PM wants to outlaw cannabis, two years after it was decriminalized

The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said yesterday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns

Karen guerrillas leave a town that army lost two weeks ago as rival group holds sway

Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

Thailand’s foreign minister late last week said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to

Trial opens for son of Spanish actors over killing of Colombian surgeon

Thailand’s court began a trial Tuesday of the son of Spanish actors accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island. Daniel

A former police chief will face charges for allegedly helping a Red Bull scion avoid justice

Prosecutors in Thailand announced this week they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red

China-Laos Railway train adds 50 seats

More seats for international passengers are being offered on the bullet train operating on the China-Laos Railway to meet the strong demand for travel between the

Court says popular politician Pita didn’t violate law, can remain a lawmaker

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that popular progressive politician Pita Limjaroenrat, who was blocked from becoming prime minister even though his party placed first in last

Remains of fireworks explosion victims taken to temple where families give DNA to identify them

Rescue workers carried out the grim task yesterday of recovering the remains of the 23 apparent victims of a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand.

Officials say not calling Thaksin ‘inmate’ is standard practice

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of wrongdoing in office, but he shouldn’t be called an inmate, the country’s

Elected progressive lawmaker sentenced to six years for defaming the monarchy

A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker this week to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the

Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills two people, and a teen suspect is arrested

A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday evening, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities

Police say drug bust nets worth $8.2 million

Police in Thailand said yesterday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with a

Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy

Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international airport yesterday, the first day of a new visa-free entry program that officials say

King’s estranged son urges open discussion of monarchy, in rejection of anti-defamation law

An estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his homeland has unexpectedly gone public with his belief that

Thailand’s government, seeking return of tourists from China, approves visa-free entry for five months

Thailand’s new government approved this week a measure granting temporary visa-free entry to Chinese tourists, signaling that the recovery of the country’s tourism industry is

Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community draws tourists from China looking to be themselves

Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. Instead, the 28-year-old stayed a month and a half,

Shinawatra jailed after returning from exile, requests a royal pardon

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon, a senior

Police say man kills his family after online scam leaves them in massive debt

At least 11 people are suspected to be involved with a loan scam that allegedly drove a man to kill his wife and two young boys

New leader is a wealthy property developer who didn’t hide his political views

The leader of one of Thailand’s best-known property empires has been selected prime minister just nine months after joining a political party that champions the poor.

Former Thai leader Thaksin goes to jail as political party linked to him wins vote to take power

Thailand’s divisive former prime minister made a dramatic return home yesterday to face an eight-year prison term, just as a party linked to him won a vote in

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