Best holiday destinations for each month of the year – from Spain to Thailand
Cities including Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok, Dubai, Paris, Barcelona and Cape Town are great to look around, but also particularly challenging if you visit during…
Malaysia charges four Thais over mass graves, trafficking camps | Human Trafficking News
The graves – mainly holding the remains of Rohingya refugees – were discovered in the jungle along the Malaysian-Thai border in 2015. Four Thai citizens…
A ‘new generation’ of women set to shake up politics in Thailand | Politics News
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Last month’s historic election in Thailand saw the progressive Move Forward Party claim the most seats in parliament and looks set…
Thailand to host meeting to ‘fully re-engage’ Myanmar’s generals | ASEAN News
Thailand is set to host talks aimed at re-engaging Myanmar’s shunned military leaders in an initiative critics said undermined regional unity on the strife-torn country’s…
Thailand’s PM frontrunner Pita faces election commission probe | Elections News
Commission will investigate whether Pita was unfit to register as a candidate due to his ownership of shares in a media firm. Thailand’s prime ministerial…
Thailand’s cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn | Drugs
Bangkok, Thailand – On Thailand’s Ganja TV, cannabis enthusiasts have followed the drug’s swift journey from banned narcotic, to legal plant for medicinal use, to…
‘Sweetest feeling’: Iran’s female ice hockey team defies the odds | Ice Hockey News
“Nobody was expecting such a great outcome, so everyone was quite shocked and surprised,” Azam Sanaei told Al Jazeera, in what can only be described…
Thailand’s Move Forward Party, allies agree on coalition platform | Politics News
Eight-party coalition announces ambitious plans for reform, but makes no mention of a divisive royal insult law. Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party has signed an…
New Thai government ‘firmly taking shape’, potential PM says | Elections News
The reformist leader of the party that resoundingly won Thailand’s elections has announced eight parties have agreed to form a coalition government with him as…
Thailand election: Will military elite let opposition take power? | Elections News
Bangkok, Thailand – The crowd of thousands in central Bangkok erupted into deafening cheers at the arrival of Pita Limjaroenrat, the politician who led his…
Will the pro-democracy opposition take power in Thailand? | TV Shows
Video Duration 27 minutes 10 seconds 27:10 Parties challenging military secured a significant general election victory and promise major reforms. Thailand’s opposition received widespread support…
Thailand opposition party surges to stunning lead in preliminary vote count
1/9 Voters turned out in large numbers in Thailand on Sunday for an election that may bring an end to nearly a decade of military-backed…
Thailand election results: What we know so far | Elections News
Thailand’s progressive opposition was well ahead with nearly all ballots counted, Election Commission data showed on Monday, delivering a heavy defeat to conservative parties allied with…
What’s at stake in Thailand’s parliamentary election? | Politics News
Bangkok, Thailand – Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in what analysts have called the country’s…
Photos: Thailand’s political parties make final pitch to voters | Elections News
Campaigning has wrapped up for Thailand’s election with the major parties making their final pitch to vast crowds at their final rallies. Some 52 million…
Move Forward galvanises Thai voters with vows of royal reforms | Military News
Bangkok, Thailand – On a busy intersection outside the Thai capital Bangkok, a young woman with a heavy megaphone urged passersby to vote for her…
In Thailand’s north, opposition vies for votes in skewed system | Elections News
Chiang Mai, Thailand – At a Move Forward Party campaign rally near Chiang Mai’s large Sunday night market on April 30, thousands gathered to hear…
Is northern Thailand still in love with the Shinawatras? | Elections News
Bangkok, Thailand – The populist Pheu Thai party – this time under Paethongtarn Shinawatra – looks set to dominate Sunday’s election in Thailand, but crucial…
Thailand’s cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch | Economy
Bangkok/Pattaya, Thailand — Nearly a year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis amid promises of an economic bonanza, Thai growers and sellers say they are being undercut…
Maya Jama strips off to barely-there bikini for dip in huge pool on Thailand trip
MAYA Jama has stripped off to a barely-there bikini for a dip in a huge pool in Thailand. The TV presenter, 28, showed off her…