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MALAYSIA– Eight school children drowned in the Muar river in Malaysia’s southern Johor state, police said on Sunday, in what officials described as a “shocking”...
BANGKOK – When our reader moved to Bangkok to be with his girlfriend, he ended up battling with her mother – for trying to help...
THAILAND – British retirees are turning up in Thai resorts in their thousands – and they have no intention of going home, even if their...
Women are barred from ordination in Thailand’s Theravada Buddhist sect. After Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni was ordained in Sri Lanka, she set out to elevate women’s...
CHIANG RAI – Wisanusorn School will be hosting a holiday celebration entitled “Wisa Wonderland” Friday, December 27th, 2013 from 9:00am-1:00pm. Approximately 100 children from Khaodee...
CHIANG RAI – Ban Huay Hin Lahd Nai in Chiang Rai province is one of about 8,800 forest community villages in the country recognised...
CHIANG RAI – Elephant owners in Thailand are protesting against plans to treat domesticated animals the same as those born in the wild. The government...
CHIANG RAI – Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand, with a 700-year-old history, and as with most sports, a yin and yang. Known...
SANGKHLA BURI – When they were children, Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to landmines – or so went the story that briefly...
NAKHON PATHOM – Thai women have not been ordained as monks for seven centuries – but one woman is trying to revive the tradition. Thai...