Thailand

Bangkok bans street food leaving foodies fed up, vendors in a pickle

BANGKOK: Authorities in Thailand's capital are banishing its world-famous street-food vendors as part of a… Read More

Fourteen die in Thailand flooding

BANGKOK: Days of torrential rain and flooding have killed at least 14 people in southern… Read More

Thai town lays on monkey banquet

It is a feast fit for a monkey king. On Sunday the central Thai town… Read More

The cassette tape still has a following in South East Asia

SUBANG JAYA, MALAYSIA: Collectors and music fans wearing the t-shirts of obscure rock bands brave… Read More

Thailand to tackle ‘false’ foreign media reports after king’s death

BANGKOK: Thailand said on Thursday it would inform the world about the royal succession following… Read More

Thailand sees jump in royal defamation cases after king’s death

BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation on social media… Read More

VIRAL VIDEO: Elephant saves man from ‘drowning’ in river

WATCH: A heart-warming video has emerged on the internet, showing the baby elephant wading through… Read More

Black is back as Thais mourn revered king

BANGKOK: On his birthday Thais wore yellow, when he got sick they put on pink,… Read More

Grieving Thailand salutes late king Bhumibol Adulyadej

BANGKOK: Massive crowds of weeping Thais and saluting soldiers lined the streets Friday as late… Read More

Bangkok edges out London as world’s top travel destination: Mastercard

The Thai capital of Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world's most popular… Read More

One killed as bomb explodes on train in southern Thailand

BANGKOK: One railway worker was killed and three people were wounded when a bomb exploded… Read More

Thailand’s first halal hotel hopes to help boost Muslim arrivals

BANGKOK: Predominately Buddhist Thailand has opened its first halal hotel as hopes to attract more… Read More

Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand – police

PATTANI, THAILAD: A large car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a hotel in Thailand's deep south,… Read More

Four dead as Thailand hit by string of blasts

BANGKOK: A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people,… Read More

Former Thai PM Yingluck rejects charter days before referendum

BANGKOK: Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected a draft constitution sponsored by the… Read More

Thai cops charge 8-year-old girls for tearing voter lists

BANGKOK: Two eight-year-old girls have been charged under a draconian Thai junta law for tearing… Read More

Four injured as car slams into Bangkok shrine

BANGKOK: Four people were injured when a driver had a seizure and her car ploughed into… Read More

Elephant who lost leg in landmine blast gets new prosthetic leg

BANGKOK: Mosha the elephant, who stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Myanmar border 10 years… Read More

Thailand subjects drunken drivers to ‘weird’ punishment

BANGKOK:  Several convicted drunken drivers were brought to a Bangkok morgue to see a corpse and… Read More

Thailand road accident kills 11 school staff

BANGKOK: Eleven staff from a Bangkok elementary school were killed when their people carrier flipped… Read More