Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency which manages the multibillion-dollar holdings of the monarchy. The newly amended Crown Property Act replaces three laws dating back to as early as 1936, and is the ...
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 ...
Twenty-seven people have been injured, several with suspected spinal damage, after an Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 on which they were travelling from Moscow to Bangkok hit strong turbulence. The Russian Embassy in Bangkok said in a statement that Flight SU270 hit an air pocket Monday on ...
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 ...
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will ascend Thailand's throne on Dec. 1, following the death of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a senior palace official said Thursday. The official said preparations for his ascension are ongoing. The crown prince is currently in Germany and will return home ...
The 96-year-old confidant of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been formally confirmed as the regent to manage the throne in the place of the crown prince and heir apparent, but it wasn't clear how long the caretaker arrangement would last. In a speech late Saturday, ...
An American accused of running a passport forgery ring in Bangkok confessed to dismembering — but not murdering — a man found in his freezer, Thai police said Saturday, as detectives continue to piece together details of the macabre crime. The 63-year-old suspect, who police ...
Thai health authorities on Friday said microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus, in what is believed to be Southeast Asia's first confirmed cases linking the sickness and the birth defect. The announcement could affect Thailand's key tourism industry, one the kingdom's ...
Three foreign men belonging to a suspected passport forgery ring were charged Saturday after police found them with drugs, guns and a dismembered body stashed in the freezer of a Bangkok building. Police said they are working to confirm the nationalities of the English speakers, ...
Bangkok has beaten London to be crowned the world's most popular travel destination this year, according to an annual ranking by global payments and technology company Mastercard released on Thursday. Tourism has been one of the rare bright spots for Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, ...
At least 12 people have died and dozens are missing in Thailand after a boat carrying 150 Thai Muslims capsized in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, officials said Sunday. The accident took place on the Chao Phraya river in Ayutthaya, a UNESCO World Heritage ...
The Thai Health Ministry has confirmed 21 locally transmitted cases of Zika infection in central Bangkok, local media reported Sunday. According to the Japanese Embassy, no Japanese are among the cases, which were all recorded in the capital's Sathorn District, where many office complexes are ...
