BANGKOK – The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay today condemned the harsh conviction of an editor and activist in Thailand for publishing two...
BANGKOK – A Thailand criminal court convicted Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the editor of the now-defunct Voice of Taksin magazine to 11 years in jail on Wednesday...
BANGKOK – The Public Health Ministry is issuing a warning against pills containing Phenazepam, which has been proven to have lethal side effects. According to...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s army chief called on Monday for a probe into senior army officials suspected of helping to traffic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar through Thailand...
BANGKOK – Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has admitted some of his soldiers in the far South are involved in trafficking Rohingya migrants into Thailand before...
BANGKOK – Service members from every branch of the U.S. military will join military members from throughout the Asia-Pacific region to participate in exercise Cobra...
BANGKOK – Foreign organizations have always been quick with promises to help Thailand care for refugees fleeing violence, but rarely deliver, leaving the Kingdom to...
MYANMAR – International and local human rights groups have demanded the USA and UK pressure Thein Sein’s government to stop the Burma Army’s use of...
BANGKOK – When nearly 850 Rohingya boat people were rescued from their secret shelters in Songkhla’s Sadao district this week, the government finally did the...
SURIN – Fearful villagers in tambon Tha Sawang have hung red shirts in front of their homes to repel a “widow ghost” rumoured to have taken...
BANGKOK – The Thai Government will take care of Rohingya Muslims in accordance with humanitarian principles, pending an upcoming discussion with the United Nations High...
KACHIN – China has sent more troops to its side of the border to try and stop the movement of more Kachin refugees fleeting the...
KOH TAO – Police and family are growing increasingly concerned over the whereabouts of a 22-year-old who failed to board his flight home to Suffolk...
BANGKOK – An Algerian computer hacker wanted by the FBI for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from American banks to fund a lavish lifestyle has...
BANGKOK – Thailand is preparing to set up a special mechanism to implement various activities and projects in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the...
BANGKOK – PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang said yesterday that the government needs to meet his group’s seven demands or it will besiege Government House again....
PHUKET – The parents of missing American surfer Brett Bean flew back to the US from Phuket yesterday, still hoping to be reunited with their...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The United Nations refugee agency is urging Thailand not to deport a group of Rohingya Muslim boat people, saying they could be...
PHUKET – According to the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC), Thailand now has the best warning system in Southeast Asia, eight years after the Andaman...
BANGKOK – Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) this year has become a key organization that has shed unprecedented light on corruption in Thailand. This group, comprising...