• THAILAND

  A pill policy that may just pop

  News, Published on 02/03/2024

  » Yosapat Kongduang, 22, did not sleep for three straight nights after taking methamphetamine pills or ya ba. He was restless and aggressive when police arrested him at his house in Buri Ram on Feb 16.

• THAILAND

  Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups

  News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022

  » Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.

• THAILAND

  When to bring the curtain down

  News, Published on 20/03/2022

  » Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon sparked debate over whether the government should call an early House dissolution when he floated the idea that it would be a good time to go the polls after the Apec 2022 summit.

• THAILAND

  Police coercion sparks law debate

  News, Published on 22/01/2024

  » The investigation into the death of Buaphan Tansu, 47, in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province, which led to Panya Khongsaenkham, 54, her husband, being made a scapegoat by police, has sparked a public outcry.

• THAILAND

  South Korea's new tourist magnets

  News, Published on 02/09/2023

  » South Korea has introduced new destinations to attract more Thai tourists as part of bilateral cooperation to spur tourism in both countries.

• THAILAND

  Debt debacle dogs farmers

  News, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/11/2021

  » Wiratchada Hanchana, 50, and her husband Wichian were forced to leave the home they built and had lived in for more than 24 years after failing to pay a 700,000 baht pickup truck debt they say they know nothing about.

• THAILAND

  Dam-building race threatens the Mekong River

  Published on 19/08/2019

  » The Mekong River is a lifeline to many communities in Southeast Asia. But an ongoing drought and dozens of hydroelectric power plants are lowering water levels and damaging a fragile ecosystem.

• THAILAND

  Fishing for new workers

  News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/09/2018

  » The Labour Ministry's recent move to recruit additional migrant workers through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) system is a boost for the commercial fishing sector, which has suffered from a labour shortage.

• THAILAND

  The finish line

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 17/07/2018

  » When the gates opened, the jockeys drove hard and the horses thundered out on the grassy racetrack. The crowd of fortune-seekers went wild cheering for the horses they'd bet on. Some clutched a pair of binoculars. Others had eyes glued to the big screen. In the background, the announcer detailed the race's progress. After just over a minute, the horses covered 1,200m and crossed the finish line. While some continued to cheer, most of the crowd fell into a collective sigh.

• THAILAND

  Airbnb refuse China buyout offer

  Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2018

  » BEIJING: Airbnb Inc's founders were moments away from merging their China business with local competitor Tujia in January 2017. Executives and investors spent hours hashing out a deal. Preliminary term sheets were drawn up. Then in the final hour of negotiations, Airbnb pulled out.

1 2 Next Last