Police and junta troops detained well-known Myanmar religious leader Hkalam Samson at Mandalay International Airport as he tried to fly abroad for medical treatment. They released him on Monday after holding him overnight and put him on a plane back

A Chinese pair who tried to create a semi-autonomous region in the Marshall Islands with no tax and relaxed immigration rules have pleaded guilty in the United States to conspiring to bribe officials. Cary Yan and Gina Zhou, who use several

Authorities in Myanmar have launched an investigation after a group of women on their way to the market in Yangon region made a gruesome discovery early on Monday morning – 13 broken and waterlogged corpses believed to be members of

Security at airports, railway stations and tourist spots in 14 southern provinces, especially Hat Yai, Phuket and Surat Thani Province, is to be stepped up following the derailment of a freight train by sabotage in the Sadao district of Songkhla

People living in Thailand’s 15 southern provinces are advised to brace for heavy to very heavy rain today (Sunday) and tomorrow, while small vessels should remain ashore due to rough seas. The Meteorological Department said today that a low pressure cell,

Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book, “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World” is available now from Oxford University Press. Radio Free Asia

Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and its English website, Thai PBS World, recently gathered journalists and young political leaders from Asia to discuss the challenges they face and the most pressing issues confronting their countries. The Asian Media Forum, cohosted by

A fire broke out at Central World shopping mall in Bangkok this afternoon (Saturday), but it was quickly extinguished, the company said in a statement. According to the company, it took about ten minutes for security officers at the mall to

Several cargo carriages became derailed after a freight train left Hat Yai for the Padang Besar border town in Sadao district of Songkhla this morning (Saturday). Initial reports said that the 20-car No. 707 freight train, was arriving at Village 2,

BANGKOK, Thailand International Motor Expo, which kicked off yesterday, has drawn a number of Chinese automakers, showcasing their latest electric vehicle (EV) models. With new EV incentives being effective for over six months, the country’s EV market has seen a round