If you have been reading this column, you would have sensed that this writing person is obsessed with back...

Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to “listen humbly” to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong voters at some polling stations for district council elections were queuing up by...

Like many other nine-year-olds, Laurent Simons likes TV and his pet dog. But he also wants to make artificial...

In what was seen as the possible start of a tit-for-tat battle between the Government and Opposition camps, the...

Shinzo Abe has become Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, breaking a record set over a century ago. “Each and every...

Embattled Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is to face charges of violating the election law, and will be...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today praised visiting Pope Francis for his contributions to the unity of humankind, human...

Several buildings in several districts of Thailand’s northern province of Nan, including a 500-year old ubosot, or ordination hall,...

Two earthquakes, about 3 hours apart, shook the Laos PDR this morning, damaging buildings at the Thai-owned Hong Sa...

Pope Francis delivered his first official discourse in Thailand to members of government, civil and religious leaders, and the...

US lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that supports human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and also backs the...

As a confessed history buff, I couldn’t help looking around into what we have to eat, seeking possible linkages...

Thailand’s Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty imposed by the Criminal and Appeals court on a Spaniard for...

The board of Metropolitan Rapid Transit, owner of MRT lines in Bangkok and its suburbs, has agreed to reduce...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The last band of anti-government protesters trapped inside a besieged Hong Kong university were weighing...

Since last Tuesday, Venice has been facing the worst flooding in its history. It is being caused by, what...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing school...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the Democrats’ case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment streamed from Americans’ TVs...

For those who grew up having the sweet treat of Kanom Krok as breakfast, this is a gem, although...

Since 2011, Syria is in the grip of a civil war. Children born since then have only known the...

Former Kaeng Krachan national park chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-akson and the other three suspects plan to visit the hanging bridge,...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong prepared for more clashes on Wednesday as anti-government protesters planned to paralyze parts...

KUALA LUMPUR —  Malaysian lawmakers have shown their support for democracy in Cambodia, said  Sam Rainsy, the acting president...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas in the heart of the Central financial district and...

Chinese shoppers set new records for spending during the annual “Singles’ Day” buying spree despite an economic slowdown and...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A flash mob sprang up in the heart of Hong Kong’s financial center on Tuesday,...

Two people were killed and three others injured during a shootout in a Chanthaburi courtroom this morning (Tuesday). The...

Thai people across the country and tourists last night took part in Loy Krathong Festival.  They flooded temples and...

Typhoon Nakri weakened to tropical storm as it made landfall in Vietnam on Sunday night and is weakening further...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reminded everyone celebrating the Loy Krathong festival tonight of the need to protect the...

The Thai government has a clear roadmap to the phasing out of single-use plastic bags and the recycling of...

A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least one in the torso,...

Thailand has drawn up a roadmap for tangible management of plastic waste.  Regionally, ASEAN has endorsed the Bangkok Declaration...

UDON THANI (Reuters) – In a remote Catholic school in Thailand, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, 77, kneels in a...

Plastic waste dumped into the sea is posing an increasingly serious threat to marine life, with more and more...

Saype, a French artist has created a fresco of two hands intertwined with biodegradable paints ahead of the 30th...

Tropical storm Nakri, packed with wind speeds of up to 95kph, is rapidly approaching Vietnam and is forecast to...

PARIS/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy, who has vowed to return to his home...

Core members of the Palang Pracharat party have nominated Mr. Suchart Tancharoen, deputy House speaker and party member, to...

The current village guard system, in the restive Deep South of Thailand, will be completely overhauled or replaced by...

A “shock and awe” campaign has been promised, but the apparently-imminent upcoming censure debate can make or break the...

Malaysia is ranked as the world’s 8th largest dumper of garbage into the sea.  Several academics have blamed the...

About 200 local and border patrol police are hunting for two fugitives and their helpers who are believed to...

Fifteen village defence volunteers were killed and two others seriously injured in a surprise raid on their makeshift outpost,...

Episode 3 of the ASEAN Waste Crisis documentary focuses on joint efforts by Indonesia’s private sector and religious organizations...

Three former core members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, also known as the red-shirt movement, were...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police tightened security and braced for potential evening clashes on Thursday between masked...

A new documentary, ‘ASEAN Waste Crisis’, looks at the catastrophic plastic waste problem facing ASEAN countries, especially Indonesia, Malaysia,...

Thai Civilized party leader Mongkolkit Suksintharanont today apologized for his negligence in bringing explosive precursors into the parliament building...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said Wednesday that he is canceling two major international summits so...

Although the immediate impact from the US decision to suspend the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on Thai exports...

Thailand, Chair of ASEAN in 2019, successfully gained the agreement of all 10 member states for “The Bangkok Declaration...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has downgraded its participation in back-to-back Asia-Pacific summits in Bangkok next week, a...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the cabinet on Tuesday that he will take sole responsibility for the decision he...

The Meteorological Department today issued a warning to people in lower Northeast, lower Central, the eastern region and upper...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

The prolonged trade war between the US and China has prompted a number of companies to move out of...

The European Union agreed to a Brexit delay of up to three months on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris...

The Thai Embassy in Madrid, Spain, has warned Thai people living in or travelling to Barcelona to avoid protest...

The Thai Consular Office in Hong Kong is strongly advising Thai people travelling to the territory to avoid protest...

Thai export sector suffers another blow after the US President Donald Trump on Friday announced to suspend USD1.3 billion...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will, this afternoon, preside over the signing of a public-private-partnership (PPP) contract between the State...

Phase 2 of the Government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat, Shop, Spend) scheme attracted a massive response when it was launched this...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at...

Nowadays, e-commerce presents a tremendous opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs as they don’t have to invest a lot of money...

Veteran politician Padermchai Sasomsap, of the Chart Thai Pattana party, won the by-election in Nakhon Pathom’s Constituency 5 on...

Anocha Panjoy was kidnapped by North Korean secret agents 41 years ago. Why should Thai society, especially those who...

The Constitutional Court today (Friday) opened its inquiry into Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s media shareholding case. Thanathorn...

Members of parliament have been reminded of the dignity and status of the parliament chamber, and the need to...

“It’s about time that politicians stopped quarreling in the House. The House of representatives has the obligation to set...

“If MPs cannot even stick to simple House rules, how can people expect them to take on larger responsibility?”...

Opposition chief whip Suthin Klangsaeng warned this morning, ahead of the debate on the budget bill, that any Pheu...

Crowds in a Chinese eatery ignore their drinks to gather adoringly around four fluffy white ducks, phones poised ready...

Tai Yai or Shan people are a predominant ethnic group in Mae Hong Son province north of Thailand. That...

DATE, Japan (Reuters) – Rescue workers in Japan searched for the missing on Wednesday as the death toll from...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her annual policy address this...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is currently non-committal about the banning or restriction of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, saying that...

The Region 9 chief judge, who was accused of interfering in a murder trial over which Yala provincial court...

The seeds of Thailand’s two biggest troubles — the political divide and insurgency in the deep South — were...

Fifty-one MPs of the Palang Pracharat party have submitted a motion, through House Speaker Chuan Leekpai, to the Constitutional...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist jailed for six years for rioting in 2016 appeared in...

Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn’s condition is improving satisfactorily without complications following medical treatment and she can now perform...

A viral clip on Twitter posted by the Los Angeles Police Department has racked up more than 300,000 views....

          Biryani has always been a long staple in Bangkok. Used to be called “Khao...

A political activist has called on Kasetsart University to take disciplinary action against a lecturer, for proposing the amendment...

Though flooding in the northeastern parts of Thailand has gradually receded,   experts are still concerned that many areas in...

Bangkok and surrounding provinces have been blanketed by PM2.5 particles exceeding safe level for more than a week. The...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong demonstrators clashed with police into the early hours of Thursday, throwing petrol bombs...

Bangkok, like other major cities around the world, is getting bigger, in terms of population. Bangkok has the highest...

(AFP) Hong Kong police shot a pro-democracy protestor in the chest on Tuesday as violent clashes erupted across the...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China celebrated its growing power and confidence with a big display of military hardware and goose-stepping...