Thai rappers target junta rule
Thailand’s police are investigating a viral hip-hop video condemning the military junta as the generals begin to relax their grip ahead of a possible...
Thai junta eases censorship
Thailand’s use of its authoritarian lese majeste laws appears to be changing as the kingdom looks poised to hold its first democratic election since...
Thailand to ban plastic junk imports
Thailand says it will ban plastic garbage imports by 2021, meaning the west must find somewhere else to send its “recycling”.
Large trash exporters...
2019 Thai election result: generals win
The shadowy world of the Thai military has provided intriguing signs of change this week as its generals appear poised to step back from...
Thais held after UK millionaire’s body found
Two corpses suspected to be those of a Scottish millionaire and his Thai wife have been found by sniffer dogs buried in the 32-acre...
Dive hero sues Musk for ‘pedo’ tweets
A British dive hero, who was instrumental in rescuing the football team trapped in a cave in northern Thailand, has sued Tesla boss Elon...
Thai oil giant eyes rail project
Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas conglomerate PTT is in talks with potential partners about a joint bid for a US$7-billion high-speed train project linking...
Thai FB wildlife sales rife: report
A wildlife monitoring group says there has been a sharp rise since 2016 in Thai Facebook groups trading in endangered animals.
Traffic said many...
Musk labels cave hero ‘child rapist’
Childish tech guru Elon Musk has again made unsubstantiated allegations that the British diver who rescued the Thai footballers trapped in the Chiang Rai...
Back to the dark ages
Thailand is currently experiencing an uneasy peace but this might not last if Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha delays his promised general election again as...
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Singapore told to look to domestic market for growth
Singaporean growth this year is expected to come in slightly below the midpoint of the 1.5 to 3.5 per cent forecast range without any...
Cambodia joins Asean’s rail network
Cambodia and Thailand have reconnected a cross-border railway after 46 years as Asean’s rail links gradually improve.
The military-appointed Thai prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, and...
Duterte threatens war with Canada over 103 sea containers
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told Canada to take back tonnes of waste it had “illegally” shipped to Manila or risk "war".
Canada is being...