Visitors shuttle in and out of a state-of-the-art hospital in an Indonesian town once devastated by towering tsunami waves five years ago, while in nearby Thailand backpackers dance to music in bars and tourists lodge in a hotel that had been demolished in the Boxing Day disaster.
An explosion killed at least two people Monday in a city in southern Thailand, a police official who is familiar with the investigation said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, emerged from a hospital for the first time Friday since seeking medical attention more than a month ago.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace said Sunday.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
About 20 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a Buddhist restaurant in southern Thailand, police said.
Yue-Sai Kan -- one of the most recognizable women in China with a cosmetics empire and her own TV show -- often needs to get away from the grueling pressures and polluted skies of Shanghai and Beijing, where she lives.
A Bangkok Airways plane crashed at an airport at a resort island in Thailand, killing the pilot and injuring 37 people Tuesday, aviation officials said.
From a lush mountain-side overlooking the western beach of Tung Nang Dam on Thailand's Andaman coast, Noi recalls the noise of the tsunami more than the sight of it.
Gunmen believed to be linked to an Islamic militant group opened fire Monday in a mosque in Thailand, killing 10 people, a police official said.
Visitors shuttle in and out of a state-of-the-art hospital in an Indonesian town once devastated by towering tsunami waves five years ago, while in nearby Thailand backpackers dance to music in bars and tourists lodge in a hotel that had been demolished in the Boxing Day disaster.
An explosion killed at least two people Monday in a city in southern Thailand, a police official who is familiar with the investigation said.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, emerged from a hospital for the first time Friday since seeking medical attention more than a month ago.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace said Sunday.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
About 20 people were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a Buddhist restaurant in southern Thailand, police said.
Yue-Sai Kan -- one of the most recognizable women in China with a cosmetics empire and her own TV show -- often needs to get away from the grueling pressures and polluted skies of Shanghai and Beijing, where she lives.
A Bangkok Airways plane crashed at an airport at a resort island in Thailand, killing the pilot and injuring 37 people Tuesday, aviation officials said.
From a lush mountain-side overlooking the western beach of Tung Nang Dam on Thailand's Andaman coast, Noi recalls the noise of the tsunami more than the sight of it.
Gunmen believed to be linked to an Islamic militant group opened fire Monday in a mosque in Thailand, killing 10 people, a police official said.
This week, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal and parts of India are ushering in their New Year.
As political protests ebb in Bangkok, business worries mount for Thailand and companies doing business there.
The declaration of a state of emergency in Thailand following violent clashes between anti-government and security forces marks the latest escalation in a long-running political crisis which has plunged the southeast Asian country into frequent bouts of disorder and instability.
Anti-government protesters in Thailand are considering suspending their demonstrations for the Thai New Year, one of their leaders said Friday.
Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire early Friday killing at least four soldiers near a disputed border temple that was the site of clashes last year, a Thai military official said.
An Australian author imprisoned last month for insulting the king and crown prince of Thailand was on his way home Saturday after receiving a pardon from the king.
Thailand's prime minister suspects there were "some instances" in which Myanmar's Rohingya boat people were pushed out to sea, a frank admittance of a practice drawing worldwide condemnation.
Bedraggled, hungry and dazed, the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Bedraggled, hungry and dazed, the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Thailand's Senate will investigate allegations that the country's military abused Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar, a leading senator said Tuesday, in the latest of several probes into the issue.
At 44-years-old Abhisit Vejjajiva is Thailand's youngest prime minister in more than 60 years. But perhaps more immediately significantly, he is the country's third prime minister in four months after a period of immense upheaval in Thailand.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delivered the first policy speech of his term Tuesday despite the blockade of Parliament by thousands of supporters of Thailand's former premier.
Governments have warned their citizens about traveling to Thailand during the current wave of protests and blockade of international airports.
Protesters blockading international flights to Bangkok threatened to draft in more demonstrators Monday as the tense standoff with authorities looked set to enter a second week.
Thai authorities shut down Bangkok's second airport Thursday after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, completely cutting off the capital from air traffic as the prime minister rejected their demands to resign, deepening the country's crisis.
Thousands of tourists have been left stranded after two blasts at Bangkok's giant Suvarnabhumi Airport wounded four people and triggered its closure, dealing another blow to the country's travel industry.
Two near-simultaneous explosions in insurgency-hit southern Thailand killed one person and wounded a further 71, police said.
Police fired tear gas canisters Tuesday at several thousand protesters who barricaded Parliament trying to block the new prime minister from delivering his first policy speech
Thailand's ruling party elects the brother-in-law of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra to lead the nation
Samak Sundaravej has decided to end his bid to return as Thailand's prime minister, according to an aide.
Thailand's ruling party nominated Samak Sundaravej to return as prime minister Thursday, two days after a court stripped him of the post.
Though they've organized tens of thousands to hit Bangkok's streets to demand that the Prime Minister resigns, Thailand's anti-government alliance is not sure what they want to happen if he does
The fate of the firefly, dwindling in numbers, drew more than 100 entomologists and biologists to Thailand's northern city of Chiang Mai last week
Anti-government protesters closed down three airports in Thailand Friday in an effort to force the prime minister to step down, airport officials said.
Thousands of demonstrators occupying the Thai prime minister's office compound beat back an effort by riot police to remove them Wednesday and vowed to stay until the government resigns
A car bomb exploded in southern Thailand, killing a local journalist and wounding 17 others, a police official said.
Thailand and Cambodia have become ensnared in controversy over a second temple on disputed land along their border, the Thai news agency reported Monday.
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to redeploy some troops away from the site of a border temple at the center of a tense military standoff in its second week.
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia will meet Monday in an effort to resolve a week-long military standoff over an ancient border temple that sits on disputed land, Thailand's prime minister said Thursday.
Cambodian and Thai troops face off around a thousand-year-old Hindu temple. But the standoff may be driven by domestic politics on both sides
Thailand may once have been a political bright spot in a region overshadowed by juntas, but the last few years have been nothing short of chaos
Despite winning a string of government concessions, hundreds continued to protest on the streets of Thailand Monday, some calling for the country's prime minister to resign.
Thailand's prime minister has warned he may send in police and soldiers to disperse several hundred people who have been staging an around-the-clock protest in Bangkok for the past six days.
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej piqued global interest this week when he suggested the formation of a rice cartel with other producers, a government spokesman said.
Americans on average eat three pounds of shrimp a year, but can U.S. shoppers be sure the shrimp they love was produced without slave labor?
Workers in Southeast Asia's shrimp industry suffer regular abuse and sometimes live in what amounts to virtual slavery, a human-rights organization said Wednesday.
The latest rival of Thailand's new Prime Minister isn't the opposition party or the junta he replaced. It's the celebrated soothsayer who says he's going down
Many beaches in Southern Thailand are overrun with Western travelers, but the quiet stretch of powdery sand known as Rai Lay, on Krabi Island -- only accessible by boat -- is an exception. Its towering limestone cliffs and tropical foliage, and the crystal-blue waters of the Andaman Sea, make this low-key hideaway a romantic alternative to places like Phuket.
Samak Sundaravej is handily elected Thailand's Prime Minister, but with a mandate that's far from secure -- and an exiled Thaksin Shinawatra waiting in the wings
Thailand's parliament chose a prime-minister-elect on Monday, according to Thai television.
An explosion and ambush has killed eight soldiers in southern Thailand, an Army spokesman said.
The party that vowed to bring back Thaksin Shinawatra has won the first election since the 2006 coup that ousted him
Polls opened Sunday in Thailand's first national election after a military coup, with loyalists of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected to capture the most votes, The Associated Press reported.
DR: This is Talk Asia. I'm Dan Rivers. I'm with Thailand's "Condom King," Mechai Viravaidya. Thank you for talking to us. People credit you with slashing the AIDS infection rate in Thailand, I think from something like, I think it was up at 140,000-plus cases per year in 1991, down to about 20,000 in 2003. Remarkable success, far more than the neighboring countries. That must be very gratifying for you.
Newey is the head of Thailand's Youth Venture program, located in Bangkok.
At least one person was killed and 32 injured during a twin bombing in Thailand's southern Muslim-majority Yala province Tuesday morning, police said.
Protesters march for democracy and raise fears about how the junta will react
The Prime Minister overthrown in last year's coup and the leadership of his party are banned from politics for five years
When Narisara Panya's husband died of AIDS seven years ago after returning to Thailand from a construction job abroad, it was devastating. With only a small plot of land that didn't always yield en...
SANYA, China (AP) -- Chapchai Nirat of Thailand shot a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win the TCL Classic and claim his first victory in a major tournament.
Suspected Muslim separatist insurgents raided a local government administration office in southern Thailand and shot to death two male engineers and wounded a female clerk Wednesday, police said.
If there's such a thing as the right way to topple a democratically elected government, then Thailand's generals might be just the strongmen to teach that lesson. After they moved against Prime Min...
Five days after seizing power in a bloodless coup, Thailand's military junta announced Sunday that anyone participating in political gatherings will face "tough and swift penalties" including up to five years in jail and fines.
Thailand's military has banned political activity and detained four top members from the administration of Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a bloodless military coup this week.
Political uncertainty flowing from Tuesday's military coup in Thailand has prompted investment banks to cut their Thai GDP growth forecasts sharply.
Thailand's long-reigning king endorsed the bloodless military coup that ousted the country's prime minister, according to a televised statement, and the general who seized power promised to restore civilian rule within a year.
Thailand's military coup leader has pledged to choose a new prime minister within two weeks and return power to the people as soon as possible.
The United States has urged Americans to reconsider any travel to Thailand while Britain told its citizens living there to stay in their homes, after the Thai military toppled the country's prime minister in a coup.
Six bombs exploded, one every five minutes, in a southern Thailand city, killing at least four people and wounding 30 on Saturday, police said.
At least 10 bombs exploded, nearly simultaneously, at commercial banks across predominantly Muslim southern Thailand Thursday, killing one person and wounding 18 others, authorities said.
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Muay Thai fighter Sualuang sits beside his opponent outside the boxing ring in Chaweng Stadium, on the tropical holiday island of Ko Samui.
Three Thai security officials were killed Wednesday by a bomb planted on a railway in the southern province of Songkla in a troubled Muslim-dominated region, police and military officials said.
All day and all night at the factory that makes Durex condoms in an industrial suburb of Bangkok, young Thai women grab handfuls of pink-ribbed condoms, stretch them one at a time between their fin...
Three people were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in Thailand's troubled south when more than 30 bombs exploded Thursday in police stations and government offices across three Muslim-dominated provinces, according to Thailand's military.
Thailand's Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a 5-year-old boy from avian influenza.
The phone call couldn't have stunned me more. My Pacific Northwest salesperson had just informed me that we'd lost one of our most important accounts to an assault by low-cost rivals, one from Chin...
In a recent issue of Transworld Surf, a trade magazine, Randy French was listed as the third-most-powerful person in the $4.5 billion industry. But if there were a list of the most controversial pl...
Thailand has been criticized by the United States over its human rights record, particularly its treatment of its citizens in the troubled southern regions.
Police in Thailand have charged a Dutchman and a Spaniard with passport forgery, according to a Thai media report.
We received thousands of e-mails in the days after December's tsunamis from people seeking news of friends and relatives in areas affected by the disaster.
Thailand's tsunami death toll could reach 8,000, with more than half of those foreign tourists holidaying in the nation's southern resorts when the disaster struck.
The Spanish Cabinet on Thursday approved a $68 million (50 million euro) line of credit for emergency aid to countries affected by the tsunami tragedy, the government announced after the body's weekly meeting.
Peter Heydemann of Chicago was vacationing in Thailand with his family when the tide began to slowly rise early Sunday. He watched from his hotel as the street below became flooded by what he thought was just an unusually high tide. Thinking the worst had passed, he walked down to investigate.
One of the world's largest relief efforts gained momentum Tuesday as countries and aid organizations made more donations of money, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
Many families of foreign tourists who were traveling in south Asia during the tsunamis have been waiting for days for word on the safety of their relatives.
An explosion in the southern Thai town of Sungaikolok has killed two people -- a boy and a government security worker -- and wounded seven others, police say.
Thousands of teachers in Thailand have walked off their jobs to protest a lack of security in the country's south.
"Come to Thailand," the saying goes, "for sun, sand and sex."
Buddhists in Thailand have implored Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end violence targeting them on an almost daily basis in the south of the country.
Nine Buddhists, including two policemen, were killed in a series of shootings in southern Thailand's bloodiest 24 hours since a government crackdown on a riot last week left 85 Muslims dead.
A local official has been beheaded in the south of Thailand in what appeared to be a revenge killing after 85 people died at the hands of government forces last week.
Two bombs have rocked markets in southern Thailand hours before Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to address the nation on the deaths of 85 protesters.
Thailand's prime minister has said security forces made mistakes handling a group of Muslim rioters and has expressed regret that nearly 80 people died of suffocation while in custody.
Thailand's prime minister has called an emergency meeting on bird flu after the deaths of a woman and her daughter raised concerns the virus could be passed between people.
A marketplace bombing in southern Thailand Thursday morning killed one person and wounded at least 23 others -- nine seriously -- police and hospital officials said.
A powerful bomb has exploded in a crowded marketplace in southern Thailand, killing one person and wounding at least 23 others, officials said.
Asia has been hit by another bout of bird flu, with reports of cases in chickens in both Thailand and China.
Authorities in Thailand are bracing for possible revenge attacks after police killed more than 100 assailants in the predominantly Muslim south earlier this week.
Authorities in Thailand are bracing for possible revenge attacks after police killed more than 100 assailants in the predominantly Muslim south.
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