BANGKOK – Thailand produces about 20-21 million tonnes (mt) of milled rice and India processes 23-24 mt of sugar annually. The largest single denominator between...
BANGKOK – Authorities in Samut Prakan’s Bang Pli district have reported that 10 workers died and 18 others were injured when a large concrete beam...
TOKYO– Japan has vowed to continue assisting five Southeast Asian countries in the Mekong sub-region in building infrastructure and developing the regional economy towards the...
BANGKOK – Thailand, once the world’s biggest exporter, is short of funds to help growers under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s 2011 program to buy the...
BONTOC, Philippines – Seventeen people, including two foreigners, were killed while 31 others were injured when a bus plunged into a 150-meter-deep ravine in Bontoc,...
An investigation found that the suitcase contained fertilizer components. Police believe that the flame erupted as a result of chemical reaction caused by heat or friction....
CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s North Northeast, and Central regions have had an unusually long cold spell this year, which has killed 63 people over the...
BANGKOK – Just 16-year-old, ‘Ying’ is days away from giving birth and living apart from her family. Ying is one of a growing number...
CHIANG RAI – It is the middle of winter in the Mekong region; however throughout December, floods have brought havoc to communities along the Mekong River....
PATTAYA – Thai tour guides are complaining that foreigners are stealing their jobs, more than 50 members of the Pattaya Tour Guide Club filed a...
CHIANG RAI – Authorities of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) are closely monitoring all the 93 border checkpoints following intelligence reports...
CHIANG RAI – Rice farmers in Thailand should merge rice plots and make use of farm machinery to improve rice yield and reduce production costs,...
BANGKOK – The accused rapist-murderer of six-year-old Nong Cartoon, “Nui” was loudly condemned by people who gathered to watch as police made him retrace his...
They are scattered all over Asia and come from all socioeconomic backgrounds. You will find them in places like Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Phuket...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – As dusk falls and lights flick on amongst a hodgepodge of restaurants, nail salons and dance clubs overlooking this Cambodian capital’s...
Perfect cuppa: Wicha Promyong has put in a lot of effort to make coffee the lifeblood of Akha hill tribe from the village of Doi Chang....
CHON BURI – Police in Pattaya are investigating the death of a 42-year-old British DJ and ‘party animal’ who died in a Pattaya hotel two...
BANGKOK – The Thai government has repeatedly called on the public to be patient about the World Court verdict on the Preah Vihear temple dispute,...
BANGKOK – Thai military officials meeting their Cambodian counterparts at the base of Preah Vihear temple on Tuesday said their troops were going nowhere until...
CHIANG RAI – Seizures of crystal meth and methamphetamine pills reached record highs in East and Southeast Asia in 2012, with Myanmar retaining its status...