The businessman who brought mobile phones to Thailand, the only politician to win a landslide victory and serve a full term as prime minister, Thaksin now lives in splendid exile in Dubai.
The supreme leader of Thailand's military coup government has instructed the committee he assigned to write a new constitution to stress pragmatism over democracy and civil rights.
A fashion designer has convinced Miss Thailand Universe to wear a costume based on the country's iconic three-wheeled tuk-tuk to the December pageant.
Hundreds of Thai villagers rioted against alleged police brutality and blocked the road to the airport after a chase killed two teenagers in a chase over petty drug dealing.
With the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty now a done deal, Thailand is leading Southeast Asian nations in rethinking their opposition to the free trade agreement.
Thailand has regained its position as the world's top rice exporter, but an ongoing drought, along with government programs to cut back crops for the next two years, threaten the market.
Police in Thailand say they are ready to hand over the case against two Uighur men from China who they say set off the bomb in the center of Bangkok that killed 20 people on Aug. 17.
The annual Phuket, Thailand, Vegetarian Festival is infamous for the extreme body piercing and modification parade, but this year health authorities are warning that the veggies and fruit are dangerous.
Doctors found a diamond worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the intestines of a woman accused of stealing from a jewelry show.
In central Bangkok, a bomb explosion at a Hindu shrine killed at least 16 people and left dozens of people wounded, The Guardian reported.
Thailand has confirmed its first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus on Friday.
A recent international survey showed Sweden to be the least religious country, while the Thais claim the number one position in their religious beliefs.
Health officials are deeply concerned about a strain of drug-resistant malaria that has appeared throughout South East Asia.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
