BANGKOK – In early September, Thailand’s military government auctioned off the last load of rice stockpiled from the populist paddy-pledging scheme of coup-toppled Prime Minister Yingluck...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and other agencies to ban the feeding of wild pigeons, government spokesman...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank is likely to keep benchmark interest rates on hold this week, according to the consensus view of strategists at the World...
KELANTAN, Malaysia – The marriage of a 15-year-old Malaysian girl to a man almost three times her age drew condemnation from the United Nations Wednesday, putting...
YANGON – A former columnist for Myanmar’s state media has been jailed for seven years for “abusive” Facebook posts about Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi,...
PYONGYANG, North Korea – South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest...
BANGKOK – Six billion baht (US$184 million) worth of illegal drugs were intercepted by Thai authorities in two locations on Monday, interrupting supply lines to different...
BANGKOK – A Thai court on Tuesday dismissed a 14 billion baht ($430 million) graft case against Airports of Thailand and duty-free retailer King Power, owner...
CHON BURI – A 36 year-old Thai man posing as a hotel guest has been arrested for stealing valuable items and cash worth almost 100,000 baht...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Royal Thai police on Monday charged members of a new progressive party led by a maverick 39-year-old tycoon with spreading “false” information about...