カテゴリー: Thailand
Mae Manee, 28, on the run after being accused of fraud involving a fake gold shop and the offer of 93% return to investorsA woman is on the run from Thai police after being accused of scamming nearly 3,000 people out of a total of 861 million baht (US2…
Purges, which come after royal consort was stripped of her titles, offer rare glimpse into the palaceThailand’s king has sacked four royal guards, two of them for “adultery”, in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his royal consort was stripped …
Discovery comes days after six elephants fell to their deaths in the same spotWildlife officials in Thailand have discovered the carcasses of five more wild elephants downstream from a waterfall where the bodies of six other elephants were found last w…
Six wild elephants died while apparently trying to save each other after falling into a waterfall at Khao Yai national park in Thailand. Two others were saved during the incident on Saturday at Haew Narok waterfall in the north-eastern province of…
Wildlife officials in Thailand have discovered the carcasses of five more wild elephants downstream from a waterfall where the bodies of six other elephants were found on Saturday. The animals were originally thought to have died while t…
Khanakorn Pianchana fires gun after acquitting five men on murder and firearms charges, claiming other judges told him to change verdict A Thai judge shot himself in the chest in a court in an apparent suicide attempt following complaints about interfe…
Inbreeding blamed as only 61 of 147 big cats survive after removal from tourist attractionMore than half of the 147 tigers confiscated from a Thai temple have died, park officials have said, blaming genetic problems linked to inbreeding at the once mon…
Human Rights Watch calls for information on fate of 34-year-old amid a spate of disappearances of activistsRights groups in Thailand have urged the government to investigate the apparent enforced disappearance of Od Sayavong, a prominent pro-democracy …
Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo had been found guilty of killing Hannah Witheridge and David MillerThe two migrant workers who were found guilty of the murders of two British backpackers on the Thai island of Koh Tao have had their convictions upheld by the count…
Informal pictures show Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi aiming a rifle and piloting planeThailand’s palace has released rare images and a biography of the king’s newly anointed royal consort, including candid and action-packed photos of her aiming a weapon on …
Wang Yi criticises ‘relaunch’ of China-Australian relations as Marise Payne defends Huawei banThe progress of repairing China-Australia ties, strained over Canberra’s concerns about Chinese influence in its domestic affairs, has been “unsatisfactory”, …
Injuries reported in explosions at skytrain station, a government complex and a main roadSeveral small explosions have been reported across Bangkok, injuring at least two people, as the city plays host to foreign ministers from the UK, the US, China an…
Industry has boomed in Thailand, with more than 80 snail farms in one province alone feeding cosmetics demand For years, they were the unwelcome slimy plague on the farmers of Thailand. But a global cosmetic demand for snail secretions, thought to offs…
Ever since sham elections in March, activists have been singled out in a series of brutal attacks as the military tightens its grip on power The blows came hard and heavy on Sirawith Seritiwat’s head. The four men, dressed in motorcycle helmets, black …