BANGKOK – Demand for food is set to surge within the region. Can productivity growth keep pace? Is it a Malthusianism catastrophe, or the stuff...
IOWA USA – The first Chin Burmese student arrived at Wilma Sime Roundy Elementary School three years ago, a smiling preschooler whose father often checked...
MYANMAR – Authorities in Myanmar say they are increasingly wary of a potential threat from Islamic radicals as militants beyond its borders begin taking up...
Many foreign investors who run nominee companies here are from Russia, India and China and the number is increasing CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Tourist Police...
BANGKOK – Martin Garnett a former Australian luxury car dealer turned heroin trafficker who was once on death row has secured his transfer home after...
CHIANG RAI – A long list of attacks on women in several countries says be careful, Bali is often thought of as a paradise on...
BANGKOK – As well as dousing each other liberally with water during the recent Songkran festival to mark the country’s traditional New Year’s Day holiday,...
BANGKOK — Iranian National Saeid Moradi whose legs were blown off during an alleged botched bomb plot last year against Israeli diplomats in Bangkok said...
BANGKOK – Until last year, business was good for Charoen Laothamatas, the president of Thai rice exporter Uthai Produce. With Thailand dominating the global market...
RAYONG – Thailand is the “Detroit of Asia” and it is Japanese car makers in particular that use the country as a manufacturing hub. In...
BANGKOK – A gang of foreigners, four Malaysians and two Sri Lankans, have been arrested and charged with the fraudulent use of over 100 ATM...
MEKONG BASIN – One of the most fertile areas of south east Asia, the Lower Mekong Basin, faces a bleak future from the impacts of...
CHIANG MAI – Australia’s Scott Hend charged from six-shots back to win the inaugural Chiangmai Golf Classic presented by PTT by three strokes after a...
CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng maintained his title charge at the inaugural $750,000 Chiangmai Golf Classic with a five-under-par 67 in the second round...
SUPHAN BURI – Thailand is set to sell 500,000 metric tons of rice on world markets at a loss as it scrambles to offload a...
CHIANG MAI – Open champion Ernie Els will leave his favoured belly putter at home this week when he bids to become the first winner...
KHAO YAI – It is one of the most poignant photos I’ve taken during this CITES. We are in Khao Yai (literally, “Big Mountain”), Thailand’s...
CHIANGRAI -For many years Chiang Rai has lived in the shadow of it’s older sister city, the big and bustling Chiangmai. Many felt that it had...
COLOMBO -Sri Lankan authorities have denied a British tourist entry because of his ‘disrespect’ for Buddhism on arrival at the airport. An immigration official at...
BEIJING – Asia’s Military spending overtook Europe’s for the first time last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Thursday, reflecting China’s...