‘Time for a new way’: Thais look for change as election nears | Elections News
Bangkok, Thailand – As Thais celebrated the Songkran festival last month by soaking each other in a barrage of water fights, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was…
Top candidate for Thai PM gives birth two weeks before elections | Elections News
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the opposition Pheu Thai Party, announces the birth of a son on Instagram. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a leading candidate to become Thailand’s…
‘You almost died’: Safe drug use saves lives in Australia | Health News
Melbourne, Australia – Saade Melki started using heroin the same week his father passed away. He was 24. Over the next 20 years, the Lebanese-Australian…
Uighur refugee dies after nine years in detention in Thailand | Uighur News
Mattohti Mattursun was one of 350 Uighur refugees, including children, who were detained in March 2014. An ethnic Uighur man who was detained by Thailand…
Taiwan’s cannabis trade falters as Thailand and Japan cash in | Drugs
Taipei, Taiwan – Joyce Wu was always curious about cannabis. Wu tried it a few times in Taiwan, where she grew up, but did not…
Apple in talks to make MacBooks in Thailand, report says | Technology
Tech giant’s reported plans come as company seeks to expand its manufacturing presence beyond China. Apple is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in…
How Chiang Mai became the world’s most polluted city | Environment News
Weenarin Lulitanonda sounds angry. “The air people are breathing in northern Thailand is cutting their life short by three, four years. It causes cancers, mental…
The latest lure in the White Lotus’s tales of corruption and greed? The luxury hotels of Thailand | Thailand holidays
It may be a biting satire, a daring piece of social commentary and an irony-drenched exploration of the corrupting power of wealth. But as they…
Thousands flee into Thailand amid renewed Myanmar fighting | Conflict News
Unrest has deepened in Myanmar since the military seized power from the elected government in February 2021. Thousands of people have fled across the border…
Thai officials say Chinese church members to be deported soon | Religion News
Members of Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church say they faced unbearable harassment in China and sought asylum in the United States. More than 60 self-exiled members…
Best value Easter holidays for Brits including Croatia, Egypt and Thailand
Marrakech in Morocco, Dubrovnik in Croatia, and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt are some of the places where your pound will go the furthest this…
I won one cap with England and came on against France alongside Gerrard – three years later I was playing in Thailand
JAY BOTHROYD played for England at the age of 28 and looked set for bigger and better things. However, Bothroyd's career quickly experienced a dramatic…
Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha to run for re-election | Elections News
The former general has been in power since 2014 and is running with the new United Thai Nation Party. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has…
Myanmar’s democratic struggle at stake in Thailand’s election | Elections News
Bangkok/Yangon – Thailand’s elections are important not only for the many Thais seeking the end of quasi-military rule in their country but also for the…
Thai authorities searching for missing radioactive cylinder taken from coal power plant
Thai authorities are scrambling to find a cylinder containing dangerous radioactive material that went missing from a power station, warning of serious health risks from…
Is Australia getting South-East Asia all wrong?
It's a powerhouse region, with more than 600 million people spread across 11 countries, which as a bloc, is one of the largest economies in…
Rubber duck calendar lands Thai man in jail for insult to monarch | Crime News
Court ruled the desk calendar contained pictures of yellow rubber ducks that mocked Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn. A court in Thailand has sentenced a man…
Southeast Asia the ‘new China’ for supply chains: business group | Business and Economy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Southeast Asia is the “new China” and should be the centre of the global supply chain, the head of an influential…
Can faking volcanic eruptions save the climate? Science is spilt | Climate Crisis News
Taipei, Taiwan – At opposite ends of Southeast Asia, researchers Pornampai Narenpitak and Heri Kuswanto are both working on the same problem: Is it possible…
Russians make Thailand a refuge as Ukraine war enters second year | Business and Economy
Bangkok/Pattaya, Thailand – Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, a growing number of Russians have looked to Thailand as their ticket to a new…