BANGKOK — When the young Thai woman saw an online ad seeking surrogate mothers, it seemed like a life-altering deal: $10,000 to help a foreign...
A new front line in the global battle over water emerges as China dams the mighty river to quench its thirst for hydro-electric power Den Kroolong...
– – BANGKOK – The Olympic Committee of Thailand (OCT) predicts that Thai athletes will win at least 9-10 gold medals in the Incheon Asian Games,...
BANGKOK – Interpol said Friday it has launched a multinational investigation into what Thailand has dubbed the “Baby Factory” case: a 24-year-old Japanese businessman who...
LONDON – British expats who commit fraud by living abroad but still claiming benefits face a new crackdown aimed at weeding out thousands who are...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s “baby factory” scandal has widened with revelations a suspected human trafficker fathered 15 babies through 11 surrogate mothers. Mitsuoki Shigeta, 24, a...
BANGKOK – A young Japanese man has left Thailand after emerging evidence suggests he might have played a key role in a surrogacy gang. Thai...
MYANMAR – In this frontier land in Myanmar, blue-green mountains surround you, wreathed in tendrils of mist and capped with shifting clouds. Water in the...
BANGKOK – Paras Shah, Nepal’s former crown prince known for his flamboyant lifestyle, was arrested by Thai police July 10 with 12 gm of marijuana,...
Thai society has been shocked by a horrific crime this past week—one that is currently on everyone’s mind and lips. A 22-year old State Railways...
PATTAYA – Thailand’s most sinful city, Pattaya is famous for getting men a little hot under the collar. And discontent is boiling over at the...
BANGKOK – The Ministry of Public Health has announced its plan to incinerate confiscated narcotic drugs worth more than 8 billion baht in observance of...
Just as the mystery that surrounds the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 was fading into distant memory, a new book is set to...
CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s anti-corruption agency is to investigate the assets of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and four members of her cabinet involved in a...
CHIANG RAI – Cultivation of opium in Southeast Asia’s notorious Golden Triangle region has doubled in the past decade, according to an in-depth study that...
CHIANG RAI – Poppy cultivation has rapidly expanded in the Myanmar and Laos parts of the Golden Triangle, to feed new demands for heroin, chiefly in...
RANGOON — Burma continues to be a production hub for methamphetamine, which is smuggled from Shan State into neighboring countries and feeds an increasing Asian...
BANGKOK – Fifty five countries worldwide have issued travel warnings, informing their nationals about the ongoing political situation in Thailand after the military coup on Thursday....
CHIANG RAI – Thailand will remain the second largest trading partner of Myanmar for the foreseeable future as cheaper goods from top-ranked China continue to...
BANGKOK – Fifty countries have issued travel advisories to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to political conflict and especially after the Constitutional Court passed its...