Sun up Early for China With 1st Asian Games Gold Medal
JAKARTA — Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal awarded at the 18th Asian Games with an acrobatic victory in wushu's changquan discipline ahead...
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General, 80
GENEVA — Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80.
Faces of Perseverance: Hidden Contributions of Migrant Women
BANGKOK — A woman tosses a sheet over a bed while another hunches over a sewing machine. Eyes peer from behind colorful umbrellas, and...
Why Markets Worry Turkey 2018 Could Become Thailand 1997
Why are investors around the world so worried about Turkey's economy, when it's smaller than Florida's? Because of the possibility that somebody bigger will be next.
Two Thai Laborers Who Died in Israel Arrive Home
BANGKOK — The bodies of two migrant Thai laborers who died in their sleep two days apart in Israel arrived back in Thailand on...
Tesla’s Musk Says Stress, Overwork Taking Heavy Toll
Electric car maker Tesla's CEO Elon Musk admitted to The New York Times that stress is taking a heavy toll on him personally in...
Bangkok Bombing Trial Remains Stalled 3 Years On
BANGKOK — Three years to the day after a deadly terror attack hit the heart of cosmopolitan Bangkok, the trial of two men accused of the crime has made little progress, with only eight of hundreds of planned witnesses taking the stand.
SoulBar Makes a Move on Fourth Anniversary
BANGKOK — A Charoen Krung joint with a reputation for great live music nights went dark this past weekend but says it will be back soon just down the road with a bigger party space and pioneering “moo ping bar.”
Watching Prayuth and ‘Three Friends’ Campaign No Fun for Others
Political parties big and small are grumbling as they watch junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and pro-junta politicians engage in behavior indistinguishable from campaigning, despite the ...
100 Electric Taxis Coming to Suvarnabhumi
BANGKOK — A fleet of electric taxis is coming to service Suvarnabhumi Airport early next month, officials said Thursday.
