The Government Needs Internet Users To Uncover Illegal Resorts
Yuttaphon Angkinan, an adviser to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, admitted in an interview that the government needs to depend on the...
Facebook Reports Slower-Than-Expected 2Q Revenue Growth
NEW YORK — There's a scratch in Facebook's Teflon coating.
The social network's user base and revenue grew more slowly than expected in the second...
‘Panom Tian,’ Grandmaster of Storytelling and Jungle Lores, Dies at 89
BANGKOK — Chatchai Wisedsuvarnabhumi, the author behind some of Thailand’s most famous adventure stories and classic songs, died on Tuesday, his family said. He was 89.
For Would-be Reagan Assassin, Freedom Only Days Away
For the past decade, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan has quietly spent a growing number of his days living with his 90-year-old mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia. On Wednesday, a judge finalized John Hinckley Jr.'s transition to freedom, ordering that Hinckley can permanently leave the psychiatric hospital where he was confined after the assassination attempt.
Opioid Epidemic Shares Chilling Similarities With the Past
NEW YORK — While declaring the opioid crisis a national public health emergency Thursday, President Donald Trump said: "Nobody has seen anything like what's going on now."
PromptPay Restored After NYE Glitch
BANGKOK — An online money transferring service resumed its operations Sunday afternoon after these were halted without explanation in the morning of New Year’s Eve.
Wildlife Inspectors Find Orangutan ‘Disappeared’ from Phuket Zoo
PHUKET — A female orangutan whose conditions in captivity were decried by activists vanished from the Phuket Zoo just before wildlife officials arrived to see if it was keeping her legally.
Overnight Deluge Unleashes Morning Toil, Trouble
BANGKOK — After a long stormy night, Bangkok woke Tuesday morning to find rush hour turned to slush hour on crippled roads.
Traffic was reportedly...
Activist Launches Petition to Oust Election Commission
BANGKOK — An activist on Wednesday was calling for Thais to help him relieve the Election Commission officials – via paper petition.
After a Sunday...
Landslide in Northern Malaysia Kills 3, Traps 11
KUALA LUMPUR — Officials say a landslide at a construction site in northern Malaysia has killed three foreign workers with rescuers searching for 11...