of its most severe heatwaves in decades, generating widespread...
(CTN News) – Over the past week, the region has had extremely hot weather, reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). As a result, dozens of...
(CTN News) – Bangkok authorities issued an excessive heat warning because the heat index was forecast to exceed 52 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures in...
Iraq’s parliament has passed legislation prohibiting same-sex relationships and transgenderism. The US and UK opposed the move, but the speaker of the parliament defended it as...
The Philippines has suspend in-person learning at public schools on Monday due to soaring temperatures that have set a records over the weekend. The suspension of...
(CTN News) – This year’s wildfire season began early in Canada. According to local accounts, multiple fires have broken out in British Columbia during the last...
(CTN News) – The European continent is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and that heat is killing a large number of...
Police in Bangkok arrested two Hong Kong men on Tuesday at Siam Paragon Shopping Mall, accusing them of intercepting cellular signals with a StingRay phone tracker...
(CTN News) – A solar eclipse couldn’t stop Tiger Woods from shining during his 88th Masters practice round on Monday at Augusta National. In preparation for...
(CTN News) – A total solar eclipse will take place on April 8 and will be one of the most significant astronomical events of the year....
Police have arrested 5 alleged administrators of an online gambling network with more than $1.3 million dollars in circulation in the northern province of Chiang Mai,...
(CTN News) – On March 27th, Thailand’s parliament passed the second and third readings of the marriage equality law, marking the tenth anniversary of legal same-sex...
(CTN News) – Following the arrival of a first aid shipment overnight in Gaza, Cyprus’ president said on Saturday that a second shipment of food aid...