投稿者: Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
The border dispute has led to a surge in nationalist sentiment and tit-for-tat actions by both governments Cambodia has banned imports of fruit and vegetables from Thailand, the latest escalation in a series of retaliatory actions sparked by a long-run…
The film, about a women who dies and whose spirit returns by possessing a vacuum cleaner, explores power and political oppression in ThailandWhen Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke became the first Thai director to win the Critics Week’s Grand Prize in May, he…
A growing number of young Thais are turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT for answers about their futureWhen Whan consulted her new fortune teller about the future of her relationship with her boyfriend, she was told that one half of the couple tended to…
President’s first stop is Vietnam as China urges US to end trade war and return to ‘right path of mutual respect’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will visit Vietnam on Monday as he begins a tour of south-east Asia where he will seek to strengthen tie…
The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capitalA devastating earthquake has wrought destruction across central Myanmar, toppling ancient sites, bringing down hospital buildings and collap…
Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hour operationMyanmar earthquake: What we know so farA woman trapped beneath the remains of a hotel building for nearly 60 hours after a devastat…
Rescue workers in Thai capital are frantically searching for 78 missing amid rubble as their loved ones watch onPluem, 18, had been working for just one month at a construction site in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. It was her first job since leaving he…
Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastation• ‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victimsRescue workers battled for a second night to find survivors of Mya…
There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as credibleThe Myanmar military’s promise to hold elections in December 2025 or January 2026 has been condemned as a “sham” that risks bringing …
US funding provides humanitarian assistance to a region vulnerable to natural disasters and support for pro-democracy activists battling repressive regimesTrump’s executive order halting US foreign aid funding flows for 90 days for review has caused gl…
Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding eventsMore than 1,800 same-sex couples have married in Thailand after the country became the first in south-east Asia to recognise equal marriage followi…
Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, whose son Watchara is one of six Thais held by Hamas, says ceasefire deal has given her more hopeMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe mother of a Thai man held in Gaza has pleaded for her son to be freed, saying the ceasefire deal betw…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra made required wealth declaration to national anti-corruption commissionThailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has declared £324m in assets including a collection of 217 designer handbags and 75 luxury watches in submi…
Leila de Lima enraged Rodrigo Duterte when she began investigating killings carried out during his ‘war on drugs’Leila de Lima, one of fiercest critics of the former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” who was jailed for more t…
Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of drug trafficking in 2010A Filipino migrant worker who has spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia is expected to arrive home on Wednesday after a deal was struck between Mani…