A weed hangover? Why Thailand's having second thoughts about decriminalizing cannabis
Opening a cannabis dispensary wasn't always top of the list of Wassaya Iemvijan's ambitions. The former lawyer, from the Thai capital Bangkok, first turned to the plant as a form of "alternative care" to cope with stress and settle her mind.
2023-09-30 08:57
Millions of Chinese tourists are going on holiday again. Many of them are headed for Thailand
Thailand's golden beaches, shopping districts and ornate temples are filling with tourists once again and Chinese vacationers are getting an especially VIP welcome under a new visa-free scheme.
2023-09-29 10:24
Thailand: Leading activist Anon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform
Anon Nampa is jailed four years for calling for a conversation on the role of Thailand's monarchy.
2023-09-26 16:51
Chinese dissident 'stranded' in Taiwan airport pleads for asylum in US or Canada
A Chinese dissident who has been living in a Taiwanese airport since Friday has pleaded for the United States or Canada to grant him asylum after he fled Thailand saying he feared being deported back to China.
2023-09-26 14:24
Thailand: Man charged with beating his three children to death
Police suspect the man also killed two more of his children from a previous marriage.
2023-09-25 18:46
Thailand's ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra asks King for royal pardon
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a request for a royal pardon, the outgoing justice minister said, just over a week after his dramatic return to the country from more than 15 years in self-exile.
2023-09-01 11:58
Thammakaset: Thai poultry farmer loses his 36th defamation suit
Thailand's best-known human rights campaigner found not guilty of criminal defamation.
2023-08-29 14:57
Dogs: Thai rescue pup on brink of death finds Welsh home
Rodney was found on the street, hours away from death, but now lives in south Wales.
2023-08-25 06:24
Thaksin's return seals grand Thai political bargain
The end of Thaksin Shinawatra's 15-year-long exile is not an isolated event, but part of a grand political bargain.
2023-08-23 18:29
Thailand has a new leader but it's not the one most people voted for. Here's why
Tuesday was a dramatic day in Thailand as parliament staved off a potential political crisis by finally voting for a new prime minister as one of the country's most polarizing figures returned from a 15-year self exile.
2023-08-23 17:51
Thai parliament picks Srettha Thavisin as next prime minister ending 3 months of political deadlock
Thailand's parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country's next prime minister, ending a political deadlock more than three months after elections delivered a landslide to progressive parties over pro-military groups.
2023-08-22 18:56
Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns to a politically divided Thailand after 15 years of self-exile
Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and divisive figure at a time when the kingdom's often fraught political scene is in a fresh state of flux.
2023-08-22 13:27