SARAWAK -A controversial dam financed by China that will flood a rainforest area half the size of Singapore and displace 20,000 tribes people was approved...
. CHIANG RAI – Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has officially kicked off another stage of the Safe Mekong Joint Operation. Thailand and three neighbors sharing the...
BAAN NA KLUEA – Buddhist monks aren’t really known for dipping into the material world of finance. Phra Subin Paneeto, though, says he felt he...
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...
SONGKHLA – National police chief Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung told reporters at a press conference Thai police arrested three local officials and a Myanmar national that...
CHONBURI – Lieutenant Thaninthorn Suaypan, a case officer with Chonburi police has reported that a migrant worker from Myanmar was killed after he slipped into...
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 – Speaking after a cabinet meeting yesterday, government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said the cabinet has approved a new bill to ban street begging and regulate...
BANGKOK – Suriya Singhakamol, Director of the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime told reporters that the transnational online sales company Ufun may have cheated up...
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...
ASEAN has recently announced an agreement on agreed on a framework to liberalize the banking industry in the region. The agreement is called the ASEAN Banking...
CHIANG RAI – Poomipak Julmanichoto, Managing Director of Plus Property Company Limited, has reported that Thailand’s border regions have have an influx of property developers...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to punish fishing operators and put them out of business if they are found to have...
. CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Health Minister Dr.Rajata Rajatanavin has reported that the Public Health Ministry is set to build health centers in border areas of...
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 – Dr. Anond Snidvongs, Executive Director of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency has warned Thai Authorities that the haze in Northern...
CHIANG RAI – Prime Minister Prayut promised yesterday that the government would seek appropriate solutions in a bid to ease investor concerns and concerns over...
BANGKOK – As of January 2014, construction of sections of the Kunming–Singapore Railway connecting China with Vietnam, China with Myanmar and Laos with Vietnam are...
. CHIANG RAI – Villagers in Chiang Khong are urging China and other Countries close to the Mekong River to listen to the opinions of locals...