Beijing says it is ready to work with ASEAN on South China Sea code of conduct
Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flash point South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying fellow claimants. China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, a ...
A weekend in Bangkok: Pick up your mitts and get ready for chaos
A local's guide to the very best of Thailand's sweaty capital city. What to do, see, eat and drink.
Camo and a crop top: Thai royal consort photos crash website
Thailand's palace website crashed Monday after it published unprecedented pictures of the king's consort in a fighter jet, wearing a crop top and dressed in combat fatigues with him and the royal poodle. The unusually candid pictures of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's consort, 34-year-old Major-General Sineenat ...
Newly crowned Thai king carried through Bangkok in elaborate royal procession
Thailand's newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn was carried by soldiers on a gilded palanquin through the streets of Bangkok Sunday, in front of crowds who craned to witness the historic event. The king, Rama X of the Chakri dynasty, wore a bejewelled robe and broad-brimmed ...
Water-spraying drones and canned air among remedies touted to curb Asia's smog
As billions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality, while companies have tried to cash in by selling everything from canned air to lung-purifying teas. Around 92 percent of the ...
The wife of a lawyer who vanished after being snatched off the streets of Bangkok 15 years ago urged Thailand on Tuesday to toughen laws to end impunity of officials accused of carrying out enforced disappearances. Rights groups say 30 human rights activists have disappeared ...
Nature-short Bangkok debates whether to turn 'last' big green space into park or mall
The fate of a large green space in the middle of one of the world's most built-up cities is pitting communities and conservationists against developers and cash-strapped authorities — a type of battle that is increasingly common in Asia. The Makkasan area in central Bangkok, ...
A Vietnamese blogger for Radio Free Asia has vanished after fleeing to Thailand, the news organization said Tuesday, as rights activists voiced fear that he had been abducted. Truong Duy Nhat — a weekly blogger for the Vietnamese service of Radio Free Asia, which aims ...
Japanese parking firms see bonanza in Bangkok's traffic jams
Scarce parking space in Bangkok is aggravating chronic traffic congestion in the Thai capital, but some Japanese parking companies are taking a look at the positive side of the traffic nightmare. Nippon Parking Development (Thailand) Co., a local unit of Nippon Parking Development Co., has ...
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok. The talks in the Thai capital ...
The world's first indoor adventure park featuring "friends" characters created for Line Corp.'s immensely popular messaging app will open later this year in Bangkok. Line Village Bangkok says it will open a Line Village merchandise store Friday before fully opening its doors in the capital's ...
Over 200 couples take part in Thailand's annual 'Running of the Brides' event
Some 250 couples in wedding dresses and suits raced through a Bangkok park on Saturday in the annual "Running of the Brides" to compete for $28,000 in wedding prizes. Sirada Thamwanna, 29, said she was exhausted after winning the 4 km (2.5 miles) foot race ...
